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Final Stage
- Runtime:
- 27 min.
- Year of Production:
- 2017
- Country:
- Germany
- Director:
- Cast:
- Aaron Himler
Fynn Grossmann - Production Company:
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
- Berlinale Section:
- Perspektive deutsches Kino
- Berlinale Category:
- Essay Film
The present, the whole present and nothing but the present. A young man on a footbridge, a bus departs, his friend is gone. This is followed by a majestic parade through a shopping centre. This central shot in the film is a fragile balancing act between documentary observation and subtle direction. Deliberately asynchronous sound serves to heighten the sense that events are nothing more than a construction of an apparently familiar reality. The boy's melancholic bearing, and the way the film unfolds, are embedded in an extremely expressive, albeit narratively minimalistic, dramaturgy of colour. Vibrant colours introduce each individual sequence: blue, green, yellow, orange, red.
BIOGRAFIE Nicolaas Schmidt
Born in Leipzig, East Germany in 1979, the filmmaker, video and conceptual artist now lives in Hamburg. He studied liberal arts, time-based media and film at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. His work has been presented at international film festivals and exhibitions. Final Stage screened in the 2017 Perspektive Deutsches Kino at the Berlinale where it won the Special Jury Prize.
FILMOGRAFIE Nicolaas Schmidt (selection)
2020 Inflorescence
2017 Final Stage
2016 Autumn
2016 Compare
2015 36KFRGB-S29: Die Manifestation Des Kapitalismus in Unserem Leben Ist Die Traurigkeit
2014 Leaving Monochromia
2014 36000 Frames RGB
2013 Break
2012 Forever
2011 Die Reise Mit Der Eisenbahn Hat Sich Durchaus Ein Wenig Gelohnt
2010 Der Lauf Und Chopin
2010 Ohne Schlechtes Gewissen Geniessen
2009 Sense + Innocence
2008 Neuseenland
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