TOUCHING CONCRETE

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 58'00 colour
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.

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Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/261535470

director Ilja Stahl Schnitt / Editing Florian Riegel Bildgestaltung / DOP Niclas Reed Middleton Produktion / Production Marieke Bittner Drehbuch / Script Ilja Stahl Tongestaltung / 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 International Film Festival, Nyon, Switzerland (Sesterce d’Argent George Reinhart Preis für besten mittellangen Film)
2018 Dok.Fest 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)
  • Peter-Welter-Platz 2
  • 50676 Köln
  • Deutschland
  • +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