Feiern

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Feiern
Directed by Maja Classen
Written byMaja Classen
Screenplay byMaja Classen
Produced byMaja Classen & Julia Titze
StarringOscar Axelrod

Jan Behrendt
Lisbeth Eckendorff
André Galluzzi
Nickolas Gleber
Nick Höppner
Lee Jones
Carsten Klemann
Inga Königstadt
Tim Kreutzfeldt
Freta Namboutin
Lucien Nicolet
Ewan Pearson
Anett Petersen
José Mari Polintan
Rejne Rittel
Cora Schneider
Thilo Schneider
Ralf Swinley
Julie van Wart
Ricardo Villalobos
Alexander Vögtlin

Saskia Willich

Contents

CinematographyAndreas Bergmann
Edited bySylke Rohrlach
Music byNick Höppner
Production
company
HFF (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolff")
Release dates
  • 3 November 2006 (2006-11-03)(Berlin, Germany)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Feiern is a 2006 documentary film about the electronic dance music scene (e.g., house music, techno). Maja Classen wrote and directed the film.

Synopsis

The film features people from Berlin's electronic dance music scenes (primarily house music and techno, but especially their “minimal” sub-scenes). The majority of the film consists of footage of individual interviews, cut and interpolated together to create narratives around certain themes, such as music, drugs, love, addiction, friendship, and sexuality. Among the interviewees were DJs, bouncers, bartenders, and partygoers.

The material for the film included 19 interviews, 56 nights (i.e., nighttime music events), and 13 musical tracks.

Production and release

The film was made under the direction of Maja Classen, with cinematography by Andreas Bergmann and editing by Sylke Rohrlach. The poetic prose that opens and closes the film was written by German author, playwright, and essayist Rainald Goetz.

The film premiered on 22 March 2006 in the Kino Babylon Theater in Berlin. Afterwards, it was shown in several film festivals, including achtung berlin—new film award [1] and the 44th Gijon International Film Festival in Spain. [2] On 3 November 2006 the record label interGroove Tonträger Vertriebs GmbH released the film for DVD distribution under the title Feiern with a 16-year licensing term. The DVD was distributed with a free CD that included music from the film's soundtrack.

Soundtrack

  1. Hey-O-Hansen - Moon (Jack Is A Simple Fella Mix By Thaddi) 06:50
  2. Isolée - Krypt 06:53
  3. Pigon - Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging 07:27
  4. Gater - Taboo 04:17
  5. My My - Serpentine 07:58
  6. Seelenluft - Manila (Ewan Pearson Remix) 03:39
  7. D'NTEL - The Dream Of Evan And Chan (Superpitcher Remix) 07:06
  8. Keith Tucker - It's A Mood 05:04
  9. UND! - Cocopuffs 05:01
  10. Lopazz - I Need Ya 05:25
  11. DJ Naughty - Rojo Caliente 06:44
  12. Plastikman - Ping Pong
  13. Âme - Rej

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References

  1. Official Website: achtung berlin—new film award
  2. Official Website: Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón