The Shape of Things

film type experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2008 runtime 17'00 colour ,
screening format DVD aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Stereo languages Englisch

Found footage film about the representation of sleep, fear and human desires in movies. The thematic sequences of THE SHAPE OF THINGS project a variety of motifs, interspersing humorous and erotic fantasies, as well as peaceful slumber with multiple phobias, private anxieties and psychological torments. This accumulation of images is open to interpretation as the viewers take their own journey, making their own connections between scenes to form their own individual narratives.

director Oliver Pietsch Schnitt / Editing Oliver Pietsch Produktion / Production Oliver Pietsch Drehbuch / Script Oliver Pietsch Bildgestaltung / DOP Tongestaltung / Sound Design
Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany
Production
  • Oliver Pietsch
  • Urbanstr. 5
  • 10961 Berlin
  • +49 30 61653753
Distribution
  • Oliver Pietsch
  • Urbanstr. 5
  • 10961 Berlin
  • +49 30 61653753
Sales
  • Oliver Pietsch
  • Urbanstr. 5
  • 10961 Berlin
  • +49 30 61653753

Oliver Pietsch

Born 1972 in Munich;
1996-2003 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich;
lives and works in Berlin

Filmography
2001 Heroes
2005 The Conquest of Happiness
2010 From Here to Eternity
2014 Tales of Us
2019 Time After Time