I don't want to be just a memory

new film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 20'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo languages Englisch, Spanisch Subtitles Deutsch, Englisch

Fellow members of the Berlin queer community together mourning the loss of their dead friends due to substance abuse and the mental health crisis as well as the loss of urban safe spaces in general. By sharing personal materials, stories, and honest criticism about the club scene, working on this film becomes a means of healing for this group of friends. Resembling glow-in-the-dark fungi, they radiate light together as a network of support into a collective structure that sustains future living.

https://www.instagram.com/notjustamemoryfilm/

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/nordicmediahouse/notjustamemoryfilm

director Sarnt Utamachote Produktion / Production Klaus Salminen Drehbuch / Script Sarnt Utamachote, Kareem Baholzer Schnitt / Editing Sarnt Utamachote Bildgestaltung / DOP Julian Curico Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Kei Watanabe, Bráulio Bandeira
Festivals
2022 Dok.Fest München, Germany (Composition Award)
2024 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Sales
  • Klaus Salminen
Production
  • Klaus Salminen
Distribution
  • Klaus Salminen

Sarnt Utamachote

Sarnt Utamachote is a Southeast Asian non-binary filmmaker and curator based in Berlin. They are a co-founder of un.thai.tled, an artist collective from the German-Thai diaspora. They are a film programmer at XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, and at Sİnema Transtopia Berlin.

Filmography
2020 I Am Not Your Mother
2021 Sonic Reverbs
2022 Soy Sauce
2024 I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory