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Manivelle - Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow
Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 29'23 colour ,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch

This is the tumultuous story of Manivelle, an automaton whose rise and fall mirrors that of Lebanon itself. Once the wonder of his age, today Manivelle is a rusty and mostly forgotten curiosity. Could the immortal Man of Tomorrow really be dying?

www.cargocollective.com/pfeiffers/manivelle

Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKJAcllbTNM

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director Fadi [the fdz] Baki Animation Chris Creatures Szenenbild / Production Design Chris Creatures, Maia El Khouri Besetzung / Cast Houssam Sabbah, Jannick Miklitz, Romy Melhem, Tony Harouni Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Nadim Mechlawi Schnitt / Editing Zeina Abul Hosn Bildgestaltung / DOP Tobias von dem Borne Produktion / Production Bernadette Klausberger, Jinane Dagher, Niklas Hlawatsch, Sabine Sidawi Drehbuch / Script Fadi Baki Tongestaltung / Sound Design Julian Cropp
Festivals
2017 Fantastic Fest, Austin, USA
2017 Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
2018 Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (Best German Short Film (Candis Award))
2018 Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Japan (Best Film (Jury Award))
Production
  • visual stories - Produktionsbuero Pfeiffers GbR
  • Bernadette Klausberger
Distribution
  • visual stories - Produktionsbuero Pfeiffers GbR
  • Niklas Hlawatsch
Sales
  • visual stories - Produktionsbuero Pfeiffers GbR
  • Niklas Hlawatsch

Fadi [the fdz] Baki

Born 1977 in Beirut;
co-founder and co-editor of SAMANDAL, one of the Middle East’s premiere comics magazines, and Beirut Animated, the Lebanese animation film festival;
currently divides his time between teaching, motion graphics, comics and filmmaking

Filmography
2000 It Came from Almakkab
2006 El Burro Magnifico
2007 A Headline Romance
2013 Balut
2016 Shatila