EISEN

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2015 runtime 18'30 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

A foggy landscape with new buildings in Eisenhüttenstadt at the German-Polish border: "Eisen", Iron, that’s how they call the town here. Portraits of asylum seekers are set among impressions of a dreary life. A snapshot of a life on hold, somewhere in between hope and uncertainty.

www.benjamin-kahlmeyer.com

director Benjamin Kahlmeyer Original-Filmmusik / Original Score John Gürtler Szenenbild / Production Design Moritz Stumm Schnitt / Editing Benjamin Kahlmeyer Drehbuch / Script Benjamin Kahlmeyer Bildgestaltung / DOP Stefan Neuberger Produktion / Production Felix Eisele Tongestaltung / Sound Design Jan Miserre, Jonathan Schorr
Festivals
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Goldene Taube)
Production
  • Penrosefilm
  • Felix Eisele
  • http://www.penrosefilm.de

Benjamin Kahlmeyer

Born 1982 in Marburg;
he studied philosophy and literature at the Freie Universitat Berlin;
in 2005 he enrolled at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg;
his documentaries have won numerous awards at international film festivals;
among others: The HBO Emerging Artist Award, Grimme Online Award & Golden Dove;
currently working as an independent director and author based in Berlin

Filmography
2009 BETWEEN ROUNDS
2011 MEANWHILE IN MAMELODI
2014 THE INVISIBLES