FLOATING ISLANDS
Germany, Switzerland 2023 – Director: Simone Fürbringer, Nicolas Humbert – Original language: English, French, German – Subtitles: English, German, None – Length: 95 min.
“We are what we see and what we don’t see.” How did we get to where we are now? What is lurking in this cinematic dragnet of film fragments and somnambulistic snippets of the present day? “The images help us to accept reality like a spoon helps us to eat,” this extravagant stream of consciousness tells us. Curtain up: open ending guaranteed. Simon Hauck
Our dear friend, esteemed filmmaker and long-time DOK.fest München companion Simone Fürbringer passed away on Monday 8 May 2023 surrounded by her loved ones. Our thoughts are with her loved ones, especially her partner and filmmaker Nicolas Humbert. To the obituary (in German)
Biographies
Simone Fürbringer (*14.06.1957 †08.05.2023)
Born in Basel in 1957, Simone Fürbringer is a filmmaker and editor who has worked as a cinematographer, journalist, photographer and acrobat and studied at the HFF Munich (graduating in 1994).
Nicolas Humbert
Born in 1958, the director and producer was a co-founder of the filmmakers' cooperative "Der Andere Blick" and studied at the HFF Munich (graduated in 1987).
The pair had worked together successfully since 1993.
Filmography
Simone Fürbringer
LUCIE & MAINTENANT, CH 2007, 80 min.
PHOENIX AUS DER ASCHE, DE 2002, 90 min.
VAGABONDING IMAGES, DE 1998, 48 min.
Nicolas Humbert
WILD PLANTS, CH/DE 2016, 104 min.
MIDDLE OF THE MOMENT, CH/DE 1995, 80 min.
STEP ACROSS THE BORDER, DE/CH 1990, 87 min.
Writer: Simone Fürbringer und Nicolas Humbert. Camera: Simone Fürbringer und Nicolas Humbert. Sound: Jean Vapeur, Lucie Thunder, Marc Parisotto. Editing: Simone Fürbringer. Music: Fred Frith, Marc Ribot, Edward Perrault, Sidsel Endresen u.a.. Production: SimNic Films. Producer: Simone Fürbringer und Nicolas Humbert. International Sales: SimNic Films Distribution: SimNic Films
