The Lovers

The Lovers is the second part of a small trilogy, dealing with the extinction of memories. In the first part, The Bathers, the two protagonists were subject to the chemical decomposition of the film material. The Lovers, on the other hand, transforms an old Super8 porn film into both a tragic love story and a horror movie, and finally into a memory, that is being destroyed in the inner world.

(Viennale 04)

Orig. Title
Die Liebenden
Year
2004
Country
Austria
Duration
7 min
Director
Johannes Hammel
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
Credits
Director
Johannes Hammel
Music
Heinz Ditsch
Available Formats
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)
Festivals (Selection)
2005
Clermont-Ferrand - Festival de Court Metrage
Graz - Diagonale, Festival des Österreichischen Films
Sao Paulo - Short Film Festival
Zagreb - 25fps Film & Video Festival
Regensburg - Kurzfilmwoche
Cork - Int. Film Festival
Solothurn - Filmtage
Milano Aiace - Invideo
Paris - Némo Festival
Barcelona - L’ALTERNATIVA - II Mostra Internacional de Cinema Alternatiu
Jihlava Documentary Film Festival
2006
Manchester Int. Short Film & Video Festival
2007
Wien - VIS Vienna Independent Shorts