Crackle of Time – Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso
GER 2012, 106 min
An African Bayreuth? An Opera in Burkina Faso?
Synopsis
Christoph Schlingensief, the German film, theatre and opera director had a vision for an opera village in Africa. Despite cancer, he made trips to Burkina Faso, such was his devotion and conviction. CRACKLE OF TIME tells the story of the impossible project: To build an opera village in Burkina Faso, a space combining art and life, with a school, theatre, hospital, living quarters, a football field, a lunchroom. Schlingensief wanted everything what it needs to live and survive. Everything in one place. From the initial location search in May 2009 and the Groundbreaking in February 2010 to the emergence of the school the documentary takes us up close to the German artist Christoph Schlingensief and his architect Diébédo Francis Kéré who originally comes from Burkina Faso. But then everything changed. Christoph Schlingensief died in August 2010.
Death played a role from now on. After a period of stillstand the team of the opera village went on. The documentary get behind the vision of the ‘opera village’ and witness the struggles and hurdles.
Streaming-Info
Rent or buy the movie on our Vimeo channel. For other providers, see “Watch Movie”.
Language: German, Subtitles: German, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Film kaufen
VOD
451-Vimeo
amazon
DVD
451-Alive Shop
Awards and Festivals
- Theatertreffen 2012 (World premiere at Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1) in Berlin)
- Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München 2012 (DOK.special)
- FESPACO - Festival Panafricain du Cinéma de Ouagadougou
- CINE NEERWAYA
- SALLE DU CONSEIL Burkinabé des Chargeurs
- Filmfest der NEUE HEIMAT film
- Theaterfestival Basel
- Preview at Goethe-Institut in New York
- Operndorf Burkina Faso (Africa - Premiere at Festival Les Récréatrales, 5./6.11.)
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2013
- MoMA - Kino T2 in New York (shown as part of a Christoph Schlingensief-Filmretrospektive)
Watch Movie
VOD
451-Vimeo
amazon
DVD
451-Alive Shop
Credits
Director
Sibylle Dahrendorf
With
Christoph Schlingensief, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Aino Laberenz, B. Henri Kéré, Stanislas Meda, Thierry Kobyagda, Thomas George, Celina Nicolay, Familie Sidibé, Familie Diallo, Ensemble VIA INTOLLERANZA II
Director of Photography
Philipp Tornau, Ingo Brunner, Christoph Krauss, Lionel P. Somé, Lennart Laberenz
Assistant Camera
Zacharia Ouédraogo, Sibiri Sawadogo
Editor
Oliver Karsitz, Frank Brummundt
Music
Josep Sanou
Sound
Bianka Schulze, Ulla Kösterke
Assistant Sound
Porgo Seydou, Diallo Djiba
Re-recording Mixer
Michael Riedmiller
Assistant re-recording Mixer
Thomas Kalbér
Sound Designer
Bernd Biemüller, Markus Glunz
Dialogue Editing
Markus Glunz, Dietrich Körner
Assistant Director and Assistant Producer
Lena Trunk, Katharina Woll
Assistant Producer Burkina Faso
Ariane Zeba, Lisa Herkenhöhner
Post-production Coordinator and Assistant Editor
Jochen Kraft
Producer
Johannes-Kaya Nowbary
Producer
Michael Bogar
Co-producer
Sibylle Dahrendorf
Produced by
Perfect Shot Films
Co-produced by
ZDFkultur (Wolfgang Bergmann), ORF (Franz Grabner) and Goethe-Institut
Funding
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderanstalt, Deutscher Filmförderfonds
DVD-Details
Extras
80 min. exclusive bonus material: Interviews, Outtakes and the original Operndorf films of the Venice Biennale 2011, Trailer
Language
German
Subtitles
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / Color
Length
106 min + 80 min Extras
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound Format
DD 5.1 + 2.0
Set-Content
Softbox (Set Content: 1), Booklet (8 pages)
Release date
07.12.2012
Rating
From 0 years
Distribution Details
Screening Format
DCP (2K, 24 fps, 5.1)
Blu-ray Disc
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Language
German
Subtitles
German, English
Promotion Material
Trailer, A1 poster
License Area
Worldwide
Rating
From 0 years
