Closer to God (2018)
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German title | Closer to God |
Original title | Closer to God |
Country of production | Switzerland |
original language | English , Urdu |
Publishing year | 2018 |
length | 85 minutes |
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Director |
Annette Berger Grete Jentzen |
script | Annette Berger |
production | Dokwerkstatt GmbH Annette Berger Ivo Hutzli |
music | Naseeruddin Saami and Sons |
camera | Lars Barthel |
cut | Grete Jentzen |
Closer to God is a Swiss documentary from 2018 . Was directed by Annette Berger and Grete Jentzen
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A film about the Islamic mystics in India and Pakistan . The focus is on the mystic Gogha Sain and the musician Ustad Saami . The singer has dedicated his life to cultivating this tradition and also maintains a school, he does this from a deeply understood spirituality.
The film was shot in 2011 and 2012 in Karachi , Lahore , Islamabad and various provinces of Pakistan for a total of 10 weeks. As locations often known served Sufi - shrines in the region. Completion was delayed due to financing difficulties. The film largely dispenses with comments and lets the protagonists speak. However, an annotated version was made for broadcast on television. Closer to God was in this version in the show Sternstunde religion of Swiss Television SRF shown of 30 December 2018th The majority of the film received a positive response in Pakistan.
Financing / funding
The budget was CHF 850,000. It was supported by the following institutions: Swiss Television SRF, Federal Office for Culture , SuisseImage, Catholic Church of the Canton of Zurich, kath.ch, Alexis Victor Thalberg Foundation, Migros Culture Percentage , Bern Film Funding, Dialogue Between Cultures, Directorate for Development and Cooperation of Swiss Confederation, Reformed Church of the Cantons of Bern / Jura / Solothurn, Foundation Dialogue Between Churches, Religions and Cultures, Films for One World, Foundation Ursula and Rudolf Steinert, Foundation George, Hamasil Foundation, Ursula and Rudolf Streit Foundation; Isaac Dreyfuss Bernheim Foundation. Alexis Victor Thalberg Foundation. In addition, private patrons have taken on an amount of CHF 120,000.
Festivals
- Be Movie 2018
- Solothurn Film Festival 2018
- Vision du Réel 2019: In Competitions: Official Selection.
- LeGuessWho Festival Utrecht 2019
- Anthropological Film Festival Jerusalem 2019
- IFFR Festival Rotterdam 2019.
Web links
- Information page on the film Closer to God and rental (myth film), including trailer
- Swiss Films directory
- Oyeyeah Reviews Closer to God - One Step at a Time. October 22, 2019 , accessed March 13, 2020 (American English).
- Youlin Magazine: Film Screening: Closer to God and the Many Faces of Mysticism - Areej Ahmed - Youlin Magazine (October 25, 2019). Accessed March 13, 2020.