A tunnel will be built to connect Denmark and Germany, the present sets in motion towards the future, change hangs in the air. Dara, an ethnologist, arrives to document the houses tagged for demolition. Lucek, a young Polish man and his colleagues, prepare the future construction site. Käthe works on the ferry, steadily moving people, their stories, and goods to and fro. Birte and Leif leave their house passed on for generations. Agnes’s life resounds inside her diaries, collectibles and walls of her house being prepared for demolition. A Danish summer: long days turn into blue nights.People meet and part ways again.
GIRAFFE - A film by Anna Sofie Hartmann
A Komplizen Film production in co-production with Profile Pictures and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, in collaboration with Danmarks Radio. Funded by Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, The Danish Film Institute – The Minor Coproduction Scheme, Filmförderungsanstalt
with Lisa Loven Kongsli *** Jakub Gierszał ** Mariusz Feldman ** Przemysław Mazurek ** Janusz Chojnacki ** Piotr Olszański ** Andrzej Wicher ** Piotr Jurczyk ** Robert Płachta ** Mirosław Piorunek ** and Maren Eggert
Producers – Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski ** Co-producers – Ditte Milsted, Jacob Jarek, Caroline Schlüter Bingestam ** Commissioning editor – Cooky Ziesche ** Line Producer – Ben von Dobeneck ** Production Manager – Daria Wichmann *** Project Development – Zsuzsanna Kiràly ** Director of photography – Jenny Lou Ziegel ** Editor – Sofie Steenberger ** Set Design – Karin Betzler ** Costume Design – Sophie Reble ** Casting – Ulrike Müller ** Sound Recordist – Oliver Göbel ** Sound Design & Mix – Sune Kaarsberg ** Writer & Director – Anna Sofie Hartmann
