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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
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)

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)

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