Country: Germany
Year: 2016
Duration: 84'
Fifteen years ago, the ocean disappeared from the coast of Windholm, Germany. So did the local children. The young physicist Micha would like to conduct an in-depth study of this inexplicable phenomenon but that calls for a grant, which he is denied. He decides to leave anyway, accompanied by Jana, a former colleague and the daughter of the rector of the university where he works. A mystery to be resolved and the ghosts of their shared past await them. [rm]
Biography
film director
Sebastian Hilger
Sebastian Hilger (Adenau, Germany, 1984) began directing and producing small films in MiniDV format in 2003. He studied at the University of Cologne, making various shorts and video clips. After graduating, he enrolled at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg to study movie directing. In this period, he developed the animated short projects Tim Schroder and the End of All Times (2012), selected at various international festivals; two other shorts, The World Outside and Marder; and We Are the Tide, his second feature film after his first one, Ayuda (2009), which was shot in 16mm.
FILMOGRAFIA
Momentaufnahme (cm, 2004), Ein Glas Wasser (cm, 2004), Entspiegelt (cm, 2005), Meine Mutter (cm, 2005), Spielverderber (cm, 2005), Konsequenzen (cm, 2006), Atemzug/Spielzug (cm, 2008), Ayuda (2009), Als gäbe es ein Morgen (cm, videoclip, 2009), Im dritten Jahr (cm, 2011), Auf der Suche (cm, 2011), Keine Spur besonderer Eigenschaften (cm, 2011), Tim Schröder und das Ende aller Tage (Tim Schroeder and the End of All Time, cm, anim., 2012), Die Welt da draußen (The World Outside, cm, 2013), Marder (cm, 2013), Wir sind die Flut (We Are the Tide, 2016).
Declaration
film director
“They call us ‘Generation Y.’ We were raised to believe we were special, that we could change the world with our ideas and our choices. Now, we find ourselves facing closed doors. We’re all waiting for the next short-term contract, the next sublet, the next temporary relationship. We are stuck in the inbetweens. […] Is this life, or is it still on its way? And if it is, when will it arrive? […] Will it ever be different? And how should it be different? We Are Tide is a movie about the disappointment of a whole generation – and its determination to still carry on.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Sebastian Hilger
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nadine Gottmann
fotografia/cinematography
Simon Vu
montaggio/film editing
Linda Bosch
scenografia/production design
Karina Ferg
costumi/costume design
Sophie Klebba
suono/sound
Kai Ziarkowski
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Max Mauff (Micha), Lana Cooper (Jana), Swantje Kohlhof (Hanna), Roland Koch (Karl), Max Herbrechter (prof. Feuerstein), Waldemar Hooge (Daniil)
produttori/producers
Lasse Scharpen, Johannes Jancke, Edgar Derzian, Anna Wendt, Fabian Winkelmann
produzione/production
Anna Wendt Filmproduktion GmbH
coproduzione/coproduction
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
contatti/contacts
Edgar Derzian
edgar@wirsinddieflut.de
www.wirsinddieflut.de
Sebastian Hilger
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nadine Gottmann
fotografia/cinematography
Simon Vu
montaggio/film editing
Linda Bosch
scenografia/production design
Karina Ferg
costumi/costume design
Sophie Klebba
suono/sound
Kai Ziarkowski
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Max Mauff (Micha), Lana Cooper (Jana), Swantje Kohlhof (Hanna), Roland Koch (Karl), Max Herbrechter (prof. Feuerstein), Waldemar Hooge (Daniil)
produttori/producers
Lasse Scharpen, Johannes Jancke, Edgar Derzian, Anna Wendt, Fabian Winkelmann
produzione/production
Anna Wendt Filmproduktion GmbH
coproduzione/coproduction
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
contatti/contacts
Edgar Derzian
edgar@wirsinddieflut.de
www.wirsinddieflut.de
