OSMOTIC

film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2006 runtime 3'00 colour Color
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.

director Jan Verbeek Original Score Jan Verbeek Editing Jan Verbeek DOP Jan Verbeek Script Jan Verbeek Sound Design Jan Verbeek
Festivals
transmediale – festival for art and digital culture berlin, Berlin, Germany
WRO Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, 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