28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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how we live – messages to the family
how we live – messages to the family
how we live – messages to the family
how we live – messages to the family

how we live – messages to the family

director: Gustav Deutsch
original title: so leben wir - botschaften an die familie
country: Austria
year: 2017
running time: 107 min.

synopsis

Migration is a natural process and moving images have crossed borders ever since the invention of film. Using found footage and based on his own journey from the Netherlands to Morocco, Austrian director Gustav Deutsch deconstructs home video as a format as an unconscious aesthetic code connecting homes across various frontiers.

biography

Gustav Deutsch (1952) is an Austrian director working with found footage. His films have appeared regularly at Ji.hlava, including Film Is (1998), World Mirror Cinema. Episode 1-3 (2005,) and FILM IS. A girl & a gun (2008). 

more about film

director: Gustav Deutsch
producer: Gabriele Kranzelbinder
script: Gustav Deutsch
photography: Gustav Deutsch, Mostafa Tabbou
editing: Gustav Deutsch
music: Christian Fennesz
sound: Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
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