WOOD AND WATER
a film by jonas bak
completed
Synopsis
Anke retires from her job at the church in a small town in the Black Forest. She looks forward to reuniting with her children over the summer holidays by the Baltic Sea, at a place where they used to live as a young family, and where she lived her best years. At the last minute, her son Max is unable to join them because of the pro-democracy protests that are bringing Hong Kong, where he lives, to a standstill. She has been out of touch with him for many years and after an otherwise uneventful summer and facing the void of retirement, she decides to visit him. A mother wants to check in on her children every now and then, but Hong Kong is also her adventure, her escape. She takes up residence in his flat while Max is away on a business trip and cautiously begins to navigate this mysterious new world. Through conversations with strangers, she gradually settles in. A young woman who is sad to leave Hong Kong, Max’s doorman, a psychiatrist, a fortune teller and a social activist. These encounters and her experience of the city help her to break down the inner walls she constructed years ago and make way for a new chapter in her life.
INFO
CAST
Anke Bak
Ricky Yeung
Alexandra Batten
Patrick Lo
Theresa Bak
Susanne Johnssen
Patrick Shum
Lena Ackermann
Edward Chane
Christel Johnssen
Amy Aceituna
Jonas Bak
Wolfgang Ackermann
Rachel Chan
Harry Ha
Tony Poon
Tai Chi Chan C Fu Group
SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR, EDITOR Jonas Bak
PRODUCER Charlotte Lelong
CO-PRODUCER Ulla Lehmann, Andrea Roggon
CINEMATOGRAPHER Alex Grigoras
SOUND Chris Gayne, Jeremie Vernerey, Albert Hung Kin Kong, Isaac Bertulis
CAMERA ASSISTENT Thomas Rowe
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Adriana Praxmarer
GAFFER Hsien Yu Niu
MUSIC “New Space Music” written and performed by BRIAN ENO
courtesy of All Saints Records, © Universal Music Publishing Ltd on behalf of Opal Music
SUPERVISING SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER Marian Mentrup
SOUND DESIGNER & DIALOGEDITOR Michele Braga
SOUND DESIGNER Michal Krajczok
FOLEY RECORDIST Sergey Ivanov
CINEMA RE-RECORDING MIXER Jonathan Schorr
LINE PRODUCERS Heyna Wong, Alberto Gerosa, Lorien Stotzel
COLOUR GRADING Alex Grigoras
VISUAL EFFECTS Lukas Gegevicius
HAIR & MAKE-UP Lena Ackermann, Amrei Portella
GRIP Manuel Griesbaum
FIXER Tiger Kao
CATERING Nathalie Portella, Amy Aceituna
DRIVER KK Wong
EDITING CONSULTANT Emre Caglayan
ARTWORK DESIGN Charlotte Louis, Thomas Lelong
TITEL DESIGN Robert Gutmann
ARTWORK Marissa Stoffer
PHOTOS Friedhelm Bak
SHOT ON Kodak Film
FILMDEVELOPMENT & SCANNING Cinelab
TRANSLATION & SUBTITLING Way Film GmbH
FUNDED BY MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg
FESTIVAL PRESENTATION SUPPORTED BY German Films
With thanks to
THY LAB, SÜDWESTRUNDFUNK (SWR), MASTER CHRISTIAN ORTH (www.masterarts.training), PROTESTANT CHURCH GUTACH, FANGYING ANG, SOPHIE DUCHARME, WILLI WICHMANN, NEW NORDIC FILMS
festivals
71st Berlinarle 1-5 March / 6-20 June 2021 Berlin, Deutschland
50th New Directors / New Films 28 April-8 May 2021 New York, USA