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Aquarela

Synopsis

AQUARELA takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water. Filmed at a rare 96 frames-per-second, the film is a visceral wake-up call that humans are no match for the sheer force and capricious will of Earth’s most precious element. From the precarious frozen waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal to Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma to Venezuela’s mighty Angels Falls, water is a AQUARELA's main character, with director Victor Kossakovsky capturing her many personalities in startling visual detail.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2018 - Out of Competition - World premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
89 min
Director
Victor Kossakovsky
Producer
Aimara Reques, Heino Deckert, Sigrid Dyekjær
Co-Producer
Joslyn Barnes, Emile Hertling Peronard, Susan Rockefeller, Danny Glover
Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Mark Thomas, Isabel Davis, Sawsan Asfari, Maya Sanbar, Madge Bray, Matthias Ehrenberg, Frank Lehmann
Editor
Victor Kossakovsky, Molly Malene Stensgaard, Ainara Vera
Screenwriter
Victor Kossakovsky, Aimara Reques
Director of Photography
Victor Kossakovsky, Ben Bernhard
Sound
Alexander Dudarev
Composer
Eicca Toppinen
Produced with the support of
BFI Film Fund (UK), Creative Scotland (UK), Participant Media (US), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (DE), Deutscher Filmförderfonds – Dfff (DE), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg/Arte (DE), Danish Film Institute (DK), Cactus World Films (UK), The Government of Greenland (GL), Eurimages (FR), Sundance Institute (US), Tribeca Film Institute (US)

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Germany, Denmark, US co-production

An Aconite Productions (UK), ma.ja.de. (DE), Danish Documentary (DK) production, in co-production with Louverture Films (US)

Aconite Productions

Aimara Reques
Burgh Business Centre
Office 3
75 King Street
Glasgow
G73 1JS

Sales Company

Lionsgate

2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica
CA 90404
USA

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