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Feiern (film)
''Feiern'' is a 2006 documentary film about the electronic dance music scene (e.g., house music, techno). Maja Classen wrote and directed the film. Synopsis The film features people from Berlin's electronic dance music scenes (primarily house music and techno, but especially their microhouse, “minimal” sub-scenes). The majority of the film consists of footage of individual interviews, cut and interpolated together to create narratives around certain themes, such as music, drugs, love, addiction, friendship, and sexuality. Among the interviewees were DJs, bouncer (doorman), bouncers, bartenders, and partygoers. The material for the film included 19 interviews, 56 nights (i.e., nighttime music events), and 13 musical tracks. Production and release The film was made under the direction of Maja Classen, with cinematography by Andreas Bergmann and editing by Sylke Rohrlach. The poetic prose that opens and closes the film was written by German author, playwright, and essayist R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Classen
Maja Classen (born 28 December 1974 in Heidelberg) is a German film director and screenwriter, primarily known for her 2006 documentary on the Berlin techno scene, '' Feiern''. Biography She studied film production at the ''Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam "Konrad Wolff"'' (The Konrad Wolff University of Film and Television, in Potsdam, Germany). During her time there, she produced several short films, including the documentary film '' Feiern'' (2006); this film was a portrait of the Berlin techno scene in the early 2000s, composed primarily of interview footage. The film was premiered at Kino Babylon in Berlin in 2006, made the circuit of film festivals, and was released on DVD in the same year. She also completed her studies in 2006 with the documentary film ''Osdorf'', a sensitive portrait of young first- and second-generation immigrant Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |