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Material

Direction
Year 
2009
Country
  • Germany
Runtime
164min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

Unpublished footage from filmmaker Thomas Heise’s career chronicles his home country from 1980s GDR to Germany in 2008. Heise’s outtakes capture many moments, including the 1989 mass demonstrations outside Alexanderplatz, scenes inside Brandenburg prison, and a far-left attack at a film screening.

Details

  • Original Title
    Material
  • Direction
  • Cinematography
    Sebastian Richter, Peter Badel, Thomas Heise, Jutta Tränkle, Börres Weiffenbach
  • Editing
    René Frölke
  • Music
    Charles Ives
  • Sound
    Uve Haussig, Jürgen Schönhoff, Robert Nickolaus, Maxim Woflram
  • Runtime
    164 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2009
  • Country
    • Germany
  • Format
    • Colour
  • Distribution
  • Festivals
    • Berlinale 2009
    • Visions du Réel Nyon 2009
    • BAFICI Buenos Aires 2009
    • DOK.FEST Munich 2009
    • Planete Doc Review Warsaw 2009
    • Santiago de Chile FF 2009
    • Festival des Deutschen Films Mannheim 2009
    • FID Marseille 2009 (Grand Prix of the International Competition)
    • Lussas IDF 2009
    • Cambridge FF 2009
    • Festival of German Film Paris 2009
    • Vancouver IFF 2009
    • DocLisboa 2009
    • Viennale 2009
    • Festival dei Popoli Florence 2009
    • Duisburger Filmwoche 2009
    • Verzio Human Rights FF Budapest 2009
    • FIC Brasília 2009
    • DocPoint Helsinki 2010
    • Punto de Vista FF Navarra 2010
    • Jeonju FF 2010

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