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Crossing

Silent film with two characters, one male, one female, crossing and communicating transcendentally in an untouched natural area.

The Film is meant to be one episode of a series of "Crossing Episodes".

  • Stefan Zeiler
    Director
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Writer
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Producer
  • Omar Camara
    Key Cast
    "Soul"
  • Mandana Behdad
    Key Cast
    "Guide"
  • Laura Loesch
    Key Cast
    Assistent Director
  • Ellis Princewhite
    Key Cast
    Dramaturgic Adviser
  • Stefan Zeiler
    Key Cast
    Camera, Edit, Postproduction
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,400 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Full HD Video
  • 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:
- 2024 "CARTA PURA" - documentary in several parts
concept, realisation; still in production
- 2023 "Crossing - Episode 2", 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
- 2023 "Crossing - A Cinematic Study", silent short-film (9 min.)
camera, edit, direction, production
premiere: Filmmuseum München, ZSK March 2023
- 2021 "Claude Lorrain in der Campagna Romana", course material (7 min.)
realization, direction, 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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Director Statement

"Crossing" ist ein in sich abgeschlossenes Filmgedicht und zugleich Teil der Werkreihe "Crossing Episodes".