MILLTOWN MONTANA

 

Documentary, D 2009 (Super 16mm/30 min.)
Director: Rainer Komers
Production: Kloos & Co. Medien

Theatrical Release: Dec 30th 2009

Time inscribes itself into Rainer Komers’ meticulously composed images and impressive sound collages of MILLTOWN, MONTANA. Each picture tells a story of a place that once belonged to the largest mining area in the United States and was contaminated by toxic substances and heavy metals. Without dialogue, the film sensitively portrays the landscape and the people living and working there: cowboys branding their calves, Blackfeet Indians laying down the foundation stone for an educational center, trappers and golfers, workers in a silicium plant, old miners, and young scholars competing in a mining contest. MILLTOWN, MONTANA is visibly scarred by man and trapped in a postindustrial phase of standstill. By alluding to its former wealth but showing the area’s actual lack of prospects, the film dramatically undermines the image of the American Dream.

BREATHLESS. Developed within the framework Zipp - German-Czech cultural projects, an initiative by the federal culture foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes).

FESTIVALS
DOKLeipzig 2009/D, IFF Jihlava 2009/CZ, Blicke Filmfest 2009, Big Sky - Missoula/USA, Vision Du Réel 2010 - Nyon/CH, Planète Doc Review 2010 - Warschau/PL, Augenweide Festival 2010 - Kiel/D, Crossing Europe Filmfestival 2010 - Linz/A, Göttingen Int. Ethografics Festival 2010/D, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2010 (NRW Wettbewerb)/D, Achtung Berlin Filmfestival 2010 (Made in Berlin-Brandenburg)/D, "Shaken Stars" Filmfestival Almaty 2010/Kasachstan, Open City London 2011

AWARDS
Blicke Preis 2009, Augenweide 2010 (Best Documentary), Excellence Award for Best Editing (Big Sky)