Running time: 9:05 Year of production: 1990 shot
on 16mm
SYNOPSIS: LLAW
(wall spelt backwards) was conceived as a personal diary combining
archive footage, documentary material and metaphorical images to
depict five days surrounding the fall of the Berlin wall in November
1989. The media portrayed it as a triumph of democracy but was
it not more imporatantly a triumph of capitalism? The East offered
new markets, new economies and the wall was sold off like the pet
rock of history. Llaw was the first film about this important historical
event to be screened at the Berlin Film Festival.
FESTIVALS Llaw
premiered at the 1990 Berlin Film festival to critical acclaim
and won the Jury prize at the 1990 European Media Art festival
in Osnabruck. It was shown at festivals in Europe, North and South
America, Asia and Australia. Llaw premiered in Canada on WTN in
1992.
CREDITS Written,
directed, shot and edited by Penelope Buitenhuis
Sound by Kai Schoorman
Music by Sievert Johannsen
Produced by Jurgen Bruning and Penelope Buitenhuis
Actors: Michael Beckman, Ines Berthel and Frank Mahr
Voice: Yvonne Ducksworth
