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Fern von uns

Far from Us
Forum 2019
After a long period away, Ramira returns to her family, a community of farmers of German descent in the Argentinian rainforest. The process of bridging the distance that has grown up between her and her three-year-old son Matteo and her mother, who raised him, is difficult. Ramira hardly knows what to do with herself. She keeps feeling drawn to the house of her deceased father, where pigeons have nested. Fern von uns is a film that conveys emotional states via atmosphere, the feelings which emerge when people reencounter those close to them, yet still so far away. It’s about mourning what was, what is, and what isn’t. The soundtrack captures the humid climate in impressive fashion, rich in insects, birdsong and claps of thunder, which hangs over all the characters like a fever. Even the cows are sick – like ghosts, they repeatedly appear before the camera, which forges enchanting images of animals and landscape. The directors manage to tell this story with at once lyricism and a lack of sentimentality. When Ramira and Matteo spend the night in the old house at the end and eat hard-boiled eggs together, the snow that starts to fall the next morning suggests better times may still arrive.
by Verena Kuri (Written and Directed by), Laura Bierbrauer (Written and Directed by)
with Marcia Majcher, Cecilia Rainero, Mateo Giménez, Juan Hintz, Susana Da Silva, Gabriela Hintz, Juana Hintz, Arno Hintz, Rafael Hintz, Carlos Hintz Argentina 2019 Spanish, German, Portuguese 75' Colour World premiere

With

  • Marcia Majcher (Ramira)
  • Cecilia Rainero (Joana)
  • Mateo Giménez (Mateo)
  • Juan Hintz (Juan)
  • Susana Da Silva (Isabel)
  • Gabriela Hintz (Gabriela)
  • Juana Hintz (Lara)
  • Arno Hintz (Arno)
  • Rafael Hintz (Raymundo)
  • Carlos Hintz (Carlos)

Crew

Written and Directed by Verena Kuri, Laura Bierbrauer
Cinematography Andrés Aguiló, Federico Lo Bianco
Editing Laura Bierbrauer
Music Odin Schwartz
Sound Design Nahuel Palenque
Costumes Mariángela Martínez Restrepo
Producers Lukas Valenta Rinner Nabis Filmgroup, Salzburg, Santiago Carabante, Verena Kuri Nabis Filmgroup, Buenos Aires, Laura Biebrauer, Florencia Clérico

World Sales

Film Republic

London, United Kingdom

Produced by

Nabis Filmgroup

Salzburg, Austria

Santiago Carabante

Posadas, Argentina

Laura Bierbrauer

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Florencia Clérico

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Additional information

Contact:
Mariángela Martínez Restrepo
Film Curator/ Nabis Filmgroup
mariangela@nabisfilm.com
mariangela.mrestrepo@ucine.edu.ar
T: +5491160011930

Photos

Verena Kuri

Born in Augsburg, Germany in 1979, studied Film Directing at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. Fern von uns is her second feature-length film.

Filmography

2010 Epecuén; 8 min., co-directed by Sofía Brockenshire 2011 Geister (Ghosts); 11 min. 2017 Una Hermana (One Sister); 68 Min., co-directed by Sofía Brockenshire 2019 Fern von uns

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019

Laura Bierbrauer

Born in Darmstadt, Germany in 1980, studied Social Anthropology, as well as film. She works as a filmmaker and editor in Buenos Aires. Fern von uns is her first feature-length film.

Filmography

2005 Zwischen den Grenzen (Between the Borders); 25 min., co-directed by Luise Donschen 2010 Fantasmas de Capital (Ghosts of the Capital); 50 min. 2019 Fern von uns

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019