Rain is Falling
Screens: Sunday April 1st at 7:00 PM
DIRECTOR: Holger Ernst bio
Producer: Nathalie Arnegger & Holger Ernst
Screenwriter: Mahtab Ebrahimzadeh
Cinematographer: Stefan Grandinetti
Music: Moritz Denis
Principal Cast: Fadma Ettagoum
Genre: Short Drama
Length: 15 min.
Country of Production: Germany
Year of Production: 2004
Synopsis
Tagline: A girl is trying to save her mother. She might be saving much more.
In a time in which all borders of ethnic, religious & cultural differences are being questioned, Rain is Falling makes a connection, takes a look into a foreign world & encourages a dialogue between the worlds of strangers. Rain is Falling tells the story of a solution that comparatively abstracts the big in the small. One thing becomes clear: The devotedness & elementary relationship of love & humanity lifts up the simplest action to redemption. Intuitive images weave themselves into a poetic narrative structure. Slowness & atmosphere build up to a cinematic climax, that uncovers the small, the beauty of the simple & natural that may bridge human as well as cultural gaps.
Awards & Nominations
3rd Place Emden Short Film Award, 2005
BAFTA/LA Award for Excellence, 2005
Best Short Film Award, Max Ophuls Festival, 2005
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Award, 2005
Prix UIP Valladolid for European Short Film, 2004
Festivals
Aspen Shortsfest, 2005
Carrousel International du Film, 2005
Day of the German Short Film, 2005
Tribeca, 2005
Valladolid International Film Festival, 2004