Edifice 129 (2024)
In a strange place where daily broadcasts require everyone to “keep the silence”, the long-isolated residents of Edifice 129, trapped in their apartments and by distant memories, creep forwards, day by day. / Edifice 129 is a particular collaborative project, created by filmmakers across three countries. In the midst of the COVID-19 lock-downs, Linda Gasser — director of the Arc Film Festival in Mainz, Germany — invited filmmakers to join her Creatives Across Borders initiative. The aim was to meet via Zoom, support each other, and talk film, but talking film soon turned into developing a film. Meeting regularly, sometimes weekly, four writer/directors and a digital 3D artist created short films designed to work both as standalone projects and, when inter-cut, as one cohesive story, despite being filmed in Germany, the UK and Malta, and with the filmmakers never having met in person until after the films were finished.
Directors:
Karen Anstee, Jürgen Heimüller, Kenneth Scicluna, Linda Gasser.
Writers:
Karen Anstee, Jürgen Heimüller, Kenneth Scicluna, Linda Gasser.
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Paul Portelli as Jack |
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Erica Muscat as Woman's Voice |
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Jürgen Heimüller as Hermann |
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Alison Rose as Alice |
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William Cohn as Announcer |
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Anna-Lena Kühner as TV-Voice |
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Adam Lawrence as TV-Voice |
| Writing | Karen Anstee | Screenplay |
| Directing | Karen Anstee | Director |
| Writing | Jürgen Heimüller | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jürgen Heimüller | Director |
| Writing | Kenneth Scicluna | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kenneth Scicluna | Director |
| Editing | Bella Norman | Editor |
| Production | Mandy Steele | Casting |
| Art | Lulu Valentine | Production Design |
| Art | Linda Gasser | Production Design |
| Art | Marylin Grammenou | Set Decoration |
| Art | Robert Schröder-Lins | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Birgit Leitzinger | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Bagnoli | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melissa Gelbstein | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Marius Grein | Production Manager |
| Art | Gabriel Anstee | Set Designer |
| Crew | Derek Colley | Carpenter |
| Art | Alexander Dannhauser | Set Designer |
| Art | Johannes AE Schebler | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Artem Selennov | Set Designer |
| Sound | Ines Adriana | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Sandy Buchanan | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Andrea Cremonini | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Maiken Hansen | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jürgen Heimüller | Sound Effects Designer |
| Crew | Alexandros Konstantaras | Sound Design Assistant |
| Sound | Kyle Pickford | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Ralf Schönwiese | Sound Design Assistant |
| Sound | Isabell Tröger | Boom Operator |
| Visual Effects | Lexi Elven | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Don Keeya | 3D Artist |
| Lighting | Björn Brunke | Gaffer |
| Camera | Fergus Davidson | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Hayden Jones | Gaffer |
| Camera | Shahidul Khan | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Camera | Samantha Patterson | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Rob Shears | Gaffer |
| Editing | Paul Becht | Colorist |
| Sound | George Curmi | Musician |
| Sound | Anneke Scott | Musician |
| Directing | Hatti Macleod | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Raoul Brand | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Paul Becht | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Dhana Sauernheimer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Gabi Norland | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kenneth Scicluna | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lucas Fuchs | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Linda Gasser | Director |
| Writing | Linda Gasser | Screenplay |