BATTLEFIELD
>>A highly politicized issue, realized in an extremely original way. This short really moved me.<<
Jessica Hausner
SYNOPSIS
Inspired by the quote of Austrian Expressionist, Oskar Kokoschka: „ Weeds are nature's opposition to the governance of gardeners“, BATTLEFIELD shows the inner life of a military base as a microcosm that seems to have fallen out of another time. Soldiers focus meticulously on gardening instead of preparing themselves for war. The grass-green battlefield gets a military buzz cut. The film depicts a dreamlike look into an imaginary future, where barracks appear as well maintained open-air museums. The tanks remain as relics, silent but admonishing. Some of them still work.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY / AT / DE 2020
DIRECTOR:Jannis Lenz
CONCEPT: Jannis Lenz
PRODUCER: David Bohun
Co-PRODUCER: Sonja Lenz
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jakob Fuhr
SOUND RECORDING: Benedikkt Palier, Joseph Nikolussi
SOUND DESIGN: Rudolf Pototschnig
EDITOR: Jannis Lenz
COMPOSER: Piotr Iljitsch Tchaikowscki
COLOR GRADING: Klaus Prammer
TITLE DESIGN: Matthias Van Baaren
RUNNING TIME: 08:00 min.
SHOOTING FORMAT: HD
SCREENING FORMAT: DCP 2k
ASPECT RATIO: 1:1,85
SOUND: Dolby Digital 5.1
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
• Sarajevo International Film Festival
• Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal
• Encounters- Bristol International Film Festival
• Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film
• Love & Anarchy- Helsinki International Film Festival
• Go Short! International Film Festival Nijmegen
• Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata FestiFreak
• VIS Vienna Shorts
• dotdotdot Open Air Short Film Festival
• Sao Paulo International Film Festival
• Orvieto Cinema Fest
• Braunschweig International Film Festival
• Uşak International Short Film Festival
• Silk Road International Film Festival
• Akbank International Short Film Festival
• Regensburger Filmwoche - International Short Film Festival
• Ethnocineca International Film Festival
• Lago Film
Fest
• FebioFest
• International Short Film Festival Dhaka
