Shortlist Circle Personal Work: Craft: Cinematography

PRODUCTION COMPANYLANDIA

DIRECTOR(S)PHILLIP KAMINIAK

PRODUCER(S)THOMAS AMOEDO

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY PHILLIP KAMINIAK

PRODUCTION DESIGN ALINA BASHIROVA

EDITOR SANDER HOUTKRUIJER

CREATIVE DIRECTOR PHILLIP KAMINIAK

VISUAL EFFECTS ROBERT WUNSCH

COLOUR GRADING MANUEL PORTSCHY

ANIMATION A CURRENT STATE, ROBERT WUNSCH

COSTUME DESIGN CONSTANZA NAHMAD

INSTAGRAM TAG @LANDIAGRAM @PHILLIPKAMINIAK_CINEMATOGRAPHY #CIRCLE

SHORT SYNOPSIS AN ANALOGY BETWEEN THE MODERN HUMAN BEING, LIVING IN MASS CITIES, AND THE PHENOMENON OF THE CIRCLE OF DEATH - OBSERVED IN NATURE WITH ANTS WHO ARE SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN FORAGING PARTY AND LOSE THE PHEROMONE TRACK. THEY BEGIN TO FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER, FORMING A CONTINUOUSLY ROTATING CIRCLE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "DEATH SPIRAL" BECAUSE THE ANTS MIGHT EVENTUALLY DIE OF EXHAUSTION. SHOT IN MEXICO CITY, THIS VIBRANT AND IMPRESSIVE CITY IS A PROTAGONIST, SYMBOLIZING A LIFE IN ENDLESS HIGH SPEED MOVEMENT AND THE HUMANS WHO ARE DEDICATING THEIR LIVES TO ENDLESS MOVEMENT, SELF-EXHAUSTION IN A MODERN CAPITALISTIC BASED WORLD.