• Reality Must Be Addressed

    Reality Must Be Addressed



  • Reality Must Be Addressed

    Reality Must Be Addressed



  • Reality Must Be Addressed

    Reality Must Be Addressed



Reality Must Be Addressed

by Johanna Seggelke

Reality Must Be Addressed

Germany | 2021 | 53:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” Even though Sky and Johanna definitely did not have this quote by Mark Twain in mind, it’s written in the stars of the two young women’s journey through South Africa. A chance acquaintance turns into a relationship that shimmers in all the colours of love. Between Marmite toasts, joints, selfies and music they explore each other inside out. But what happens when the journey ends?
In this deeply personal piece, filmmaker Johanna Seggelke chooses a very different approach to its predecessor, “Bibi Must Go” from 2020. She questions herself, her feelings and memories and almost casually unfolds an enchanting coming-of-age story about a love that emerges and fades in the seemingly endless summer. With a light hand, the film maintains the delicate balance between shimmering beauty and incidentality and manages to make the complicated dialectics of intimacy and strangeness palpable. The outstanding montage interweaves feathery holiday videos with an extraordinary score and the director’s sometimes wonderfully quirky, sometimes wise reflections. A delightfully direct film which preserves the rough edges of the moment and at the same time tries to outwit the undeceivability of one’s own emotions – at least for the time it takes to smoke a cigarette. (64 DOK Leipzig, Luc-Carolin Ziemann)
Festivals/Awards
2021
Young Eyes Film Award – 64 DOK Leipzig
Cast and Crew
  • Director Johanna Seggelke
  • Producer Johanna Seggelke
  • Editor Marie Zrenner
  • Sound Cornelia Böhm
  • Score Silvius Sonvilla
Original Languages

English

Production Company
HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)
Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1, 80333 München

Phone: +49 89 689570

Fax: +49 89 689579900

info@hff-muc.de
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