Anne at 13,000 ft
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| German title | Anne at 13,000 ft |
| Original title | Anne at 13,000 ft |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 75 minutes |
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| Director | Kazik Radwanski |
| script | Kazik Radwanski |
| production | Kazik Radwanski, Daniel Montgomery |
| camera | Nikolay Michaylov |
| cut | Ajla Odobašic |
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Anne at 13,000 ft is a Canadian feature film from the year 2019 under the direction of Kazik Radwanski , who also originated the screenplay. The world premiere took place on September 9, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019 . The film celebrated its European premiere on February 21, 2020 at the Berlinale in the Forum section .
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Anne is 27 and works in a daycare center in Toronto. There, children with social or psychological difficulties are also looked after, to which the staff must pay special attention. The first scene shows the young woman in sensitive handling of the little ones: she carefully catches a butterfly and places it on several children one after the other, the atmosphere is calm, the group engages with the animal and it becomes noticeable that Anne is a good one Has a relationship with the little ones. Afterwards, the audience experiences Anne at the bachelorette party of her work colleague and friend Sarah doing her first parachute jump. Your face shows relaxation and joy. During the instruction of a fantasy journey in the day-care center, in which the little ones are supposed to imagine flying, the interlinking of the two areas in which Anne feels strong and at home becomes apparent: The faces express that the children Anne in the imagination consequences.
The film also shows Anne in her recently moved apartment, where her mother visits her. She asks if everything is okay and if she can cope with her work, which Anne replies in the affirmative; the conversation does not go any further.
Anne meets a young man she met through a dating portal. She tells him her job, but not where she works, and says she wants to be careful. At the wedding of her friend Sarah, whose maid of honor she is, she meets Matt, the groom's best man. He tells her that he used to take antidepressants. Anne drinks a lot and, following Matt's warnings, claims that she does not mind because of her Polish ancestors. Shortly afterwards she vomits in the toilet. Matt takes care of her and brings her to the hotel. Shortly thereafter, the film shows Anne and Matt having coffee with Anne's parents; Anne's sister and little nephew are also there. Anne did not announce her visit to her parents. When the mother was reproached for not behaving like that, she laughed and replied that she enjoyed surprises and jokes. The next surprise follows immediately: Anne announces that she wants to marry Matt. In the next scene, in which both are alone, he tells her that she did this without consulting him. Here, too, she defends herself with the argument that she thought it was funny.
In the day-care center, it is becoming more and more apparent that Anne has difficulties with several colleagues: the older and experienced Susan warned her, if she was supervising, not to lie in a play tunnel with the children, but to keep an overview of the 90 children in the room to keep. At a team meeting, Anne said that she had the feeling that some of the colleagues did not respond to her and did not support her enough. A short time later, a boy with clothes jumps into the water, which Anne neither prevents nor reprimands. The boy's father is not very friendly when he is picked up, but later apologizes and even asks Anne to take care of Oliver when he has evening appointments. Anne accepts the offer and gets on well with the boy. When Susan admonishes Anne to throw away her coffee because hot drinks are not allowed in the daycare center and there will be difficulties during a check-up, Anne complies, but throws the empty mug at Susan and explains this in a later conversation with the manager that she did it because otherwise Susan would not have believed her that the cup was empty; Susan would be constantly monitoring her, trying to prove her mistake.
As a contrast to such stressful scenes from Anne's everyday life, the film keeps returning to skydiving. Anne tells her friend Sara that she aims to get more involved in this sport in order to be able to jump alone. The film accompanies her with scenes in which she acquires the necessary knowledge and experience.
Matt is not coping well with Anne's erratic mood swings. When she rushed to the daycare one morning and cursed her because she had forgotten that she had to stand in for a colleague, Matt told her that he was proposing a break from the relationship. Anne uses her cell phone while at work, Sarah points out to no avail that it is forbidden. When she later tells her kindergarten children about a stressful experience from her childhood, she breaks down crying and is brought home by Sarah.
In the last scene of the film, Anne's wish comes true: She jumps alone for the first time.
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The director was Kazik Radwanski , who also wrote the screenplay. The cameraman was Nikolay Michaylov, and Ajla Odobašic was responsible for the film editing. Been turned am he, the director in blocks over two years, was on in the intervals Editor been worked; so it was possible to realign the project again and again.
The main role (Anne) is Deragh Campbell , who says Kazik Radwanski wrote the role for him.
The producers were Kazik Radwanski and Daniel Montgomery . Medium Density Fibreboard Films , Toronto , was selected as the production company . World sales are in the hands of Cercamon , Dubai .
The premiere in Canada on September 9, 2019 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival 2019 was also the world premiere . The film celebrated its European premiere on February 21, 2020 at the Berlinale and will be screened in the Forum section . It was also screened in September 2019 at the Vancouver International Film Festival and in October 2019 at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema et de la Video in Montreal and in November 2019 at the AFI Fest of the American Film Institute .
analysis
Visual style
The camera stays close to the protagonist, perceives all her movements, enthusiasm, restlessness, apathy, and registers her mood, which can change from now on. According to the film critic Vikram Murti, Radwanski's hand-held camera aesthetics create a restless, tense mood in the audience through frequent close-ups, even in the film scenes in which Anne feels comfortable.
Themes and motifs
The director described Anne as a figure “who struggles to find her place in the world” and “to live freely and fully” in society. He is aware that society excludes people and thus greatly affects the development of a stable self-esteem . The film shows Anne, who is in such a situation, looking for her way.
Kazik Radwanski said that he wanted to be realistic with the film, "to find out something about the locations and their surroundings and to convey something that corresponds to the city and its inhabitants". For example, the day care center that can be seen is run by his mother, and many of the supporting actresses also work there. The main actress spent a lot of time there as part of the preparations.
Film history aspects
According to the director, his third full-length feature film is a product of the current Toronto film scene , which includes people who make independent films with different personal approaches.
According to film critic Josh Cabrita in Cinema Scope , the director and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne share an interest in those “who live on the edge of society, their interest in what is commonly called naturalistic play, and their extremely agile nature , at the same time incredibly controlled and often hand-guided camera work that only superficially bears a resemblance to the restrained aesthetics of documentary film. "
reception
Deragh Campbell's acting performance has received numerous reviews, including the remark that this film is her previous masterpiece. She is able to bring vulnerability and psychological strength to the canvas at the same time.
The reviews also go into the portrayal of mental health problems. Skydiving was interpreted by the film critic Vikram Murti on rogerebert.com as a metaphor for a balanced, positive condition. However, it is a bit worn out and overworked, for example when Anne climbs onto the roof of the daycare center in order to be close to the feeling of floating in the air. But the director and the leading actress manage to show the protagonist's emotional fluctuations in their stressful, unsupportive work environment.
Oliver Johnson from the online magazine The Upcomming saw the wobbly camera work as a successful analogy to Anne's inner state. He called the film a great, honest encounter with mental illness that is seldom seen on screen. Neither is it a narrative driven by the progression of the plot, nor is it discussed how experts would classify Anne's condition. It would have been easy to accentuate Anne's depressive or manic behavior and to favor such a classification, but the main actress would have successfully resisted this temptation. The aim of the film to show the effects of Anne's mental state on her everyday life was successful. In the film blog CinePhil , the question was raised whether Anne even had an illness that required treatment. Kazik Radwanski refused to comment on this topic in discussions with the audience and returned the question to the audience.
Awards
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Toronto International Film Festival 2019
- Special mention by the Platform Jury
- Nominated for Best Canadian Feature Film
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2019
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- VFCC Award for Deragh Campbell for best actress in a Canadian film
- VFCC Award for Matt Johnson for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film
- Nominations
- VFCC Award for Best Canadian Film
- Prize for Kazik Radwanski for best director in a Canadian film
- Kazik Radwanski Award for Best Screenplay in a Canadian Film
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Canadian Screen Awards 2020
- Nominated for the best film and the best director
- Nominated Deragh Campbell for Best Actress and Matt Johnson for Best Supporting Actor
Web links
- Anne at 13,000 ft in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Profile at berlinale.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Anne at 13,000 ft. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Anne at 13,000 ft. In: Arsenal-Programm (Berlinale Forum). Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Anne at 13,000 ft (2019) - IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Berlinale Forum 2020: Time levels like boisterous foals. In: filmportal.de. January 20, 2020, accessed February 22, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Vikram Murthi: TIFF 2019: Motherless Brooklyn, Anne at 13,000 Feet, The Moneychanger | Festivals & Awards. In: rogerebert.com. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Josh Cabrita: Anne at 13,000 ft. In: cinema-scope.com. February 21, 2020, accessed on February 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Oliver Johnston: Berlin Film Festival 2020: Anne at 13,000 ft | Review. In: The Upcoming. February 21, 2020, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Pat Mullen: TIFF Review: 'Anne at 13,000 ft'. In: Point of View Magazine. September 9, 2019, accessed February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Kevin Rakestraw: VIFF 2019: ANNE AT 13,000 FT Review. In: filmpulse.net. September 29, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Anne at 13,000 feet. In: CinePhil. February 23, 2020, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Anne at 13,000 ft. In: IMDb. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .