99 Beautiful

film type experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2011 runtime 17'00 colour
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Türkisch Subtitles Englisch
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Türkisch Subtitles Englisch

The succession of portraits shows Turkish protagonists whose names carry meanings like rain, earth, war and piece. Appearing like allegories in theatre plays, they comment on their personal relation to the characteristics that are associated with their names. “I am Ümit - hope” represents a general personification of a feeling, moreover it offers an individual conception expressed by the person in the video.

director Tessa Knapp Schnitt / Editing Tessa Knapp Bildgestaltung / DOP Tessa Knapp, Burak Serin, Güray Gürsoy Produktion / Production Tessa Knapp Drehbuch / Script Tessa Knapp Tongestaltung / Sound Design Andreas Hildebrandt
Festivals
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (1. Zonta-Preis)
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung - Media in Space)
Production
  • Tessa Knapp
Distribution
  • Tessa Knapp

Tessa Knapp

Born 1981 in Stuttgart;
studied at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne until 2007;
works as a filmmaker and artist in Cologne;
2009 artist-in-residency in Istanbul

Filmography
2004 Sanatorio
2005 Flure (no.2)
2007 No Void
2007 Waldkulissen