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When I dance, the Earth trembles

Najib, Manu and Jörg have been living in Berlin for many years and are still struggling with the nature of the city. While wandering around Kreuzberg at dawn, a curious camera follows the characters in their (un)likely encounters.
A chaotic bubble of different perspectives, destinies, languages and cultures nevertheless float into the everyday life of Berlin at the edge of night and day.

  • Otto Lazić-Reuschel
    Director
  • Otto Lazić-Reuschel
    Writer
  • Otto Lazić-Reuschel
    Producer
  • Najib Abidi
    Key Cast
    "Najib"
  • Emmanouela Nikoli-Dolianiti
    Key Cast
    "Manu"
  • Jörg Petzold
    Key Cast
    "Jörg"
  • Pascal Messmer
    Camera
  • Alex Acevedo
    Sound Engineer & Sound Design
  • Klara Mohammadi
    Costume
  • Maya Yavin
    Production Manager
  • Lilian Sassanelli
    Fist Assistant Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Wenn ich tanze, wackelt die Welt
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Indipendent, Urban, Social Issues, Reality
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 11, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    Arabic, German, Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 36th International Short Film Festival Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 13, 2020
    World Premiere
  • 24th Black Night Film Festival (PÖFF Shorts)
    Tallin
    Estonia
    November 17, 2020
    International Premiere
  • Cortinametraggio
    Cortina d'Ampezzo
    Italy
    March 22, 2021
    Italian Premiere
    Special Mention
  • REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival
    Saguenay
    Canada
    June 7, 2021
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Extraordinario Film Festival
    Pinerolo
    Italy
    June 29, 2021
    Best Short Film
  • CONCORTO Film Festival
    Piacenza
    Italy
    August 25, 2021
    Young Jury Special Mention
  • FILMAY International Short Film Festival
    Kumanovo
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    September 10, 2021
    Macedonian Premiere
  • Visioni Italiane
    Bologna
    Italy
    October 30, 2021
    Special Mention
Distribution Information
  • Zero Stress Production
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Otto Lazić-Reuschel

Otto Lazić-Reuschel was born in Trieste, where he grew up. After spending a year in Chiapas, Mexico, where he shot his first documentary Que Pasa? In 2011, he moved to Berlin where he has been living for eight years. He collaborated with RomaTrial in the framework of the project “Balkan Onions”. On this occasion, he collectively directed the documentary film In Between (2015), which reports on the situation of Albanians, Roma and Serbs after the Kosovo war. His most recent work, RISKI (2017), tells the story of a group of young people in Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the North African Mediterranean coast with a land border to Morocco. RISKI was selected, among others, at the 28th Trieste Film Festival, 8th Queens World Film Festival, MiradasDoc, Docunder30 and won several awards around the world. At present, he is working on his new creative documentary, Drajcici. A Village at the Edge of Europe. The documentary is still in development but already got selected at four international development workshops - Balkan Documentary Center, IDFA Academy, Docs Barcelona and Balkan Film Market – Pitch Balkan. Together with his documentary projects, he directed his first short feature film, a one-take story set in Berlin and produced by Zero Stress Production in collaboration with Movik Film Production. Since November 2019 he’s attending ZELIG – School for Documentary, Television and New Media in Bolzano, Italy.

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