WALDEN

In the forest of the Catholic Monastery of Admont in Austria a fir tree is felled and processed into planks of wood. By train, truck, boat and finally by hand, the stack is transported to a mysterious destination right in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest. The wooden planks´ trajectory corresponds to one of the central, raw materials trade routes, however in reversed direction of transport. The film is a meditative and subtle comment on the absurdity of the economic rationale that underlies our globalised world. Each sequence of shots corresponds to a stage in the process. By means of thirteen 360-degree shots, the Swiss filmmaker Daniel Zimmermann clears a paradoxical pathway into the logic of globalised trade routes. (production note)

Trailer
Orig. Title
WALDEN
Year
2018
Country
Switzerland
Duration
106 min
Category
Documentary, Essay
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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WALDEN (Image)
WALDEN (Image)
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Credits
Director
Daniel Zimmermann
Script
Daniel Zimmermann
Cinematography
Gerald Kerkletz
Editing
Bernhard Braunstein
Sound Design
Karoline Heflin
Recording
Klaus Kellermann
Colour Correction
Andi Winter
Production
Beauvoir Films
Compositing
Matthias Halibrand
Executive Producer
Aline Schmid
Supported by
Jubiläumsstiftung der Schweizerischen Mobiliar Genossenschaft, Wien Kultur MA 7, Stadt Solothurn, Däster-Schild Stiftung, Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK), Cinéforom et Loterie Romande, Teleproduktions-Fonds, Kanton Luzern, Aargauer Kuratorium, Fachausschuss Film & Medienkunst BS / BL, Kanton Zug, Berner Filmförderung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung
Available Formats
DCP 2K scope (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:2,35 (CinemaScope)
Sound Format
Dolby 5.1.
Frame Rate
25 fps
Color Format
colour
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)
Festivals (Selection)
2018
Viennale - Vienna Int. Film Festival
Karlovy Vary - Int. Film Festival (Documentary Special Jury Prize)
Duisburg - Duisburger Filmwoche
Zürich International Film Festival (Emerging Swiss Talent Award)
Leeds - Int. FilmFestival
2019
Solothurn - Filmtage
Rotterdam - Int. Filmfestival
Sundance Film Festival
Helsinki - DocPoint Int'l Documentary Film Festival
ZagrebDOX - Documentary Film Festival
Thessaloniki - Int'l Documentary Film Festival
Paris - Cinéma du Réel
Graz - Diagonale, Festival des Österreichischen Films
Kiew - Molodist Int. Film Festival
Torino - CinemAmbiente