Trento Symphonia

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France, Italy 2014 / 20’
experimental

Just before sunset, the members of the orchestra and chorus get set up with a mountain landscape in the background in order to perform the first movement of Mahler’s 8th Symphony. As the music proceeds and night descends, the look of the landscape changes, as does the number of musicians.

Patryk Tomiczek

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A group of artists based in Milan and Berlin. This artistic collective, which makes films and installations, was established in 2006. Their works have been presented at many prestigious festivals and galleries. Their latest work, Trento Symphonia, took part in the competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Selected filmography

2007 About Zero (short)

2008 9:2 (short)

2010 57.600 secondi di notte e luce invisibili / 57.600 Seconds of Invisible Night and Light (co-dir., short)

2011 Un luogo a venire / A Place to Come (short)

2014 Trento Symphonia (short)

Credits

director Flatform
screenplay Flatform
cinematography Olivier Chambon
editing Flatform
music Gutav Mahler
cast G. Rossini Symphonic Orchestra of Pesaro, Choir of the Teatro della Fortuna of Faro, students from the Scientific and music High School of Pesarc
producer Luc Meichler
production Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains, CNC, Trentino Film Commission
sales Flatform
language no dialogue