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The Peepul Tree (12+)

Switzerland, 2020, colour, 25 min.
Director: Sonja Feldmeier
Travelling alone through Northern India, Sonia Feldmeier witnesses the spectacular felling of a tree: An ancient, holy Peepul Tree is being cut down by seven lumbermen using handsaws and axes. Over the course of several days, she films their undertaking. She is in the thick of the activity, the language barrier however impedes verbal communication. From this subjective experience she creates audio portraits, which provide each lumberjack with their own individual musical presence in the film.

Sonja Feldmeier

Sonja Feldmeier

is a visual artist based in Switzerland. She works with painting, airbrush, photography, video and audio and develops complex multimedia installations. Her works have been shown in numerous Solo and Group exhibitions in different countries of Europe and in India, and were awarded at several occasions. Her videos have been shown in curated programs and at festivals such as GIV Montreal, Monte Verita Ascona, NIFFF Neuchatel, Videonale Bonn, FIFA Montreal, Casa Daros Rio de Janeiro.

FILMOGRAPHY

Pot Luck, 2001; Skyliner, 2006; Neverending, 2006; In Your Room, 2008; Real India, 2010; Meters behind sea level, 2011; Kalka-Shimla – Diaries, 2012; Personal Army, 2017; The Peepul Tree, 2020.
Switzerland, 2020, colour, 25 min.
Director: Sonja Feldmeier
Travelling alone through Northern India, Sonia Feldmeier witnesses the spectacular felling of a tree: An ancient, holy Peepul Tree is being cut down by seven lumbermen using handsaws and axes. Over the course of several days, she films their undertaking. She is in the thick of the activity, the language barrier however impedes verbal communication. From this subjective experience she creates audio portraits, which provide each lumberjack with their own individual musical presence in the film.