DAS ERSTE MEER
(THE FIRST SEA)
Feature documentary
Germany / Austria / Israel / Palestinian Territories
2013
60min
„The First Sea“ follows Palestinian women and children on their first trip to the coast organized by Israeli women, where politically separated worlds temporarily find common ground. The reactions are as ambivalent as the conflict, for which the film shows two unusual protagonists: While Wafaa packs her bathing suit in anticipation, 13-year-old Raneen shouts Palestinian independence songs – and stays at home. A film about the magic of first times, about borders, freedom and coexistence.
Sebastian Höglinger,
Diagonale. Festival of Austrian film
CREDITS
Written & directed by: Clara Trischler
Cinematography: Jakob Fuhr
Editing: Svenja Plaas
Production manager: Elisabeth Weydt
Soundtrack: Stefan Trischler, Christian Mrazek
Head of sound design: Anna Kirst
Dramatic advisor: Ruth Beckermann, Rolf Orthel
Photography: Agnes Prammer
Translations: Mustafa Moneir, Nassar Abujabal, Gil Librowski, Guy Lichtenstein, Ophir Kahan, Susanne Jäger
Production: Kinomaton Berlin
World Sales: filmdelights
Written & directed by: Clara Trischler
Cinematography: Jakob Fuhr
Editing: Svenja Plaas
Production manager: Elisabeth Weydt
Soundtrack: Stefan Trischler, Christian Mrazek
Head of sound design: Anna Kirst
Dramatic advisor: Ruth Beckermann, Rolf Orthel
Photography: Agnes Prammer
Translations: Mustafa Moneir, Nassar Abujabal, Gil Librowski, Guy Lichtenstein, Ophir Kahan, Susanne Jäger
Production: Kinomaton Berlin
World Sales: filmdelights
FESTIVALS
Premiere at Zurich Film Festival
Max Ophüls Film Festival
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisueles Biarritz
Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film
Nar Film Festival Gazi Antep, Turkey
Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona
Vienna Jewish Film Festival
DOK.fest Munich
Int. Documentary Film Festival DOKer, Moskow
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival Arizona
Art Unanchored Festival, Bratislava
Marburg International Ethnographic Film Festival
DocPoint Helsinki
Screenings for the Int. Day of Human Rights in Israel and the Palestinian Territories invited by the Austrian Cultural Forum Tel Aviv
Premiere at Zurich Film Festival
Max Ophüls Film Festival
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisueles Biarritz
Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film
Nar Film Festival Gazi Antep, Turkey
Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona
Vienna Jewish Film Festival
DOK.fest Munich
Int. Documentary Film Festival DOKer, Moskow
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival Arizona
Art Unanchored Festival, Bratislava
Marburg International Ethnographic Film Festival
DocPoint Helsinki
Screenings for the Int. Day of Human Rights in Israel and the Palestinian Territories invited by the Austrian Cultural Forum Tel Aviv
SUPPORTED BY
Cultural Department of the City of Vienna
Verein Freunde der Filmakademie Wien
Mischief Films Wien
Crowdfunding through Indiegogo
Cultural Department of the City of Vienna
Verein Freunde der Filmakademie Wien
Mischief Films Wien
Crowdfunding through Indiegogo
TRAILER
AWARDS
Best Human/Cultural Film 2014 (Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival Arizona)
Scholarship „Perspective Austrian Newcomer Filmmaker“ 2010 (Youki, International Youth Media Festival)
Honorable mention spec_script Award 2010 (film:riss, Austrian student film festival)
Best Human/Cultural Film 2014 (Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival Arizona)
Scholarship „Perspective Austrian Newcomer Filmmaker“ 2010 (Youki, International Youth Media Festival)
Honorable mention spec_script Award 2010 (film:riss, Austrian student film festival)