El mar la mar masterfully weaves together sublime 16-mm shots of nature and weather phenomena, animals, people and the tracks they leave behind with a polyphonic soundtrack, creating a cinematographic exploration of the desert habitat, a multi-faceted panorama of a highly politicised stretch of land, a film poem that conjures up the ocean.
Crew
Director | Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki |
Cinematography | Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki |
Editing | Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki |
Sound Design | Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki |
Sound | Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki |
Production Design | Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki |
Producers | Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki |
Produced by
Joshua Bonnetta
J.P. Sniadecki
Additional information
Joshua Bonnetta
Born in 1979 in Canada. He is an artist and filmmaker working in sound and moving image across installation, performance, and theatrical exhibition.
Filmography (selection)
2002 Cathode Aurora; Video installation, 6 min. 2004 Patchwork; Film installation · First Snow; 2 min. · November Light; 2 min. 2007 By Grace; 3 min. 2009 Parting; Film and video installation 2010 Long Shadows; 12 min. 2011 American Colour; 25 min., Video installation, Forum Expanded 2012 2012 American Colour; 25 min., Video installation, Forum Expanded 2012 · Remanence I – (Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost); 2 min., Forum Expanded 2013 2013 Strange Lines and Distances; Video installation, Forum Expanded 2013 2016 Lanterna; Installation 2017 Land of Thin Air; Video installation · Low Islands; Film installation, 65 min. · Lago; Sound installation, 44 min., Forum Expanded 2017 · El mar la mar; 94 min., co-directed with J.P. Sniadecki, Forum 2017 · El mar la mar
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020
J.P. Sniadecki
J.P. Sniadecki is a filmmaker who works between China and the US in collaboration with people and places to make films such as A Shape of Things to Come (2020), El Mar La Mar (2017), The Iron Ministry (2014), Yumen (2013), and Peoples Park (2012). He is also a professor in the Radio, TV, and Film Department of Northwestern University, and a core faculty in the M.F.A. of Documentary Media. As a founding member of Little Egypt Collective, he works to create generative opportunities and connections for emerging artists.
Filmography
2007 Songhua; 29 min. 2008 Demolition / Chai – Qian; 62 min. 2010 The Yellow Bank / Huangpu; 27 min. · Foreign Parts; with Véréna Paravel, 80 min. 2012 People’s Park / Renmin Gongyuan; with Libbie Cohn, 78 Min. 2013 Yumen; with Huang Xiang and Xu Ruotao, 65 min., Forum Expanded 2013 2014 The Iron Ministry / Tie Dao; 82 min. 2017 El Mar La Mar; with Joshua Bonetta, 94 min., Forum 2017 2020 A Shape of Things to Come; with Lisa Marie Malloy, 77 min. 2024 On the Battlefield
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024