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PUBLIC DOMAIN PREMIERE AT THE PHILHARMONIE

500 guests, filmmakers, contributors and the "Public Domain" choir project team celebrated the premiere of PUBLIC DOMAIN - THE FILM in the Berlin Philharmonic on October 1st, 2018..

There is a lot of laughter, many are touched. The film by Julia Gechter, which will be on TV on October 28th at 10pm in the RBB, inspires the guests in the Great Hall. With many of the singers of the extraordinary choir project present, initiated by the Education Department of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

In May 2018, the piece "Public Domain" by the American composer David Lang was performed in the Philharmonie, commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker for 1000 singers. The giant choir consists of laymen, who have never sung before, and semi-professional choirs from various worlds, clubs and institutions in Berlin.

The film accompanies the process from the choir rehearsals in various parts of the city to the performance in the Philharmonie. He introduces the initiators of the project with their visions and motivations and portrays six singers in their Berlin world, who are exemplary for many with their hopes and desires.

Team

PUBLIC DOMAIN – THE FILM. A film by JULIA GECHTER, director's assistant: JOHANNA HUTH, camera: MIRIAM TRÖSCHER, sound: ULLA KÖSTERKE, montage: SARAH CLARA WEBER, original music: DAVID LANG'S "THE PUBLIC DOMAIN", filmmusic: BELA BRAUCKMANN, GUNTER PAPPERITZ, Camera DCH: THOMAS KUTSCHKER, 2nd unit camera: LUCA STEINER, CHAD CITTENDEN, CARLO TUOR, 2nd unit sound: JARRYD WASSINK, ENRIQUE AMIBAS, SAGIR ALIYU, commissioning editor: DOROTHEA DIEKMANN, producers: UWE DIERKS, THOMAS GRUBE.

A BOOMTOWN MEDIA production in collaboration with DIGITAL CONCERT HALL | BERLIN PHILHARMONIC and THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT of the BERLIN PHILHARMONIKER as well as MET FILMSCHOOL BERLIN.

Commissioned by RBB Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg.

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BOOMTOWN MEDIA INTERNATIONAL