Category: ENVISION AWARDS WSXA 2023 Amsterdam

Original Film Title: Steve Roach: Life in the Soundcurrent

Director’s Name: Kurt Lancaster

Writer’s Name: Kurt Lancaster

Producer: Kurt Lancaster

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 44 minutes

Film Description:

Struggling as a “high-sensitive” from childhood, Grammy-nominated musician Steve Roach found peace in the desert and takes the qualities of the desert—stark beauty, contrasts, silences, heat, and the palpable presence of suspended time—and turns it into a creative compass for his life and music. He has released nearly 300 albums since 1979, making him an Arizona treasure and one of the most prolific and significant cultural figures of the American school of electronic/ambient music scene.

Original Film Title: Lucinda´s Pandora

Director’s Name: Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez

Writer’s Name: Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez

Producer: Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: German

Runtime: 16 minutes 40 seconds

Film Description:

A woman destroys the life of her new love out of nowhere and faces her hidden self in the shadow of this existence.

Original Film Title: Repudiation

Director’s Name: Nader Mohandesi

Writer’s Name: Nader Mohandesi

Producer: Nader Mohandesi

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: English

Runtime: 23 minutes 53 seconds

Film Description:

It seems that most of us human beings are entangled in the many events surrounding us. At the same time, we have been facing countless happenings and have been bombarded by an overwhelming amount of information. By encountering these many events, we go through numerous emotional experiences. At some point in time, amid all the chaos, incidents, joy and sorrow, many of us come to a realisation…

Original Film Title: JOURNEY TO THE ESSENCE – Ernesto Insam and the Collectif Orchestral Sous Influences

Director’s Name: Helmut Lechthaler

Writer’s Name: Lena Lechthaler

Producer: Helmut Lechthaler

Country of Origin: Italy

Country of Filming: France

Language: English

Runtime: 48 minutes 21 seconds

Film Description:

The documentary film “JOURNEY TO THE ESSENCE” introduces the young cellist and conductor Ernesto Insam and his extraordinary Parisian ensemble. A motley composition of languages, cultures, identities and influences makes up the group. And at the same time, it is one and the same endeavour that unites them: leaving the commercial metropolitan milieu to bring classical music where it was once strongly rooted and now threatens to disappear. 
Animated by their unconditional devotion to music, the orchestra sets out from the big city to the periphery. The young musicians visit abandoned places, revived villages and natural settings to give the people there what brings them together – music. The result is an incomparable energy and atmosphere that inspires the audience and the musicians alike. 
The 48-minute film emphasises the power of music, the beauty of nature and the importance of origin. The audience is taken on a musical journey, experiencing what moves music and how enriching it can be to follow unconventional paths.