Circus Debere Berhan
Germany, Portugal / Color / 11' / 2015
There aren’t newsboys or posters announcing their arrival, just a road along which several characters, including a wading bird, come into the field. And so the Circus Debere Berhan begins its world tour, a series of shots in which the various troupes in the Ethiopian circus company perform their numbers, blending with the landscape and underscored by an enchanting musical accompaniment. This short film plays with the immediate and fixed nature of the shots, like a modern silent cinema.
Lukas Berger
With collaboration:
Mário Gajo de Carvalho
Teklu Ashagir
Lukas Berger is a photographer & director from Austria. He is currently living in Hannover, Germany and works on several photography and film projects. His travels brought him to countries like Ethiopia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan etc His first film “Circus Debere Berhan” had the world premiere in 20th Milano Film Festival..
Cast & Crew
- direction: Lukas Berger, With collaboration:Mário Gajo de Carvalho, Teklu Ashagir
- Cinematography: Lukas Berger
- Editing: Lukas Berger, Mário Gajo de Carvalho, Pedro Florêncio
- Sound Design: Gajo de Carvalho, Pedro Florêncio
- Film Cast: Abeba, Beza, Abonesh, Ashenafi, Dawit, Habtamnesh, Hiwot, Jermal, Nebiyat, Yisak, Yosef, Zekarias
- producer:: Mário Gajo de Carvalho, Lukas Berger
English