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NAMIBIA CROSSINGS - Spirits & Limits

By

Peter Liechti

“The Hambana Sound Company” is a troupe of 12 musicians and singers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Switzerland, Russia.

Documentary

Cinema

90

Min.

Format

35mm, DVD

Sound

Stereo

Country

Switzerland

Languages

English, German, Africaans Nama Damara San Swetswana

Subtitles

English, French

Synopsis

The „Hambana Sound Company“ is a troupe made up of 12 musicians and singers, gathered from all over Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Switzerland and Russia. 12 very different outlooks journey through a country that is in the process of reinventing itself from scratch: Namibia, former German Southwest Africa.The common search for the deeper sources of music becomes a testing experience for each individual, taking them to the edge at times. Encounters with local music groups in remote provinces trigger a range of emotions – mesmerizing and euphoric as well as sad.NAMIBIA CROSSINGS takes a trip through a country of archaic beauty and bizarre contradictions – like an echo on the polyphonic soul-landscapes made up of each individual’s highs and lows.

Crew

Director

Peter Liechti

Script

Peter Liechti

director of photography

Peter Guyer, Peter Liechti

Music

Sound

Dieter Meyer

Editing

Loredana Cristelli

Picture Design

Producer

Franziska Reck

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Cast

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Polina Loubnina

Flute/ Vocal, Russia

Sharon van Rooi

Vocal/ Dance, Namibia

Vincent Mwemba

Silimba/ African Drums, Namibia

Jacky Pacheco

Vocal/ Dance, Angola

Jabulani Moyo

Clarinet/ Milai, Zimbabwe

Paul Hatani Kisting

Trumpet/ Percussion, Namibia

Dominic Lunenge

Mbira/ African Drums/ Dance, Namibia

Emmanuel Karumazondo

Mbira/ Milai/ Vocal/ African Drums, Zimbabwe

Bernhard Göttert

Cello, Namibia/ Switzerland

Ermelinda Thataon

Vocal/ Dance, Namibia

Fredy Studer

Drums/ Percussion, Switzerland

Hans Hassler

Accordion/ Bass Clarinet, Switzerland

Festivals

2006

MOFFOM

Music on Film – Film on Music

Prague

Czech Republic

2004

Visions du réel Nyon

Eröffnungsfilm & Wettbewerb

Nyon

France

2004

ZIFF

Zimbabwe International Film Festival

Wettbewerb

Harare

Simbabwe

2004

Swiss American Film Festival New York

New York

USA

2004

Festival dei popoli Firenze

Florence

Italy

2005

40. Solothurner Filmtage

Solothurn

Switzerland

2005

FESPACO

Ouagadougou

Burkina Faso

2005

Wild Cinema

International Film Festival

Windhoek

Namibia

2005

IFFI

14. Internationales Film Festival

Innsbruck

Austria

2005

26th Durban International Film Festival

Durban

South Africa

2005

Pärnu International Film Festival

Pärnu

Estonia

2006

Berlin & Beyond

Film Festival

San Francisco

USA

Awards

2005

Nomination for «Best Documentary»

Schweizer Filmpreis

Filmstills

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