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Days Under

Documentary Films - Competition 2004 / Untertage / Netherlands 2003

An unconventional documentary depicting a day in the life of German miners. A 20-minute pictorial symphony captured in a black-and-white world 1,200 meters under the ground. 

Days Under

Synopsis

A day in the life of German miners as seen in a 20-minute pictorial symphony. Shot in a world devoid of colour, the musical accompaniment was supplied by the horrifying cacophony of jackhammers and creaking mining trucks. Due to difficult shooting conditions the film’s young Dutch director was obliged to use an old Bolex 16 mm camera and a Nagra reel-to-reel recorder. Her choice intensified the film’s impact through the disturbingly grainy image and the rawness of sound.

About the film

25 min / Color, 35 mm

Director Jiska Rickels / Screenplay Jiska Rickels / Dir. of Photography Martijn van Broekhuizen / Music Horst Rickels, Dick Raaymakers / Editor Kristian Claas / Producer Eelke Pollé / Production Netherlands Film and Television Academy, koprodukce / co-production: Fu Works / Contact Fu Works, Accento Sales
www: www.fuworks.com

About the director

Jiska Rickels

Jiska Rickels (b. 1977) performed in musical theatre productions, then graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy. Untertage is her graduation film. Last year she also worked as assistant director on The Story of the Weeping Camel (dir. by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni), screening this year in the Another View section. 

Contacts

Fu Works
Meeuwenlaan 98-100, 1021 JL, Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 344 5147
Fax: +31 20 344 5145
E-mail: [email protected]

Accento Sales
Rooseveldtlaan 219-I, 1079 AT, Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 344 4588
Fax: +31 20 344 4587
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Eelke Pollé

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