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Pina

Deutschland Frankreich 2009-2011 Dokumentarfilm 3D

"Pina" is a film for Pina Bausch. Shot in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, this feature-length dance film portrays the exhilarating and inimitable art of this great German choreographer who died in the summer of 2009. Inviting the viewer on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension right onto the stage of the legendary ensemble, the film also accompanies the dancers beyond the theatre, into the city and the surrounding industrial landscape of Wuppertal – the place that was the home and centre of Pina Bausch’s creative life for more than 35 years.

Wim Wenders first saw a piece by choreographer Pina Bausch – "Café Müller" – in 1985, and was immediately bowled over. Their first meeting soon evolved into a long-standing friendship that was to lead eventually to an idea for a joint film project. However, their project’s implementation was long thwarted by the limitations of the medium of film. Wenders sensed that he had yet to find a suitable form in which convey Pina Bausch's unique art combining movement, gestures, speech and music. But then, in 2007, Wenders saw the concert film U2-3D, a digital production in 3D about the Irish rock band U2 and, all at once, it became crystal clear to him that "3D was the way to do it! Only by including the dimension of space did I feel confident (rather than merely presumptuous) that here was a suitable way of transporting Pina's Tanztheater to the screen."

Wenders began to familiarise himself thoroughly with the latest developments in 3D cinema and, in 2008, he and Pina Bausch began to think about realising their dream. They decided to include the following pieces from her repertoire: "Café Müller", "Le Sacre du Printemps", "Vollmond" and "Kontakthof".

Source: 61. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Wim Wenders

Screenplay

  • Wim Wenders (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Hélène Louvart
  • Jörg Widmer
  • Alain Derobe (Stereograph)

Editing

  • Toni Froschhammer

Music

  • Thom Hanreich

Production company

  • Neue Road Movies GmbH (Hamburg + Berlin)

Producer

  • Erwin M. Schmidt (3D)
  • Wim Wenders
  • Gian-Piero Ringel

Alle Credits

Director

  • Wim Wenders

Assistant director

  • Corinne Le Hong

Screenplay

  • Wim Wenders (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Hélène Louvart
  • Jörg Widmer
  • Alain Derobe (Stereograph)

Assistant camera

  • Christian Meyer
  • Sabine Rösing

Lighting design

  • Amedeo Balestrieri

Key grip

  • Stefan Hase

Production design

  • Peter Pabst
  • Rolf Borzik

Art director

  • Peter Pabst

Make-up artist

  • Astrid Weber

Costume design

  • Marion Cito
  • Rolf Borzik

Editing

  • Toni Froschhammer

Assistant editor

  • Maxine Goedicke

Sound editor

  • Matthias Lempert

Sound

  • André Rigaut

Audio mixing

  • Matthias Lempert

Choreographer

  • Pina Bausch

Consultant

  • François Garnier (3D Supervisor)
  • Dominique Mercy
  • Robert Sturm

Music

  • Thom Hanreich

Music consultant

  • Milena Fessmann

Conductor

  • Matthias Burkert
  • Andreas Eisenschneider

Participation

  • Pina Bausch
  • Regina Advento
  • Malou Airaudo
  • Ruh Amarante
  • Jorge Puerta Armenta
  • Rainer Behr
  • Andrey Berezin
  • Damiano Ottavio Bigi
  • Clémentine Deluy
  • Josephine Ann Endicott

Production company

  • Neue Road Movies GmbH (Hamburg + Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Eurowide Film Production (Paris)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
  • ZDFkultur (Mainz)
  • Arte G.E.I.E. (Straßburg)

in association with

  • Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (Wuppertal)
  • Pina Bausch Stitftung (Wuppertal)
  • L'Arche Editeur S. A. (Paris)

Producer

  • Wim Wenders
  • Gian-Piero Ringel
  • Erwin M. Schmidt (3D)

Co-Producer

  • Claudie Ossard
  • Chris Bolzli

Producer (TV)

  • Wolfgang Bergmann
  • Gabriele Heuser
  • Dieter Schneider

Executive producer

  • Jeremy Thomas

Line producer

  • Peter Hermann
  • Helen Olive

Associate producer

  • Heiner Bastian
  • Stefan Rüll
  • Stephan Mallmann
  • Mohammad Zahoor

Unit production manager

  • Peter Hermann

Location manager

  • Tina Bockeloh

Original distributor

  • NFP Marketing & Distribution (Berlin)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)
  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)
  • Centre National de la Cinématographie (C.N.C.) (Paris)

Shoot

    • 21.10.2009 - 04.11.2009: Wuppertal
Duration:
2941 m, 107 min
Format:
35mm - überspielt auf DCP - 3D, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe + s/w, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.01.2011, 126303, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 13.02.2011, Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb (außer Konkurrenz);
Erstaufführung (DE): 21.02.2011, Essen, Lichtburg;
Kinostart (DE): 24.02.2011

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Pina
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Pina - ein Tanzfilm in 3D
  • Untertitel (DE) Tanzt, tanzt sonst sind wir verloren

Versions

Original

Duration:
2941 m, 107 min
Format:
35mm - überspielt auf DCP - 3D, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe + s/w, Dolby SRD
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.01.2011, 126303, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 13.02.2011, Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb (außer Konkurrenz);
Erstaufführung (DE): 21.02.2011, Essen, Lichtburg;
Kinostart (DE): 24.02.2011

Awards

Verband der deutschen Filmkritik 2012
  • Bester Schnitt
  • Bester Dokumentarfilm
Academy Awards 2012
  • Oscar Nominierung, Bester ausländischer Film
Europäischer Filmpreis 2011
  • Bester Dokumentarfilm
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kino – Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater 2011
  • Gilde-Filmpreis, Bester Dokumentarfilm
Deutscher Filmpreis 2011
  • Lola, Bester Dokumentarfilm
FBW 2011
  • Dokumentarfilm des Monats
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
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