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OSMOTIC

film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2006 runtime 3'00 colour
screening format MiniDV aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Stereo

A young parking garage attendant with hat and trench coat and long arms conducts the cars to the one or other exit. The precise operation appears like the choreography of a powerful dance. The character of images and the musical composition annihilate boundaries, outside world and inner world merge.

OSMOTIC
director Jan Verbeek Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Jan Verbeek Schnitt / Editing Jan Verbeek Bildgestaltung / DOP Jan Verbeek Drehbuch / Script Jan Verbeek Tongestaltung / Sound Design Jan Verbeek
Festivals
Transmediale Berlin, Germany
WRO Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany
Short Cuts Cologne, Köln, Germany
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (MUSIK in KURZFILM Preis)
Production
  • Jan Verbeek
  • Mechternstr. 42
  • 50823 Köln
  • +49 221 5892007
Distribution
  • Jan Verbeek
  • Mechternstr. 42
  • 50823 Köln
  • +49 221 5892007
Sales
  • Jan Verbeek
  • Mechternstr. 42
  • 50823 Köln
  • +49 221 5892007

Jan Verbeek

Born 1966 in Bonn;
1989-1996 studied fine art at the Academy of Arts Dusseldorf with Nan Hoover and Nam June Paik;
master student;
1996-1999 postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Filmography
1990 Interferenz
1991 Continuum
1994 Local Ride
2001 Skip and Return
2004 On a Wednesday Night in Tokyo