MIDSUMMER NIGHT TANGO

Synopsis

Three Argentine musicians travel to Finland to find out whether Aki Kaurismäki is telling the truth when he asserts that tango music was invented in Finland.

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Viviane Blumenschein
Director

Viviane Blumenschein was born in Germany in 1969. She has a background in Cultural Studies in Lüneburg University. She lives and works in Berlin.

Filmography

2013. Calle del arte. Full-length film.

2013. Tango de una noche de verano. (84′, Full-length film)

2008. Dance for all. Full-length film.

2008. Going Against Fate. Full-length film.

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DIRECTED BY Viviane Blumenschein
YEAR / DURATION 2013 / 84'
WITH Walter "Chino" Laborde (voice), Diego "Dipi" Kvitko (guitar), Maestro Pablo Greco (bandoneon)
PRODUCERS Christian Beetz, Gema Juárez Allen, Pertti Veijalainen
CHIEF PRODUCER Kathrin Isberner
CREATIVE PRODUCERS Anahita Nazemi, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
CAMERA Björn Knechtel
SOUND Manuel de Andrés, Guido Berenblum
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Lisa Haefner
ASSISTANT PRODUCER Mayra Bottero
FOCUS PULLER Diego Mendizabal
CAMERA ASSISTANT Bruno Carbonetti
SUPPORTED BY SRF, YLE und SVT with support from MEDIA Programme of the European Union y Eurimages, FFA, Mediaboard, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Finnish Film Foundation Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales

Festivals

  • BAFICI 2013
  • Rotterdam Film Festival
  • Munchen International Film Festival
  • Guadalajara Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival London
  • Shanghai Film Festival, Gdansk Docfilm, Minneapolis IFF
  • EDGE Documentary Festival, Guadalajara IFF, Panama IFF
  • Ars Independent Festival Distributed in Germany by Neue Visionen

 

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Awards

  • Premio del Jurado / Millenium Documentary FF
  • Audience Award Winner International Filmfest Eberswalde 2014
  • Gewinner Bester Dokumentarfilm

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