HOMESICK

film type experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2022 runtime 14'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch

Isolated from the outside world, grotesque figures negotiate the pandemic state of emergency using language quotes from end-time movies. The video evokes fear, loneliness and illness, as well as threatening and defence scenarios.

director Bjørn Melhus Drehbuch / Script Bjørn Melhus Schnitt / Editing Bjørn Melhus Besetzung / Cast Bjørn Melhus Bildgestaltung / DOP Ben Brix Produktion / Production Yuki Jungesblut Tongestaltung / Sound Design Max Schneider
Festivals
2022 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2022 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
Production
  • Limboland Productions/ Bjørn Melhus
Distribution
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
Sales
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660

Bjørn Melhus

Born 1966;
his work expands on the possibilities for a critical reception of cinema and TV;
Bjørn's practice of fragmentation, destruction and reconstitution of well-known figures, topics and strategies of the mass media opens up a network of new interpretations and critical commentaries

Filmography
1990 AMERICA SELLS
1991 DAS ZAUBERGLAS
1995 WEIT WEIT WEG
1997 NO SUNSHINE
1997 BLUE MOON
2001 THE ORAL THING
2003 AUTO CENTER DRIVE
2005 CAPTAIN
2007 THE MEADOW
2008 MURPHY
2009 HECHO EN MEXICO
2010 CENTER OF THE WORLD
2010 AFTERLIFE
2011 I’M NOT THE ENEMY
2011 DAS BADEZIMMER
2012 SUDDEN DESTRUCTION
2014 FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE
2017 MOON OVER DA NANG
2020 SUGAR
2022 HOMESICK