Documentary Films - Competition 2008 / Cosmic Station / Germany 2008
In a masterful composition of shots, the director offers an intimate portrait of a dilapidated cosmic ray research station located on the top of Mount Aragaz in Armenia, and its staff of six, living here in total isolation from the outside world.
In 1943 a cosmic ray research station was set up on the top of Mount Aragaz in Armenia. During the 1980s the team of scientists here embarked upon an ambitious research project which, due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, was never completed. Today the vast and considerably run-down complex located at an altitude of 3,500 metres is home to only six people, including two women who clean and cook for the group. This intimate and sensitive film uses long shots and masterful compositions to capture the total isolation of this surviving relic of the Soviet space programme.
30 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Bettina Timm
/ Screenplay Bettina Timm
/ Dir. of Photography Alexander Riedel
/ Music Daniel Kluge
/ Editor Bettina Timm
/ Producer Bettina Timm, Alexander Riedel
/ Production Pelle Film
/ Contact German Films, Pelle Film
Bettina Timm (b. 1977, Munich) studied German literature and documentary filmmaking. In 2001 she founded the company Pelle Film. Her short documentary debut The Earmistress (2000) won The Eisenstein award bestowed by the city of Munich. Her filmography includes: Mr Zhu (2004), Run Out (2007), and Cosmic Station (2008).
German Films
Herzog-Wilhelm- Str. 16, 80331, München
Germany
Phone: +49 895 997 870
E-mail: [email protected]
Pelle Film
Theresienstr. 154, 80333, München
Germany
Phone: +49 892 440 9936
Fax: +49 898 898 4998
E-mail: [email protected]
Bettina Timm
Film Director
Alexander Riedel
Film Director
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