12/04/2024
THOSE NEXT TO US | 16mm
“Since my first steps in filmmaking and still photography, I've mainly worked on analog film, from 35mm still photography, to super 8 and 16mm. I just love the analog photochemical process. In all of my recent documentary films shot in Mexico, I've chosen Kodak 16mm film over digital. When I work on film, the discipline I need before and during the shooting process helps me to be more concise and rigid. It's important for me to choose every frame and every shot very carefully, and this is especially necessary when shooting film. It makes me more aware of every image I shoot. Of course, I also love the sound of the film stock when it runs through the camera while you're shooting. It makes me aware of the cinematic time. Apart from that, the image quality of analog film is very different from digital images. Often, digital images have no soul. This problem is becoming more and more evident nowadays with the global challenges of AI image creation. So, within this context, my choice for analog film is also a political one. I believe we have to resist the contemporary ideology of reducing art projects to content creation; an ideology which is driven by commercial marketing and by the streaming industry. It's all about formulas now. But I consider film an art form, worth preserving and defending.” Director/DP Bernhard Hetzenauer
THOSE NEXT TO US is playing at the Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Stuttgarter Filmwinters festival for expanded media, Fimlfestival Max Ophüls Preis and Saarbrücken, Germany.
Director: Bernhard Hetzenauer
Script: Germán López Rosales & Bernhard Hetzenauer
Producers:
Bernhard Hetzenauer
Andrew Carlberg
Irene Hetzenauer
Marko Mijatovic
Director of Photography: Bernhard Hetzenauer
Additional camera and still photography: Tristan Guercovich
Creative Consultants:
Mariángela Martínez Restrepo
José Manuel Benítez Espinoza José Manuel Benítez Espinoza
André Siegers – Andre Berger
Sound Recordists: Mariángela Martínez Restrepo, Gabriela Sandoval Torres Gabriela Ivette Sandoval
Production & Location Coordinator: José Manuel Benítez Espinoza – José Manuel Benítez Espinoza
Sound Design: Jochen Jezussek
Jaime Guijarro-Bustamente – Jaime Guijarro
Editors:
Gabriela Sandoval Torres – Gabriela Ivette Sandoval
André Siegers – Andre Berger
Colorist: Gregor Kussmann
Festival Distribution: sixpackfilm
Camera rental: Guilén Errecalde / Cinescopio Mexico
Antoniu V. Moldovan / Filmaterlier 5 Mexico
Lab: Kodak Film Labs: Atlanta