IN THE BUNKER
2022 | 78 min | Role: Editor
I am grateful to have collaborated closely with the creatively courageous Director, Lou Andrea Savoir, in crafting this beautiful feature-length beast. It is something akin to a documentary, but will not fit squarely within the genre. The editing journey was a rich and demanding process of experimentation, getting messy, and leaning into the unknown while maintaining organization. The subject necessitated such an approach, as did the Director’s unique method and vision. The result is fresh, and we eagerly anticipate its presence in the world. (Wider distribution plans are currently in progress).
SYNOPSIS
In The Bunker is a film about our faith in Art shot exclusively at the world-famous Boros Collection in Berlin.
The Boros Collection is housed in a gigantic overground WWII bunker. Originally built to protect and represent Nazi supremacy, it was later overtaken by the Communist regime and the hardcore party activists and future founders of Berghain.
Due to modern safety regulations, this labyrinth with one exit is only accessible through guided tours. To this end, the Boros have wrangled a team of guides, called Art Mediators, like no other: culled from the coolest, most inclusive Berlin youth.
In our film, we test these mediators’ ties to art and to their adoptive city through the very artworks that they love- or hate.
Official Selection: 2022 Nice International Film Festival, 2022 Fine Arts Film Festival, 2022 Berlin Film Week
Nominations: NIFF Documentary category - Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Director, Best Feature
Awards: Best Director of a Feature Documentary, 2022 Nice International Film Festival
A Cascade Production
Written and directed by Lou Andrea Savoir
Producer: Julian Dykmans
Executive Producers: Lou Andrea Savoir, Julian Dykmans
Director of Photography: Fred Mortagne
Cinematographer: Niki Waltl
Editor: Monica De Alwis
Composer: Felix Godden
Opening song: Caterina Barbieri
Title Design & Graphic Treatment: Ariane Spanier
1st AC: James Barry
Gaffers: James Barry, Jacob Sauermilch, Gregor Cunningham and Marcus Lauterbach
Sound Engineer: Oscar von Gilgenheimb
Wearable Eye Piece: Stephanie Argentier
Supervising Sound Editor: Felix Godden
Additional Editing: Günther Franke and Jonathan Peters
Visual Effects Design: Monica De Alwis
Visual Effects: John Malcolm Moore
Color Grade: Peter Schulz
Sound Editor: Claudine Fanilia Fleury
Mixed by: Felix Godden and Alasdair Reid
Legal: Eva Ditgen