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Desert Miracles

film type experimental film Production Country Germany, USA production year 2015 runtime 11'40 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo languages Englisch
screening format DCP languages Englisch

DESERT MIRACLES is a cinematic exploration of a commercialized architecture of desire. Across 22 different tableaus the film meditates upon the interiors of Nevada’s wedding chapels, considering how the excessive scenery opens up to constitute a cultural organization of “Love”.

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director Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing Schnitt / Editing Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing Drehbuch / Script Lina Sieckmann, Miriam Gossing Bildgestaltung / DOP Christian Kochmann Tongestaltung / Sound Design Tim Gorinski film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
WNDX Festival for Moving Image, Winnipeg, Canada
VIDEONALE.scope, Köln, Germany
Nice International Film Festival, France
B3 Biennale des bewegten Bildes, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2015 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • +49 221 20189330
  • http://www.khm.de
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • +49 221 20189330
  • http://www.khm.de
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • Deutschland
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

Lina Sieckmann

Have produced several experimental documentary films on 16-mm film as a duo;
their works were shown internationally in exibitions and at film festivals;
live and work in Cologne

Filmography
2014 Sonntag, Büscherhöfchen 2
2015 Desert Miracles
2016 Ocean Hill Drive
2017 One Hour Real
2018 EDIFICE

Miriam Gossing

Have produced several experimental documentary films on 16-mm film as a duo;
their works were shown internationally in exibitions and at film festivals;
live and work in Cologne

Filmography
2014 Sonntag, Büscherhöfchen 2
2015 Desert Miracles
2016 Ocean Hill Drive
2017 One Hour Real
2018 EDIFICE