Federsee

John Skoog

Sweden, Germany 2013 / 8’

experimental

The promotional materials for Federsee describe it as anti-ethnographic, which is surprising since it is a film that discusses expressions of folk culture in Bad Buchau, a small town in the German region of Swabia. The movement of masked people during the carnival might remind initiates of similar traditions in Upper Silesia.

Patryk Tomiczek

John Skoog

Born in 1985, in Kvidinge, Sweden, started making experimental video as a teenager. His photography and film installations have been shown at museum and film festivals around the world. In 2013 he was, as the youngest person ever, awarded the prestigious Ars-Viva Kunstpreis.

Selected filmography

2011 Sent på jorden (short)

2012 Förår (short)

2013 Federsee (short)

Credits

director John Skoog

screenplay John Skoog

cinematography Ita Zbroniec-Zajt

editing John Skoog

sound David Gülich

producer John Skoog

production John Skoog, Erik Hemmendorff

sales John Skoog

language no dialogue