Kinshasa Symphony (0+)
Special Jury Mention for creative dramatic illustration of the survival topic
Germany, Congo, 2010, colour, 94 min.
Directors: Claus Wischmann , Martin Baer
Directors: Claus Wischmann , Martin Baer
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the third-largest city in Africa. Almost ten million people live here and they number among the poorest inhabitants on this planet. Kinshasa is the home of Central Africa’s one and only symphony orchestra – L’Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste. It is a film about the Congo, about the people of Kinshasa and about music.
AWARDS
Audience Award for the much-loved film at the Festival of German films, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Claus Wischmann
Claus Wischmann
is an author, director and executive director at sounding images. After studying the piano he wrote and directed over forty documentaries and television features; he has also recorded concerts and made documentary portraits. His films, many of them are about music, have been shown at such prestigious international festivals and competitions as Fipa and Golden Prague and have won among others the Audience Award at Golden Prague and the American Golden Eagle Award.
FILMOGRAPHY
“Boundless Play - Boris Berezovsky”, 2006; “Cook`n live - In East-Anatolia”, 2007; “András Schiff at the Teatro Olimpico”, “The Art of Belcanto”, “Wagner’s Mastersinger, Hitler’s Siegfried”, 2008; “Kinshasa Symphony”, 2010.
Martin Baer
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. Additionally, Martin Baer is the author of several texts about Africa’s history, including “Headhunting – Germans in East Africa“.
FILMOGRAPHY
“Beyond Egypt”, 1989; “Rudolph Marcks and the Kreuzberger Salon-Orchester”, 1990; “Hisbollah”, 1994; “A Headhunt”, 2001; “White Ghosts – The Colonial War against the Herero”, 2004; “Kinshasa Symphony”, 2010.
Special Jury Mention for creative dramatic illustration of the survival topic
Germany, Congo, 2010, colour, 94 min.
Directors: Claus Wischmann , Martin Baer
Directors: Claus Wischmann , Martin Baer
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the third-largest city in Africa. Almost ten million people live here and they number among the poorest inhabitants on this planet. Kinshasa is the home of Central Africa’s one and only symphony orchestra – L’Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste. It is a film about the Congo, about the people of Kinshasa and about music.
AWARDS
Audience Award for the much-loved film at the Festival of German films, Ludwigshafen, Germany.