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A Reconnaissance

new film type documentary film, experimental film Production Country Germany, Denmark production year 2025 runtime 28'57 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language Maltese subtitles English

Information is scarce around the Heron 1, a long-range military drone patrolling the Mediterranean Sea and surveilling the borders of Europe. Starting from desktop research into the drone, this investigation about the present and future of surveillance technology takes us to where Frontex, the military industrial complex, and a plane-spotter community intersect.

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director Stefan Kruse Sound Design Asbjørn Derdau DOP Asbjørn Derdau Script Stefan Kruse Editing Stefan Kruse Production Stefan Kruse film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2025 Visions Du Réel International Film Festival, Nyon, Switzerland
2025 Istanbul Experimental, Turkey
2025 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
2025 Festival dei Popoli - The Verdicts, Florence, Italy
2025 ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain
2025 KFFK - Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Deutschland
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de
Distribution
  • Stefan Kruse
  • +45 25341349
  • http://www.stefankruse.dk
Production
  • Stefan Kruse
  • +45 25341349
  • http://www.stefankruse.dk
Sales
  • Stefan Kruse
  • +45 25341349
  • http://www.stefankruse.dk

Stefan Kruse

Stefan Kruse is a research-based filmmaker and visual artist from Denmark who explores ethical and philosophical questions of technical image production. In 2024, Stefan Kruse published his first book, STEFAN KRUSE: A LACK OF CLARITY, with the Walther König bookstore.

Filmography
2018 The Migrating Image
2020 A Lack of Clarity
2023 Sensitivity in Low Light Conditions
2025 A Reconnaissance