a film by Willy Hans
The hot summer day flows by almost as sluggishly as the river where the young people spend the day. Despite the bad music and all the chatter, an ominous background noise is hard to ignore. In associative images the film explores the boundaries between individuality and community.
Born in Freiburg in 1982. Studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HfbK) from 2009 to 2016, specialising in film under Prof. Angela Schanelec and Wim Wenders. During his studies, his films were already shown at many international film festivals and won several prizes, such as the Short Tiger Award 2013 with premiere at the International Film Festival in Cannes and two nominations for the German Short Film Award. In 2014, together with Paul Spengemann, Jan Eichberg and Steffen Goldkamp, he founded the film collective Spengemann Eichberg Goldkamp Hans, which has since produced a large number of films that have attracted international attention. The short film trilogy Das satanische Dickicht - EINS, ZWEI und DREI has been shown and honoured at numerous international film festivals.
Paul Spengemann (*1987) studied film and fine arts at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg and at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In 2016/17 he was honoured with the Federal Prize for Art Students, the Art Cologne Award for New Positions and in 2018 with the Columbus Förderpreis der Deutschen Kunstvereine. Since 2013, he has been working closely with Willy Hans to design the images for his films. For the cinematography of Hans' short film trilogy The Satanic Thicket - ONE, TWO and THREE, he was awarded the Grand Prix for Cinematography at the Kamera Oko Ostrava festival. His films and video works have been shown in numerous exhibitions and film festivals around the world. In 2023/24 he will be a fellow of the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo at Casa Baldi.
