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Painting Paradise

film type experimental film, animated film Production Country Germany production year 2008 runtime 6'00 colour Color
screening format MiniDV aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Mono

Media reports show how the wall surrounding the Shiite quarter in Baghdad is painted with beautiful landscapes: Aesthetic designs are used to cover military measures and the effects of war. In the film, the director applies a similar technique with regard to the overall situation. Images from conflict areas are layered with colours, changed, adorned. A deceitful idyll develops, yet faced with the real (war) situation it cannot be sustained.

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Painting Paradise Painting Paradise
director Barbara Hlali Animation Barbara Hlali Editing Barbara Hlali DOP Barbara Hlali Production Barbara Hlali Script Barbara Hlali Sound Design Albert Ruppelt, Jens Lanwer
Festivals
shnit worldwide shortsfestival
Internationales Videofestival Bochum, Germany
Aurora/ Norwich Internationales Animation Festival, United Kingdom
Oldenburger Kurzfilmtage zwergWERK, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
backup_festival, Weimar, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy (Premio Asolo)
EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany (Preis des Verbandes der deutschen Filmkritik)
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung No Budget Wettbewerb)
L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain
Production
  • Barbara Hlali
  • Kettelerstr. 79
  • 48147 Münster
  • +49 176 64095292
  • http://www.barbara-hlali.de
Distribution
  • Barbara Hlali
  • Kettelerstr. 79
  • 48147 Münster
  • +49 176 64095292
  • http://www.barbara-hlali.de
Sales
  • Barbara Hlali
  • Kettelerstr. 79
  • 48147 Münster
  • +49 176 64095292
  • http://www.barbara-hlali.de

Barbara Hlali

Born 1979;
1999 to 2007, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Münster;
2002 to 2007, grant from Cusanuswerk;
2006 to 2008, Lecturer in experimental animation at the University of Dortmund

Filmography
2005 MY FAITH
2006 FOR A BETTER WORLD
2007 BUSAYYAH
2009 REVOLUTION CONTRA REVOLUTION