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IDEA - Miniatures by Improvisers

This film is a 67' free-style music film, a video collage, a tour de force of improvisations by musicians from mainly the UK and Germany in an audio-visual dialogue with Ebba Jahn.
The result is a shrill, flashy, colorful, touching video collage full of different approaches to sound and image and the world.

Background:
I asked all improvising musicians I had worked with in the recent years to send me up to 3 single minutes of music with or without video / images for the creation of this music video collage - it was an inspiring delight to receive and work with them.

The UK musicians are also members of the OXFORD IMPROVISERS and MOPOMOSO.
Please see the attached Credit List for all musicans and other artists involved.

  • Ebba Jahn
    Director
  • Ebba Jahn
    Writer
  • Ebba Jahn
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Other
  • Genres:
    European Arthouse, Cinematic Music Film
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 7 minutes 37 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 8, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 53. Moers Jazz Festival
    Moers
    Germany
    May 17, 2024
    Booked & invited for discussion
  • PAST
  • Directors Cut Intl. Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    October 29, 2023
    Finalist
  • Arsenal 1 - Künstlerinnen-Programm
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 11, 2023
    Berlin Cinema Premiere
  • Silent City Film Festival
    Ithaca, NY
    United States
    October 5, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Esto Es Para Esto - Exhibidora de Cine
    Monterray
    Mexico
    August 31, 2023
    Official Selection
  • On Art - Dance&Music
    Warsaw
    Poland
    August 20, 2023
    Official Selection = Pre-selection = Not short list = no Screening
  • 9. Montevideo World Film Festival
    Montevideo
    Uruguay
    July 7, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Maladar Music Festival Award
    Kerala
    India
    May 13, 2023
    Award Best Experimental Film
  • Experimental Forum L.A.
    Los Angeles
    United States
    HONORABLE MENTION "for your vision and the film's unique contribution to cinema" THANKS.
  • Sound On Screen Music Film Festival
    Cape Town
    South Africa
    31.3. - 9. April
    Official Selection | Nominee Best Improvisation Film
  • Jazz Film Series
    Münster
    Germany
    May 3, 2023
    Jazz film series Look & Listen at Cinema - Kurbelkiste / Invitation
  • 44. Duisburger Akzente
    Duisburg - Ruhrort
    Germany
    March 26, 2023
    Official Selection / Invitation
  • 4th PIGEON D'OR AWARDS
    Kolkata
    India
    February 17, 2023
    Award Gala
    Nominee & WINNER Best Postmodern Film
  • 8 & HalFilm Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    Award Oct. 8, 2022 | Public Screening open
    Autumn II Winner: Best Experimental Film
  • Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards
    Kolkata
    India
    Award Sept. 28, 2022|Screening Gala open for 2023
    Award Winner: Best Postmodern Film (Sept.).
  • Music Film Festival UNERHÖRT!
    Hamburg
    Germany
    September 8, 2022
    German Premiere
    Official Selection / Invitation
Distribution Information
  • Ebba Jahn
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
  • Arsenal Berlin Distribution
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Theatrical
Director Biography - Ebba Jahn

Ebba Jahn graduated from the Film and TV Academy Berlin (DFFB) and has worked as a 16 mm filmmaker and cinematographer Jazzfilm RISING TONES CROSS being her longest and most known music film.
She moved to New York City from 1991 until 2010, where she a.o. studied towards a BA in Fine Arts.
Back in Germany she participated in group exhibitions, made DVD productions, video installations, and was curator and organizer of the traveling art exhibition PAPER PAIRS with abstract artworks by 20 intl. artists including her own from 2017-2019.
2018 focus shifts to the creation of short video collages with original sound and improvised music, own and found footage, artworks, photos and poetic texts.
Collaborations with other artists developed. A Berlin film/video artist grant allowed her to work on this long video collage IDEA-MINIATURES BY IMPROVISERS.
Her award winning experimental, poetic, musical films are shown by film festivals, video programs and in art exhibitions.

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