TOUCHING CONCRETE

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 58'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Zulu Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Zulu Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

In an overpopulated neighbourhood of Johannesburg, we drift with Tebogo (16) and Karabo (15) through their hood as a spectator for one summer. Between their boredom and energy to burn they let time pass. A urban chronicle of an adolescence.

director Ilja Stahl Editing Florian Riegel DOP Niclas Reed Middleton Production Marieke Bittner Script Ilja Stahl Sound Design Ilja Stahl film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2017 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
2018 Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland (Sesterce d’Argent George Reinhart Preis für besten mittellangen Film)
2018 DOK.fest München – Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München, Germany
Production
  • Weydemann Bros. GmbH
  • Milena Klemke
  • +49 30 67928270
  • http://www.weydemannbros.com
Distribution
  • Weydemann Bros. GmbH
  • Milena Klemke
  • +49 30 67928270
  • http://www.weydemannbros.com
Sales
  • Weydemann Bros. GmbH
  • Milena Klemke
  • +49 30 67928270
  • http://www.weydemannbros.com
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

Ilja Stahl

Born in West Berlin;
studied art direction at the Red and Yellow College in Cape Town and film and television at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne;
his work is focused on experimental filmmaking and photography, documentaries and animations