Experiencing Interruptions?

Crossing - Cinematic Studies

Young male people of colour roaming untouched aereas have to cope almost impassable barriers and become confronted with enigmatic rituals. Who is lost? Who is guided? Graphic symbols on a wooden fence don´t give answer or advice.

  • Stefan Zeiler
    Director
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Writer
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Producer
  • Junior Mobi
    Key Cast
    "Soul"
  • Ado
    Key Cast
    "Guide"
  • Mandana Bedhad
    Key Cast
    "Guide"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 20, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Shooting Format:
    Full HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Stefan Zeiler

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, Paris (Mime Corporel)
1983-84 staff member at Theater Brett/Vienna
1984 stage director of a street theatre production, Olten/Swizzerland
1985-91 studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, painting class
professor Jürgen Reipka, diploma

1987-92 scholarships in Italy, Greece and Germany

teacher for painting and drawing at
- ATELIERPROJEKT e. V., Munich (www.atelierprojekt.de)
- VHS Unterhaching, Bavaria (www.vhs-unterhaching.de)

exihibitions in Italy, Austria, Germany
lives in Munich

since 2002 as well author, screenplay author and playwright

filmography:
- 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 (28 min.)
concept, realisation, production; premiere 2023, Munich
- 2022 "Crossing - Episode 1", silent short-film (9 min.)
camera, edit, direction, production
premiere: Filmmuseum München, ZSK März 2023
- 2021 "Claude Lorrain in der Campagna Romana", course material (7 min.)
concept, realization, production
- 2018 "ACHTUNG FREILUFTMALEREI", documentary (12 min.)
camera, edit, direction, production
- 2013-19 „ZIMZUM“, experimental feature (128 min.)
direction, screenplay, camera, edit, production
premiere OV: Werkstattkino München 2019
- 2014 „SCHILLERS LOCKEN. Ein Exzerpt“, art video (21 min.)
A Visualising of Friedrich Schiller´s essay from 1795:
"Die Ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen".
concept and realisation; premiere: Domagktage 2014, Munich
- 2012 "Friedrich Plahl (1926 - 2018)", documentary (41 min.)
concept and realisation; premiere: Stadtmuseum Bruneck 2022
- 2009-15 „MONOLOG“, experimental feature (180 min.)
direction, screenplay, camera, edit, production; (in postproduction)
- 2008 „Jan und Jandl oder Aus dem wirklichen Leben“, feature (64 min.)
direction, screenplay, production; premiere: Weimar, lesarten 2009

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