Wild Women - Gentle Beasts
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Wild Women - Gentle Beasts |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Arabic , German , French , Russian |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anka Schmid |
| script | Anka Schmid |
| production | Franziska Reck |
| music | Roman Lerch |
| camera |
Peter Indergand , Anka Schmid (additional camera) |
| cut | Loredana Cristelli |
Wild Women - Gentle Beasts is a documentary film by the Swiss director Anka Schmid from 2015. In it Schmid documents the life and work of female trainers from four nations: Egypt , Germany , France and Russia . The world premiere was in Nyon at the Visions du Réel festival in April 2015.
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Wild Women - Gentle Beasts documents the life and work of five female predator tamers: Namayca Bauer from France, Carmen Zander from Germany, Nadezhda and Aliya Takshantova from Russia and Anosa Kouta from Egypt, who was touring in Qatar due to political circumstances at the time of shooting. The film not only shows how the women present their shows in the spotlight, but also how they fight for their existence behind the scenes. They all work in a circus and train tigers (pikeperch), lions (Bauer and Kouta) and bears (Takshantova). Schmid shows life beyond the glittering stage shows and above all examines the reality of everyday circus life. She follows the artists in their everyday life and manages to get close to them in a respectful way. The trainers reveal their passion and deep love for their wild animals and their extraordinary profession and tell of their wishes, longings and fears. It shows how women have to exceed their physical and psychological limits on a daily basis and that the danger of death is an integral part of their calling. In contrasting images of Domina vs. Cuddly Cat and The Beauty vs. The beast is shown how sensual and at the same time exhausting the relationship between animal and artist is.
Festivals and shows
- April 2016: Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
- February 2016: Cairo International Women's Film Festival
- January 2016: Solothurn Film Festival
- December 2015: Artdocfest Moscow
- November 2015: Dharamsala International Film Festival
- November 2015: Biberach Film Festival
- October 2015: Hof International Film Festival
- August 2015: Festival del Film Locarno
- April 2015: Festival Visions du Réel
Web links
- Official website
- Wild Women - Gentle Beasts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wild Women - Gentle Beasts at swissfilms.ch
- Trailer on Youtube
- Wild Women - Gentle Beasts on horizontal bar film production
- NZZ article by Christoph Egger from September 17, 2015
- watson article by Simone Meier from September 9, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Screening Info Official website, accessed April 5, 2016
- ^ Synopsis Official Website, accessed April 5, 2016; Synopsis Reck Filmproduktion, accessed on April 5, 2016
- ^ Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Program 2016
- ^ Cairo International Women's Film Festival Program 2016
- ↑ Solothurn Film Festival Program 2016 ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Artdocfest program 2015
- ^ Dharamshala International Film Festival Program 2015
- ↑ International Hofer Program 2015
- ^ Festival del Film Locarno Program 2015
- ↑ Visions du Réel program 2015 ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
