International Film Festival Rotterdam

DREAMS REWIRED

(Mobilisierung der Träume)

World Premiere

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 

A creative scientific documentary written and directed by:

Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart & Thomas Tode

Narrated in voice-over by:

Tilda Swinton

DREAMS REWIRED (Mobilisierung der Träume)

(Austria/Germany/UK, 2015, 85 min)

Screenings as part of IFFR 2015’s Signals: Regained:

Sat. 24 Jan, 16.15 h, Cinerama 2 (Press & Industry Screening)

Sun. 25 Jan, 14.30 h, Cinerama 7 (World Premiere)

Mon. 26 Jan, 19.30 h, Cinerama 5

Sat. 31 Jan, 17.30 h, LantarenVenster 3

DREAMS REWIRED traces the desires and anxieties of today’s hyper-connected world back more than a hundred years, when telephone, film and television were new. 

As revolutionary then as contemporary social media is today, early electric media sparked a fervent utopianism in the public imagination – promising total communication, the annihilation of distance, and an end to war. 

But then - as now - there were fears over the erosion of privacy, security, morality. 

Using rare - and often unseen - archival material from nearly 200 films to articulate the present, DREAMS REWIRED reveals a history of hopes and betrayals.

A film by Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart & Thomas Tode

Narrated by Tilda Swinton

Narration written by Manu Luksch & Muku Patel

Original music composed by Siegfried Friedrich

Editor Oliver Neumann

Animation Hanna Nordholt & Fritz Steingrobe

Sound design Mukul Patel & Pierre Brand

Production Managers Alfie Lang-Král & Martin Repka

Commissioning Editors Nina Goslar & Ingrid Gränz

Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu & Bady Minck

Co-producer Linda Matern

Production AMOUR FOU Vienna

Co-production BILDSCHÖN Filmproduktion & AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

With the support of Österreichisches Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmfonds Wien, Arts Council England

In collaboration with ZDF / ARTE / 3SAT

Directors Manu Luksch and Martin Reinhart attend IFFR 2015 from 23 to 27 Jan and are available for interviews

Producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck and Linda Matern attend IFFR 2015 (dates tbc)

Press information: Bert-Jan Zoet, bjzoet@gmail.com, +31 6 5050 8615

Interview requests from Monday 19 Jan: IFFR Press Desk, Attn. Melissa Cholet, pressdesk@iffr.com

International sales contact: Amour Fou, Christian Müller, christian@amourfoufilms.com, +43 699 19000193 (attends IFFR 2015 from 25 to 28 Jan)

See the DREAMS REWIRED page on the IFFR website

AMOUR FOU

Founded in Luxemburg in 1995 and in Vienna in 2001, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg and AMOUR FOU Vienna, realize artistically exceptional feature, documentary and short films for the international market with international and, most frequently, European partners. Throughout the process AMOUR FOU stands for vision and pushing the envelope, whether in regard to aesthetics, production or distribution strategies. The focus is on European independent auteur cinema and the distinctive “handwriting” of the directors who work with AMOUR FOU.The associate partners of AMOUR FOU Vienna and AMOUR FOU Luxembourg are Bady Minck and Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu.

Recent productions by AMOUR FOU: 

Fever (Fieber) by Elfi Mikesch (Berlinale Panorama 2014)

The Notebook (Le grand cahier) by János Szász (Karlovy Vary IFF 2014)

Amour Fou by Jessica Haussner (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014, also screens in IFFR 2015)

Casanova Variations by Michael Sturminger (San Sebastian IFF 2014)

www.amourfoufilms.com