Flag Mountain

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Movie
Original title Flag Mountain
Country of production United Kingdom
original language no
Publishing year 2010
length 8:30 minutes
Rod
Director John Smith
production John Smith
camera John Smith
cut John Smith

Flag Mountain ( German  Flaggenberg ) is a British short film directed by John Smith from 2010 . In Germany, the film premiered on 1 May 2010 at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen world premiere .

action

The flag shown in the movie

The film was shot in time-lapse over the roofs of the divided Cypriot capital Nicosia , shows a large flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on a mountain in the Pentadaktylos Mountains and exposes the prevailing nationalism .

Reviews

"Impressively simple, at the same time apt and exact like a mathematical formula, the film 'Flag Mountain' by John Smith paints an apt caricature of nationalism."

- Jury of the international competition 2010 : kurzfilmtage.de

Awards

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2010

  • ARTE award for a European short film

Individual evidence

  1. "ARTE Prize for a European short film, endowed with EUR 2,500"