Frozen Angels

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Movie
German title Frozen Angels
Original title Frozen Angels
Country of production Germany ,
United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Frauke Sandig ,
Eric Black
script Frauke Sandig,
Eric Black
production Frauke Sandig,
Umbrella Films,
Eric Black
music Zoë Keating
camera Black
cut Silke Botsch

Frozen Angels is a cinema documentary from 2005 by Frauke Sandig and Eric Black .

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The film tells of people in Los Angeles who are pioneers of a new age - protagonists of a dream factory that promises perfectly modeled children. Personal stories of egg donors , surrogate mothers , sperm bank presidents , genetic researchers, radio hosts , adult designer babies, infertile couples, and feminist lawyers combine to create a nightmarish vision of the future of human reproduction where it began long ago. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2005, screened at numerous international film festivals and received the Prix du Public of the Visions du Réel in Nyon.

criticism

Criticism rates Frozen Angels mostly positive, so Thomas Assheuer writes in ZEIT, referring to the reproductive industry in California: “In the aseptic courtesy of their world there is always a wish to be fulfilled and an option to be used. Frozen Angels does not denounce this desire. Rather, the brilliantly shot film is a masterpiece of sobriety and distance, and it relies solely on the cold suggestion of its images. "Similarly, the world comments:" Blondes prefer ... The shocking thing about Frozen Angels is not how strange some of the main characters are to act. But how personable, familiar and natural they appear. ” Friday also sees the science fiction-like scenario depicted in the film close to today's reality:“ The film is an excellent essay on the state of reproductive possibilities in California. (...) Where the selection options of genetic engineering seem within reach, so that it becomes clear what will come of it when parents determine the characteristics of their children: The world will be blond and blue-eyed. "In the Frankfurter Rundschau it says:" If the radio presenter and owner of the world's largest surrogate mother agency Bill Handel praises the blessings of artificial reproduction in Frozen Angels, fascination and horror mix. "In the USA after the premiere at the Sundance Festival, Variety writes on the one hand:" If Michael Mann ever writes about a film Would make reproductive technologies, he would probably look like Frozen Angels ", but then continues:" Unfortunately they (the filmmakers) distract from the thought-provoking content by drawing attention to the inflated imagery. "From the German criticism the aesthetic style of the film, on the other hand, was praised: “A shocking one for a humanistically minded audience Documentary with great imagery and excellent editing, ”writes Cinema . And Arte: “The two documentary filmmakers Frauke Sandig and Eric Black (...) put together a ghostly puzzle with 'Frozen Angels' over three years, the narrative dramaturgy and visuality of which is more reminiscent of ensemble feature films such as Short Cuts or Magnolia than of documentaries oriented. "

Awards

  • Prix ​​du Public, Festival Visions de Réel in Nyon 2005
  • Prix ​​Graine de Cinéphage, Créteil Women's Film Festival
  • Special Jury Mention FICCO Festival Mexico
  • Nomination World TV Award Banff
  • Nomination Alfred P. Sloan Film Prize, Sundance Int. Film Festival 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Frozen Angels . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2005 (PDF; test number: 104 069 K).
  2. ↑ Documentation tip Frozen Angels. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dokumentarfilm.info  
  3. ↑ Frozen Angels. PBS Independent Lens, accessed March 11, 2017 .
  4. ^ "Frozen Angels" wins prize at the documentary film festival in Nyon. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 12, 2017 ; accessed on March 11, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kino-zeit.de
  5. ↑ Thomas Assheuer: Die Menschenmacher. The time, accessed March 11, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Frozen Angels. In: Variety. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
  7. ^ Palmarès 2005 - Visions du Réel. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Frozen Angels | ITVS. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Frozen Angels | ITVS. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .