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"It will stay that way"
2026/46 | jungle | A look back at the 50th Duisburg Film Week Under the motto “50 Years of the Present”, the anniversary edition of the Duisburg Film Week (November 2nd to 8th) impressed with documentation
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See what you hear. Scene from “Béni’s Noise” by Valérie Pelet.
See what you hear. Scene from “Béni’s Noise” by Valérie Pelet.
“Why should one more be added to the infinite number of pictures that are snapped or photographed every day on this earth - yours?” says Thomas Heise in response to an email from a high school graduate who hopes to find freedom and truth in the art of film. And asks the unknown writer to be clear about her interest: »Be independent. Leave your usual surroundings. (…) Work alone. Study each item before forming a picture. Take photos in places you don't know. Never go out without a notebook. Write down what you see, what you hear. (…) Never expect security. Be happy about it. Because it will stay that way.”
The short, moving correspondence is part of the documentary film “Transition”. After the sudden death of filmmaker Thomas Heise in the spring of 2024, his long-time companions Peter Badel (camera) and Chris Wright (montage) compiled biographical finds from his estate and various archives in order to complete the film about Schönhauser Allee in Berlin, which Heise had begun. A personal film project - "the author is the character of the film," said Heise's draft - became a personal film "for" the important documentarian.
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