Synopsis
A tunnel project, an ethnologist who collects lost life forms and Polish migrant workers who dream of a future far from home: a lingering film about belonging and disappearing. A tunnel is planned to link Germany and Denmark. Ethnologist Dara documents the houses to be demolished. The young Pole Lucek and his colleagues are preparing the building site. Käthe works on the ferry. Birte and Leif are leaving the house their family has lived in for generations. Agnes' life is reflected in her diary entries. A Danish summer: long days turn to blue nights. People meet, then their ways part once more.
Bio
ANNA SOFIE HARTMANN (*1984) studied film direction at the Film and TV Academy in Berlin. Her graduation film Limbo was shown at numerous festivals. Giraffe is her second feature film.
Info
Original Title: Giraffe
International Title: Giraffe
Category: Feature
Section: Freihafen
Version & Subtitles: Polish, Danish, German, English OV with German subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Anna Sofie Hartmann
Cast/Protagonists: Lisa Loven Kongsli, Jakub Gierszał, Maren Eggert, Mariusz Feldman, Przemysław Mazurek, Janusz Chojnacki, Piotr Olszański, Andrzej Wicher, Piotr Jurczyk, Robert Płachta, Mirosław Piorunek
Production country: Germany, Denmark
Year of Production: 2019
Length: 87 min
Producer: Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski
Production company: Komplizen Film Produktion in Co-Production mit Profile Pictures, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Cinematography: Jenny Lou Ziegel
Editor: Sofie Steenberger
Production Design: Karin Betzler
Commissioning Editor: Cooky Ziesche
