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Taste of Cement - Der Geschmack von Zement

Deutschland Libanon Katar Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2015-2017 Dokumentarfilm

In Beirut, Syrian construction workers are building a skyscraper while at the same time their own houses at home are being shelled. The Lebanese war is over but the Syrian one still rages on. The workers are locked in the building site. They are not allowed to leave it after 7p.m. The Lebanese government has imposed night-time curfews on the refugees. The only contact with the outside world for these Syrian workers is the hole through which they climb out in the morning to begin a new day of work. Cut off from their homeland, they gather at night around a small TV set to get the news from Syria. Tormented by anguish and anxiety, while suffering the deprivation of the most basic human and workers right, they keep hoping for a different life.

Source: 68. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Ziad Kalthoum

Screenplay

  • Ziad Kalthoum (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Talal Khoury

Editing

  • Aleksei Bakri
  • Frank Brummundt

Music

  • Sebastian Tesch

Production company

  • BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion (Berlin)
  • Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts (Beirut)

Producer

  • Ansgar Frerich
  • Eva Kemme
  • Tobias N. Siebert
  • Mohammad Ali Atassi

Alle Credits

Director

  • Ziad Kalthoum

Screenplay

  • Ziad Kalthoum (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Talal Khoury

Colour grading

  • Moritz Peters

Editing

  • Aleksei Bakri
  • Frank Brummundt

Sound design

  • Ansgar Frerich

Music

  • Sebastian Tesch

Production company

  • BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion (Berlin)
  • Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts (Beirut)

in co-production with

  • En Jazz (DE QA AE LB)

Producer

  • Ansgar Frerich
  • Eva Kemme
  • Tobias N. Siebert
  • Mohammad Ali Atassi

Verleih

  • deutschfilm GmbH (Berlin/München)
  • Camino Filmverleih (Stuttgart) (Vertrieb)

Original distributor

  • 3Rosen Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • Doha Film Institute (QA)
  • The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AE)

Funding (other)

  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin) (Verleihförderung)

Shoot

    • Libanon
Duration:
89 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Stereo
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.10.2017, 173008, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 23.04.2017, Nyon, Visions du Réel;
Erstaufführung (DE): 09.10.2017, Hamburg, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 24.05.2018

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Taste of Cement - Der Geschmack von Zement
  • Weiterer Titel Taste of Cement
  • Weiterer Titel Der Geschmack von Zement

Versions

Original

Duration:
89 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Stereo
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.10.2017, 173008, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 23.04.2017, Nyon, Visions du Réel;
Erstaufführung (DE): 09.10.2017, Hamburg, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 24.05.2018

Awards

Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2018
  • Jurypreis, Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb, beste Bildgestaltung
Adelaide Film Festival 2017
  • Foxtel Movies International Award, Bester Dokumentarfilm
Camden International Film Festival 2017
  • Harrell Award, Bester Dokumentarfilm
Visions du Réel Nyon 2017
  • Sesterce d'or La Mobilière, Internationaler Spielfilmwettbewerb, Bester Langfilm
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