GLITTER AND DUST
2020
A Documentary Film by Anna Koch and Julia Lemke
A Flare Film production
in co-production with ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel,
with Support from Die Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien and DFFF.
Development funding by Kuratorium junger deutscher Film.
German Distributor: Port au Prince Pictures
World Sales: Taskovski Films.
SYNOPSIS:
Four girls living in the lonely vastness of the USA share one passion: The wild world of rodeo. Although they move about in the powerful imagery of the American prairie and the myths of the Wild West, they give it new resonance and break free of it. In a world which used to belong to their fathers and brothers, they prove that “you ride like a girl” is not an insult but a compliment.
TEAM:
Writers/Directors: Anna Koch und Julia Lemke
Co-Writer: Melanie Waelde
Director of Photography: Julia Lemke
Editor: Carlotta Kittel
Sound Mixer: Anna Koch
Sound Design & Re-Recording Mixer: Jan Pasemann
Music: Peta Devlin, Thomas Wenzel
Producers: Katharina Bergfeld, Martin Heisler
Commissioning Editor ZDF: Jörg Schneider
PREMIERE
Festival Max-Ophüls-Preis, Germany, 2020
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Krakow Film Festival, 2020 (online edition)
Zlín Kinder- und Jugend Film Festival, Tschechische Republik, 2020
★ Special Jury Mention
Moldox International Documentary FF For Social Change, Moldavien, 2020
Achtung Berlin, 2020
★ Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Jury statement:"A film of great visual power. Cinematographer Julia Lemke finds poetic images without romanticizing, and through her image and lighting design gives rooms as well as characters a great authenticity. "Glitter & Dust" offers us an intense, almost physical experience and an unconventional look at that part of the U.S. we know from the media only as Trump country."
Goldener Spatz, 2020
Buster Filmfestival, Dänemark, 2020
Lucas Int. Festival für junge Filmfans, 2020,
Opening FilmHong Kong International Documentary Festival, 2020
Laceno D'Oro Film Festival, Italien, 2020
Salem Film Fest, 2021 (US Premiere)
Dokfest München, 2021
★ nominated for Deutschen Dokumentarfilm-Musikpreis
★ nominated for VFF Dokumentarfilm-Produktionspreis
Femme Revolution Film Festival, Mexiko, 2021 (Mexican Premiere)