sr

original German, Swahili, English, Hebrew, Chinese, Farsi, Tamasheq version with German or English subtitles

Synopsis

sr draws a panorama of human activity in which the giraffe emerges as a recurring motif. 91 narrative tableaus lead to 30 sites such as an island in the Western Pacific, a reading room in New York, a runway in central Niger. In 16 fragmentary episodes sr reports of political and societal conditions, of theoretical discourses, human creations and realities of everyday life. Traces of exoticism, colonial relics, relations of power, cultural artifacts and the relativity of knowledge appear. sr is an invitation to contemplate on what the film depicts.

Festivals/awards

2024
53 IFFR Rotterdam
Göteborg Film Festival, Visionaries
True/False Film Fest, Columbia, US
21 Millenium Docs Against Gravity
Ambulante - Gira de documentales, Mexico
48 Duisburger Filmwoche