CAT EFFEKT

16mm | Brazil, Russia, Germany, Lithuania | 40min | 2011

TRAILER

SYNOPSIS

A woman goes alone through the streets of Moscow getting on and off subway trains on her way to a meeting that includes a screening of a film about a cat. And that’s it; or so it is for those who believe the plot is the best part of cinema. Because as they search for that visual purity that’s historically connected to experimental cinema –equally far from theatricals as from the written word– the Jahn / Dullius duet makes an enigmatic film in which abstraction interrupts a nightmare-like story close to Maya Deren and Georges Franju trance films, and they leave one thing clear: cinema is all about images.

PRIZES

Best Film | IV Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife | International Competition

CAST AND CREW

Cast
TATYANA DERBENYOVA
DARIA GORDEEVA
JULIA GUSHINA
ANDREY KOSTYANOV
DIMITRY TROFIMOV
GEORGE DREILING
KSENYIA SHALEVICH

Direction and Production
GUSTAVO JAHN & MELISSA DULLIUS

Cinematography
VILIUS MACHIULSKIS

Production
DISTRUKTUR

Production Moscow
VILIUS MACHIULSKIS
ANDREY KOSTYANOV
IANA STEFANOVA
ULJANA RJAPOLOVA
DARIA GORDEEVA
JULIA GUSHINA

Editing and Sound
GUSTAVO JAHN & MELISSA DULLIUS

Sound Mixing
MARTIN KLEINMICHEL

Music
GUSTAVO JAHN
ERIK HAEGERT
ANSGAR TAPPERT
CRISTINA BRAGA

Assistant Cinematographer
ANDREY KOCHELEV

Script
GUSTAVO JAHN & MELISSA DULLIUS

Translation
ANDREY KOSTYANOV
JULIA GUSHINA
IANA STEFANOVA
ULJANA RJAPOLOVA
VILIUS MACHIULSKIS

Project Development
IANA STEFANOVA

Research Supported By
ECF - STEP BEYOND MOBILITY FUND

Support
CINELAB
PERVOE KINO
SCREEN SHOT
HOUSE OF BULGAKOV MUSEUM
LABORBERLIN E.V.

SCREENINGS

2013
MOSTRA DO FILME LIVRE | RIO DE JANEIRO

2012
INSTITUTO TOMIE OHTAKE | Os 10 Primeiros Anos | SÃO PAULO
14th BELO HORIZONTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | International Competition
PAÇO DAS ARTES | SÃO PAULO

2011
IV JANELA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DO RECIFE | *Best Film in International Competition
CURTA CINEMA 2011 | RIO DE JANEIRO
KINO MOVIMIENTO | BERLIN
PANKE | BERLIN
KAUNAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
VILNIUS FILM SHORTS
13th BAFICI - BUENOS AIRES INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
33rd. MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
22nd FEST. INT. DE CURTAS DE SÃO PAULO
29th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF URUGUAY | MONTEVIDEO
7th CINEESQUEMANOVO | PORTO ALEGRE
CINECLUBE IEDA BECK | FLORIANÓPOLIS
CASA DO MANCHA | SÃO PAULO
CINECLUBE CURTA CIRCUITO na SALA HUMBERTO MAURO | BELO HORIZONTE
FEMINA 2011 FEST. INT. DE CINEMA FEMININO | RIO DE JANEIRO

2010
14th FEST. DE CINEMA LUSO-BRASILEIRO DE SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA