Country: Italy
Year: 2011
Duration: 40'
Copenhagen is a completely flat city. The only high ground in town rises in the working-class borough of Nørrebro: in a quadrangular courtyard surrounded by buildings there is a round hill. It is an artificial hill covering the public gym, built against the will of some of the locals who were afraid of losing the common area of the open-air courtyard. The documentary, which was filmed entirely above and around this hill, captures the inhabitants’ attitudes and their progressive familiarization with the film and with one another; it takes wings with the visions and dreams of the people living in that neighborhood, working there every day, using that space and transforming it.
Biography
film director
. Zimmerfrei
ZimmerFrei (Italy) is an art collective created by Massimo Carozzi, Anna de Manincor, and Anna Rispoli. It originated in Bologna in 2000, and has now spread to its hometown and Brussels. Combining cinema, visual arts, music, and performance pieces, the group’s artistic approach explores urban environments, both real and imaginary, searching for the boundaries between public and private spaces. While still experimenting with performance art, in recent years ZimmerFrei has been focusing more on artistic documentaries. The Torino Film Festival paid tribute to the collective in the Onde section of its 2012 edition, screening a selection of their work.
FILMOGRAFIA
N.K. - Never Keep Souvenirs of a Murder (cm, 2000), Presente Continuo (cm, 2003), Panorama_Roma (cm, 2004), Panorama_Bologna (cm, 2005), Panorama_Venezia (cm, 2005), Stone Money (cm, 2005), Controfigura (Body Double) (cm, 2006), Third Take (cm, 2006), why we came (cm, 2006), Teenage Lightning (cm, 2006), The Colony (cm, doc., 2007), Memoria Esterna (cm, 2007), Focus Puller (cm, 2008), Panorama_Harburg (cm, 2009), LKN Confidential (mm, 2010), The Hill (mm, doc., 2011), Temporary 8th (mm, doc., 2012), Hometown | Mutonia (doc., 2013), La beauté c’est ta tête (doc., 2014), Steadfast on Our Sand (doc., 2015), La ville engloutie (doc., 2016).
Declaration
film director
“One would think that at least in death, uncertainty should end. But in so far as I have no idea of where I am, of what I am, or how long I am to remain in this state, uncertainty appears to be enduring. […] For the record, I have a strong suspicion that you can die here, too.” (Philip Roth, Indignation)
Cast
& Credits
regia/directors
Anna de Manincor, ZimmerFrei
soggetto/story ZimmerFrei
fotografia/cinematography Roberto Beani
montaggio/film editing Anna de Manincor
musica/music Berrin Bas, Meriam Ouedghiri, Lone Thusing
suono/sound Massimo Carozzi
interpreti/cast Jonas Als, Nigel Davon Murphy, Jesper Edvarsen, Søren Jensen, Erik H. Jørgensen, Martha Larsen, Jakob Lund Njelsen, Graziella Noer, Jasmine Ouedghiri, Mustafa Özcan, Britta Raun Jensen, Bodil Trier
produzione/production KIT - Københavns Internationale Teater, Metropolis Biennale 2011 coproduzione/coproduction In Situ Network
soggetto/story ZimmerFrei
fotografia/cinematography Roberto Beani
montaggio/film editing Anna de Manincor
musica/music Berrin Bas, Meriam Ouedghiri, Lone Thusing
suono/sound Massimo Carozzi
interpreti/cast Jonas Als, Nigel Davon Murphy, Jesper Edvarsen, Søren Jensen, Erik H. Jørgensen, Martha Larsen, Jakob Lund Njelsen, Graziella Noer, Jasmine Ouedghiri, Mustafa Özcan, Britta Raun Jensen, Bodil Trier
produzione/production KIT - Københavns Internationale Teater, Metropolis Biennale 2011 coproduzione/coproduction In Situ Network
