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RIAFN

RIAFN is a cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps. Idiom, song, as well as calls and commands of shepherds are condensed to create a musical film between artistic ideal and documentarian realism.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
GERMANY 2019
D: HANNES LANG
30‘, GERMAN

Winner of the Award for Best short documentary

JURY STATEMENT

Portraying the peculiar acoustic scenery of the protagonists of the Alps, the film „Riafn“ crosses the mediums of documentary and art. It depicts an old tradition of mountain shepherds, coalescing the senses of sound and sight through a spectacular cinematography.