Landscape of Absence

film type experimental film Production Country Germany, Switzerland production year 2017 runtime 10'02 colour Color,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Not only officer Ellen Ripley, Princess Leia Organa and police chief Marge Gunderson notice a strange emptiness. Across different genres and eras of Western film history, female protagonists from 70 films set out in search of each other.

director Melina Weissenborn, Verena Looser Editing Melina Weissenborn, Verena Looser DOP Melina Weissenborn, Verena Looser Production Melina Weissenborn, Verena Looser Script Melina Weissenborn, Verena Looser Sound Design Max Schneider film school Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
Festivals
2017 VIDEOEX - Experimental Film & Video Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
2018 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
2018 EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
Production
  • Melina Weissenborn
Distribution
  • Verena Looser
Sales
  • Melina Weissenborn
School
  • Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
  • Wächterstraße 11
  • 04107 Leipzig
  • Germany
  • +49 341 21350
  • http://www.hgb-leipzig.de

Melina Weissenborn

Born 1983;
lives and works in Leipzig;
is a media artist and editor of the magazine outside the box;
studied Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem;
since 2010 she works with Verena Looser as an artist duo

Filmography
2011 7:25
2014 Aus dem Fenster lehnen
2015 Mehr Freizeit. Mehr Geld.
2017 Jerusalem Lines

Verena Looser

Born 1980;
lives and works in Leipzig and Zurich;
is a media artist and biotechnologist;
studied Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem;
since 2010 she works with Melina Weissenborn as an artist duo

Filmography
2011 7:25
2014 Aus dem Fenster lehnen
2015 Mehr Freizeit. Mehr Geld.
2017 Jerusalem Lines