A film by Anna Sofie Hartmann. "Giraffe" celebrated its world premiere at The Locarno Film Festival 2019 - Fuori Concorso
A tunnel will be built to connect Denmark and Germany, the present sets in motion towards the future, change hangs in the air. Dara, an ethnologist, arrives to document the houses tagged for demolition. The young Pole, Lucek, and his colleagues prepare the future construction site. Käthe works on the ferry, steadily moving people, their stories, and goods to and fro. Birte and Leif leave their house that has been passed down for generations. Agnes' life resounds in her diaries, collectibles and the walls of her home, which will soon be demolished. A Danish summer: long days turn into blue nights. People meet and part ways again.
A Komplizen Film (Germany) production, in co-production with Profile Pictures (Danmark) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg / Leuchtstoff, in collaboration with Danmarks Radio; Funded by Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, The Danish Film Institute – The Minor Coproduction Scheme, Filmförderungsanstalt.
Dara
Lisa Loven Kongsli
Lucek
Jakub Gierszał
Käthe
Maren Eggert
Mariusz Feldman
Przemysław Mazurek
Janusz Chojnacki
Piotr Olszański
Andrzej Wicher
Piotr Jurczyk
Robert Płachta
Mirosław Piorunek
Written and directed by
Anna Sofie Hartmann
Director of photography
Jenny Lou Ziegel
Editing
Sofie Steenberger
Production Design
Karin Betzler
Costume Design
Sophie Reble
Casting
Ulrike Müller
Additional casting
Anna Sofie Hartmann
Natalia Ciepiel
Original Sound
Oliver Göbel
Sound Design
Sune Kaarsberg
Line Producer
Ben von Dobeneck
Production Manager
Daria Wichmann
Project Development
Zsuzsanna Kiràly
Commissioning editor
Cooky Ziesche
Co-producers
Ditte Milsted, Jacob Jarek, Caroline Schlüter Bingestam (Profile Pictures)
Producers
Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski (Komplizen Film)
Viennale
FIPRESCI award
Festival Premiers Plans Angers
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2020
Achtung Berlin Filmfestival
New Directors/New Films 2020 New York
Locarno Festival 2019 - Fuori Concorso
San Sebastián International Film Festival
Hamburg Filmfest
Bergen International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
CPH:PIX
Viennale
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Braunschweig International Film Festival
