Miramare
Michaela Müller, Croatia/Switzerland, 2009, 35mm, 8'
sab 11 sett, h. 22.30, Teatro Dal Verme
mer 15 sett, h. 15.00, Teatro Strehler
sab 18 sett, h. 22.30, Teatro Strehler
Regista/Director: Michaela Müller
Paese/Country: Croatia/Switzerland
Anno/Year: 2009
Formato/Format: 35mm
Durata/Running Time: 8'
Produzione/Production: Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Michaela Müller
Produttore/Producer Lise: Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, Michaela Müller
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay: Michaela Müller
Montaggio/Editing: Michaela Müller
Fotografia/Cinematography: Michaela Müller
Sound Editor: Fa Ventilato, Michaela Müller
Musica/Music: Fa Ventilato
Distribuzione/Distribution: Zagreb Film
Sinossi / Synopsis
Una famiglia svizzera sulla spiaggia del Mediterraneo. Oltre il cartello che delimita la zona turistica i bambini scoprono chi per vivere deve nascondersi. Ma la marea spazza via tutto, rimescola le carte, unisce chi è diviso. Miramare una parabola sulle differenze dai toni poetici e dall'atmosfera sospesa. Michaela Mller, svizzera che studia a Zagabria, l'ha realizzata dipingendo su vetro e generando l'animazione dalla successione di pennellate. Arte d'altri tempi, sorprendentemente attuale.
A Swiss family on a Mediterranean beach. Beyond the notice marking the tourist area, the children discover people who have to hide so that they can live. But the tide washes everything away, shuffles the deck and unites what was divided.
Miramare is a parable on differences in poetic tones and in an atmosphere of limbo. Michaela Mller from Switzerland, who studies in Zagreb, has created this atmosphere by painting on glass and generating the animation from the succession of brushstrokes. Art from another time, surprisingly modern.
Note di regia / Director's Statement
On southern Mediterranean coasts, the external borders of Europe, tourists relax in defined holiday resorts, while "illegal" immigrants, almost invisible,struggle to get a chance for a better life. The methods Europe defending its borders against immigration are getting more severe and exceed humanitarian basic laws. Fear of losing wealth is turning into paranoia. Children of such societies grow up in a climate of mistrust towards everything unknown. I think that this kind of fear is a disease we got used to an extent that it seems to be normal.
Michaela Müller
Anno di Nascita/Date of Birth: 1972
Paese/Country: Switzerland
Biografia/Biography
Michaela Müller, regista di origine svizzera, ha ricevuto il diploma come insegnante di belle arti nel 1998. Le sue esperienze professionali includono lavori in veste di illustratrice, pittrice e scenografa teatrale. Nel 2005 si è trasferita in Croazia. Miramare è il suo film di laurea presso il Dipartimento di animazione e New Media dell'Accademia delle Belle Arti di Zagabria.
Swiss-born director Michaela Müller received her diploma for fine arts teacher from the HSLU, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, in 1998. Her professional experience includes work as inbetweener, illustrator, painter, and in theatre props production. In 2005, she moved to Croatia. Miramare is her graduation film at the Departement of Animation and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.
Festival/FestivalsFantoche International Animation Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Dokufest Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sarajevo International Film Festival, Animamundi International Animation Festival, Annecy International Festival of Animation, Cannes Film Festival.
Premi/Awards
Award Centaur for Best Debut Film (Message to Man 2010), Award for Best Croatian Film (Tabor Film Festival 2010), Spirit Award (Brooklyn International Film Festival 2010), Best Animated Film, Special Recognition (Days of Croatian Film 2010), Award for Best Student Film (Festival of Croatian Animation 2010).
