Music & Sound design

 

A Thousand Waves Away

by Helena Wittmann

16mm / Stereo Sound / 1:1,66 / 10min / 2025

 

Amidst lush foliage, vibrant flower beds, babbling brooks and neatly kept lawns, characters move tentatively. As they carefully observe and interact with their surroundings and each other, a mysterious tension is growing. Beautifully shot on 16mm, and accompanied by the rousing sounds of music from Nika Son, Helena Wittman’s latest work is a feast for the eyes and the ears. (Olaf Möller, IFFR)

 

Directing & cinematography & editing Helena Wittmann

Cast Dagmar Bock, Theresa George, Julia Tielke, Arda Çiltep

And the voices of Angeliki Papoulia, Egle Cep, Erige Sehiri, Felix Kubin, Enes Yurdaün, Gustavo de Mattos Jahn Hanqi Sheng, Julie Aguttes, Katja Lell, Naama Freedman, Tsveta Dobreva, Victor Iriarte, Vladimir Vulevic, Youssef Chebbi

Sounddesign Nika Breithaupt

Music by Nika Son / „Indefinite cupboard“ (film version) original version released on Stellage/Entr‘acte, 2020

Assistant camera Elisa Elouet, Tim Liebe

Set sound recording Nika Breithaupt, Steffen Danek

Title design&poster Steffen Goldkamp

Colour grading Tim Liebe