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Freedom & Independence

film type experimental film, fiction Production Country Germany production year 2014 runtime 15'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch

FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE questions the current global ideological paradigm shifts towards new forms of religious capitalism by confronting ideas and quotes of the self-proclaimed objectivist philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand with evangelical contents of US-American mainstream movies.

http://www.melhus.de

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director Bjørn Melhus Animation Mike Orthwein Besetzung / Cast Bjørn Melhus Schnitt / Editing Bjørn Melhus Produktion / Production Bjørn Melhus, Yuki Jungesblut Drehbuch / Script Bjørn Melhus Szenenbild / Production Design Felix Ott Bildgestaltung / DOP Eike Zuleeg Tongestaltung / Sound Design Max Schneider
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Festivals
Kino der Kunst, München, Germany
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Cyprus International Film Festival, Nikosia
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Europäisches Kurzfilmfestival Köln UNLIMITED, Germany
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Production
  • Limboland Productions/ Bjørn Melhus
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
  • http://www.melhus.de
Distribution
  • Limboland Productions/ Bjørn Melhus
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
  • http://www.melhus.de
Sales
  • Limboland Productions/ Bjørn Melhus
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
  • http://www.melhus.de

Bjørn Melhus

Born 1966;
his work expands on the possibilities for a critical reception of cinema and TV;
Bjørn's practice of fragmentation, destruction and reconstitution of well-known figures, topics and strategies of the mass media opens up a network of new interpretations and critical commentaries

Filmography
1990 AMERICA SELLS
1991 DAS ZAUBERGLAS
1995 WEIT WEIT WEG
1997 NO SUNSHINE
1997 BLUE MOON
2001 THE ORAL THING
2003 AUTO CENTER DRIVE
2005 CAPTAIN
2007 THE MEADOW
2008 MURPHY
2009 HECHO EN MEXICO
2010 CENTER OF THE WORLD
2010 AFTERLIFE
2011 I’M NOT THE ENEMY
2011 DAS BADEZIMMER
2012 SUDDEN DESTRUCTION
2014 FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE
2017 MOON OVER DA NANG
2020 SUGAR
2022 HOMESICK

Portrait of Bjørn Melhus