Ein Film von Vanessa Nica Mueller
64 Minuten, Deutschland/ Libanon
Ein Essay über Küstenlinien und Pflanzen: Landen folgt seiner Protagonistin auf ihrer botanischen Reise vom Wattenmeer an die Küste des Libanon. Sie sammelt Material für ihr Herbarium und wird Zeugin des ökonomischen Zusammenbruchs und der politischen Instabilität im Libanon. Auf fragilem Terrain navigieren uns Pflanzen wie der Queller, die Mariendistel oder der karminrote Zylinderputzer an das Ufer des Beirut River, zu einem wachsenden Mikrowald zwischen Stadtautobahnen oder entlang modernistischer Architekturen. So erzählt die Flora von Anpassung und Wandel, von Widerstandsfähigkeit und gefürchteten Veränderungen, von Hyperinflation und menschenleeren Orten.
An Essay about coastlines and Plants: LANDEN follows its protagonist on her botanical journey from the Wadden Sea to the coast of Lebanon. As she collects material for her herbarium, she witnesses the consequences of Lebanon`s economic collapse and disturbing decay. Along fragile ecosystems she loses herself between modernist architecture or at the banks of the Beirut River to find some hope for a future after the fall. A Metaphoric journey where nature leads us through crises and loss.
Regie, Schnitt: Vanessa Nica Mueller ____ Kamera: Hervé Dieu ______Sound Recording: Firas Anani ____Voice-Over: Samia Chancrin ___ Sounddesign & Sound Mastering: Roman Vehlken ___ Musik: Manuel Scuzzo, Harald Finke mit Pflanzen ___ Animationen: Victor Orozco, Julia Frankenberg ___ Grafik & Typografie: Sarah Bernauer ____ Zeichnungen, Herbarium, Super8: Vanessa Nica Mueller ___ Assistenz Wattenmeer: Leyla Rodriguez ____ Produktion Support Libanon: Abir Hachem, Ali Hammoud, Carla Mikhael, Leila Basma, Peter Haber ___ Textdramaturgie Support: Dagrun Hintze __ Filmschnitt Support: Tim Voss, Anna Lena Grau, Anna Belle Joens, Carla Mikhael, Soeren Buchheim, Elisa Rosi ___ Herstellungsleitung, Buchhaltung: Ingmar Böschen ___ Produktion: studio imaginaer ___ & Danke an Adib Dada (the other forest, Beirut Riverless) und Jina Talj (the diaries of the ocean, Libanon) und weitere UnterstützerInnen &
"Jamais vu is the opposite of déjà vu, a place which seems known appears strange, unknown and new. A scenery which seems familiar appears alienated, she heard."
An essay about Lebanon (mainly) and Germany (also), about coastlines and plants like the marsh samphire, the milk thistle, the angel trumpet or the crimson bottlebrush. About adaptation and transformation as well as resistance, about changes desired and dreaded, the city of Beirut and its unexpected revelations, modernism and time passing by, and, of course, the hopes and fears of its inhabitants, many of whom sense that their future might wait for them across the sea, even if they don’t want to leave.
All of this is presented in a wonderful collage-like narrative style that mixes and integrates different materials and techniques, as if to illustrate the following observation: "The microbiologist and evolution scientist Lynn Margulis developed in the 1960s the theory that evolution is mostly based on symbiosis and cooperation between organisms. She was a strong opponent of Darwin and his survival of the fittest theory. What she was observing in her field of microbiology strongly supports her alternative theory of evolution."
Olaf Möller (International Filmfestival, Rotterdam, 2023
World Premiere at IFFR Intern. Filmfestival Rotterdam, 2023
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German Premiere at Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden 2023
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Signes of the Night Filmfestival, Bangkok 2023
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Bifed, International Festival Ecological Films, Bozcaada, 2023
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Segni della Notte Film Festival, Urbino, Italy, 2023
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13th Festival Intern. de Cinema, Balneario Camboriú, Brazilien, 2023
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Chennai, International Short & Documentary Film Festival, India, 2024
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Nonfiktionale, Festival für Dokumentarfilm, Bad Aibling, 2024
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TEEHAUS Planten und Blomen, botanischer Filmabend mit Filmmusik, Manuel Scuzzo und Harald Finke mit Pflanzen, im Rahmen von Salon Sonore 2023
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Künstlerinnenhaus FRISE, Filmabend, 2024
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Lichter Art Award Nominee, Frankfurt, Lichter Filmfest, 2024
Price for Documentary Approach, Signes of the Night, Bangkok 2023
Best Film Sound at 13 th Festival International de Cinema em Balneario Camboriú, Brazilien, 2023
Gefördert und ermöglicht durch
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des weiteren unterstützt durch:
Goethe Institut Libanon, Beirut Art Residency, Dorit & Alexander Otto Stiftung, Urbane Künste Ruhr
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