First Time

by Nicolaas Schmidt
  • 2021 ETTG FILM, Nicolaas Schmidt
  • 2021 ETTG FILM, Nicolaas Schmidt
  • 2021 ETTG FILM, Nicolaas Schmidt

    Synopsis

    We listen to music and we are on our way. We look at things and the world differently than before, so that things don’t always repeat themselves, but get better instead: Two boys meet on a round trip with the Hamburg U3 line. Something evolves – not much but yet everything. The train runs through station after station. Lights changing on the outside and inside. Passengers and protagonists in the midst of noise & music. Glances, silence, a KitKat is broken, a Coke is being drunk. Outside: sunset & nightfall constantly interrupted by tunnels, platforms, posters & facades. The train passes the boarding station again. The timeline of love could be a circle. A common sensations music movie.

    „An audacious and humorous comment against the mainstream cinema and its standardized narratives, reminiscent of some of Chantal Ackerman and Straub-Huillet’s formally rigorous works. And at the same time a refreshing invitation to turn back our gaze to the world around us and discover anew the cinematic treasures hidden under the surface of our uneventful everyday life. For the courage and the freedom to take us into a risky and thought-provoking journey.” (Leopardi di Domani, Locarno FF, jury statement)

    Festivals

    2021
    Special Award - LOLA'21
    74 Locarno FF
    15 XPOSED IQFF Berlin
    31 Oslo/Fusion IFF
    50 Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
    47/48 Athens IFF
    63 Nordic Fim Days Lübeck
    Best Med-Lenght Film Award – 62 Festival dei Popoli Firenze

    2022
    FFHH22 – 30 Filmfest Hamburg