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ZIMZUM (Sichtungskopie aktuell)

Synopsis:
The loner Jorde Ensov is drawing mysterious "plans" in a book. As one day he disappears without a trace myths and legends spring up like mushrooums about his alleged plans, his creations and his whereabouts...

Synopsis (german):
Der Einzelgänger Jorde Ensov zeichnet rätselhafte Pläne in ein Buch. Als er spurlos verschwindet, bildet sich um ihn ein Mythos. Ein Lehrer behauptet, Jorde hätte vor seinem Verschwinden eine Welt geplant und sogar erschaffen. Er gibt vor, Jorde in Visionen vor sich zu sehen und Einblick in sein angebliches Schaffen zu haben. Als der Lehrer seine Fähigkeit der visionären Sicht verliert, erklärt er die Welt Jorde Ensovs für gescheitert und Jorde selbst für einen Irrtum, ein Hirngespinst ...

  • Stefan Zeiler
    Director
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Writer
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Producer
  • Edmund Telgenkämper
    Key Cast
    narrator (voice)
  • Kristof van Boven
    Key Cast
    Jorde (voice)
  • Oliver Mallison
    Key Cast
    teacher (voice)
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Key Cast
    Jorde
  • Rika Beisenherz
    Staff
    mask, location assistent, grafic support
  • Peter Lang
    Staff
    sound
  • Hedwig Rochell
    Staff
    sound assistent
  • Alexander Melach
    Staff
    camera support
  • Allison Moffat
    Staff
    translation
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Staff
    camera, edit
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 7 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria, Iceland
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Munich
    Germany
    October 6, 2019
    European Premiere

  • WorldFest – Houston 2022 / The Remi Silver Award (Experimental Feature)
Director Biography - Stefan Zeiler

BIOGRAPHY
1959 born in Klosterneuburg, Austria
1977/78 trainship at Continentalfilm/Vienna
1978 theatre workshops with Pierre Byland (Swizzerland), Philip Gaulier (France), Franz Josef Bogner (Germany), Nika Brettschneider (Austria)
1979-82 Ecole Etienne Decroux (Mime Corporel), France
1983-84 staff member at Theater Brett/Vienna
1984 stage director of a street theatre production in Olten/Swizzerland
1985-91 Academy of Fine Arts Munich, class for painting, diploma
1987-92 scholarships in Italy, Greece and Germany

since 2000 teacher for painting and drawing at ATELIERPROJEKT, Munich (www.atelierprojekt.de)
since 2002 as well author, screenplay author and playwright
exihibitions in Italy, Austria, Germany

lives and works as a painter, author and filmmaker in Munich
website: https://stefan-zeiler.de/

filmografy:
- 2024 "CARTA PURA" - documentary in several parts
concept, realisation; still in production
- 2023 "Crossing - Episode 3", silent short-film (6 min.)
camera, edit, direction, production
- 2023 "4 Kant Kunst", documentary (10 min.)
concept, realisation, production;
- 2023 "Vom Glanz in den Augen der Bilder", documentary (runtime: 28 min.)
concept, realisation, production; premiere 2023, Munich
- 2022 "Crossing - Episode 1", silent short-film (runtime: 9 min.)
camera, edit, direction, production
- 2021 "Claude Lorrain in der Campagna Romana" (runtime: 7 min.)
realization, production; course material for Atelierprojekt e. V.
- 2018 "ACHTUNG FREILUFTMALEREI", documentary (runtime: 12 min.)
realisation, production
- 2013-19 „ZIMZUM“, experimental feature (length: 128 min.),
direction, screenplay, camera, edit, production
- 2014 „Schillers Locken. Ein Exzerpt“, art video (length: 21 min.),
based on "Die Ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen" by Friedrich Schiller;
concept, production; premiere: Domagktage 2014, Munich
- 2009-15 „MONOLOG“, experimental feature (length: 180 min.)
direction, screenplay, camera, edit, production;
(in postproduction)
- 2008 „Jan und Jandl oder Aus dem wirklichen Leben“,
feature (length: 64 Min.), direction, screenplay, production;
premiere: Weimar, lesarten 2009

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Director Statement

ZIMZUM is a no budget project positioned between art video and experimental feature. An appearently simple but multi-layered story, told by an invisible narrator voice-over, takes viewers on a complex trip in the literal sense: in the middle inside into metayphysic landscapes and thus in a world of illusion and creation.
ZIMZUM (The English subtitled version) is an independent artwork with a precisely composed lettering design. It´s artistic message differs, in some extent, significantly from the non subtitled version. It can be streamed separately on Filmfreeway.