A PLACE BENEATH THE SURFACE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
SYNOPSIS
During the war between 1969 and 1975 millions of landmines were laid under Cambodian soil. Many of these relicts remain under the ground until today. As a symbol of the past they illustrate the complex social structures which underlie the relationship of men and mine and their related notion of agency.
Within their work A PLACE BENEATH THE SURFACE Julia Wichmann and Leef Hansen initialize dialogues about the past and its social acquaintance in the present. Six characters reflect their relation to landmines. In that way a personal and differentiated topography of the country is formed, in which the borders of inner and outer landscape as well as the nature of memories and emotions merge peculiarly together. The directors created a calm and impactful audio-visual concept to address the special relationship of men, place, time and object.
FILM FESTIVALS & AWARDS
2021 Nominated Best Student Documentary // Close:Up Reykjavik Film Festival (Iceland)
2020 Award of Recognition // Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest (Scotland)
2020 Official Selection // Cambodia International Film Festival (Cambodia)
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BY LEEF HANSEN // JULIA WICHMANN
Production Company: LEEF HANSEN FILM // JULIA WICHMANN
Year of production: 2019
Language: Khmer // English
Running time: 60 Minutes
Directors: Leef Hansen // Julia Wichmann
Exec Producer: Leef Hansen // Julia Wichmann
Producer: Leef Hansen // Julia Wichmann
PM: Anonymous
DoP: Leef Hansen
Sound: Leef Hansen // Julia Wichmann
1stAD: Anonymous
Casting: Leef Hansen // Julia Wichmann
Editor: Leef Hansen
Sound Mastering: Benjamin Serdani
Colourist: Leef Hansen