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KINSHASA SYMPHONY / KINSHASA SIMFONIJA

KINSHASA SYMPHONY

In Competition > Documentaries

Film info
Country Germany, Congo Year 2009.
Direcotr Martin Baer, Claus Wischmann Runtime 98 min
Actors
Synopsis

 

Dvije stotine glazbenika svira Orffovu Carminu Buranu u potpunoj tami. Nestalo je struje u Kinshasi netom prije kraja svečanosti. Kinshasa je, sa svojih 8 milijuna stanovnika, treći najveći grad u Africi a strujom se ne može opskrbiti svo stanovništvo. Još jednom nestaje struje, u otvorenoj garaži gdje orkestar vježba. No to ne znači kraj probe. Većina glazbenika napamet zna svoje dijelove. Male praznine u memoriji nadomještaju se talentom improvizacije i milošću božjom.
Claus Wischmann je pisac i redatelj. Nakon što je studirao klavir, napisao je i režirao preko 40 dokumentaraca i TV filmova. Također je snimao koncerte. Njegovi su filmovi uglavnom o glazbi i prikazani su na brojnim međunarodnim festivalima. 
Martin Baer je snimatelj, pisac i redatelj. Snimio je brojne TV filmove i dokumentarce a također je snimio brojne operne produkcije, koncerte te kazališne predstave. Njegovi dokumentarci često tematiziraju povijesne teme te Afriku. 
Two hundred orchestral musicians playing Orff’s “Carmina Burana” in total darkness. A power cut has hit the Ngiri Ngiri district of Kinshasa, only a few bars before the last section of the work. Kinshasa’s power stations and mains networks are insufficient to supply electricity to all the 8 million inhabitants of what is Africa’s third-largest city. Once again the lights have gone out in the “Salle des fêtes”, a kind of open garage where the orchestra practises. But for its members this is no reason to stop rehearsing. Most of them know their parts by heart. Small lapses of memory are compensated for by a talent for improvisation and the grace of God.
Claus Wischmann is an author and director. After studying the piano he wrote and directed over forty documentaries and television features; he has also recorded concerts. His films, many of them are about music, have been shown at many prestigious international festivals.
Martin Baer is a cinematographer, author and director. He has made numerous television features and documentaries and has also filmed many opera productions, concerts and stage plays. As an author, director and cinematographer his documentaries mainly focus on historical topics and on Africa. 
http://www.kinshasa-symphony.com/
27.8., PETAK, 16.00, RUŽIČKINA KUĆA
27.8., FRIDAY, 16.00, RUŽIČKA’S HOUSE

 

Two hundred orchestral musicians playing Orff’s “Carmina Burana” in total darkness. A power cut has hit the Ngiri Ngiri district of Kinshasa, only a few bars before the last section of the work. Kinshasa’s power stations and mains networks are insufficient to supply electricity to all the 8 million inhabitants of what is Africa’s third-largest city. Once again the lights have gone out in the “Salle des fêtes”, a kind of open garage where the orchestra practises. But for its members this is no reason to stop rehearsing. Most of them know their parts by heart. Small lapses of memory are compensated for by a talent for improvisation and the grace of God.

ABOUT DIRECTORS

Claus Wischmann is an author and director. After studying the piano he wrote and directed over forty documentaries and television features; he has also recorded concerts. His films, many of them are about music, have been shown at many prestigious international festivals.

Martin Baer is a cinematographer, author and director. He has made numerous television features and documentaries and has also filmed many opera productions, concerts and stage plays. As an author, director and cinematographer his documentaries mainly focus on historical topics and on Africa. 

http://www.kinshasa-symphony.com/

27.8., FRIDAY, 16.00, RUŽIČKA’S HOUSE

 

 

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