Ati Maier

THE PLACE OF THE RETURN 2023

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The circle of past and future unravels, when the spacerider looks into the eyes of the black knight.

The place of the return is framed around an ancient castle in germany.

The spacerider returns from the future to this place to encounter he black knight.

THE PLACE OF THE RETURN received two laurels.

Thank you to the wonderful crew and the space horse Didi.

Film shooting at the Burg Altendorf in Essen “The Place of the Return”

Daily Press WAZ /// The Burg (movie)

On location

  • Photo: the top of a ruined stone wall with a red flag on a pole and a small white figure holding a blue and white flag, against a gray sky.
  • Photo: a stone castle tower with a red flag; at its foot, the Space Rider on a white horse on green grass.
  • Photo: a person in black knight's armor stands beside the Space Rider in a white suit and helmet, in front of a stone wall.
  • Photo: a man in a black T-shirt adjusts the white suit of the Space Rider, whose head is covered by a white, umbrella-like helmet, next to a horse trailer; a small dachshund stands at the lower right.

Stills

  • Laurel wreath with a crown, reading Best Short of the Season, Season 3, Filmatic FilmFare London.
    Laurels of THE PLACE OF THE RETURN
  • Film still: a black knight in armor at the left and the Space Rider in white at the right, touching an arched stone wall with small shields.
  • Film still: a black knight's helmet at the left and the white, umbrella-like helmet of the Space Rider at the right, in front of a stone wall.
  • Film still: the Space Rider in a white suit on a white horse whose head is also covered by a white helmet, in front of a stone castle tower and trees.

Credits

Performed and Directed @
Ati Maier
Production
Klaus Knoesel, FilmKunstKommerz Munich
DOP
Timo Seidel
Postproduction
Timo Seidel
Composer
Andrew Wagstaff
Spacehorse
Didi
copyright @
Ati Maier 2023

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