Gegenwart
Consequence
CONSEQUENCE follows the tiring working days between Christmas Eve and
New Year at a small crematorium operating 24/7. This medium-sized business guarantees to deal with a dead body within three
days - ensuring reliable planning for undertakers. So those left behind have the chance to quickly get back to their own productive
everyday lives. Swift cremation helps the affected cope with bereavement quickly, says the company brochure. There’s a lot
to be done. ‘It's the economy, stupid!’ In pictures without words CONSEQUENCE tells the story of what happens to us.
Director's Biography
THOMAS HEISE, born 1955 in Berlin, Germany, studied at the
Academy of Film & Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg. His first documentary WOZU DENN ÜBER DIESE LEUTE EINEN FILM (1980,
doc; CE '06) was banned from public screening. For many years his documentaries have been attracting international attention.
Since 2007 he has been teaching at Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. Consequence premiered at the Rome Film Festival 2012.
// Films (selected): IM GLÜCK (NEGER) (2006, doc; CE '06), DIE LAGE (Condition, 2012; CE '12), GEGENWART (Consequence, 2012,
doc)
European Panorama Documentary 2013
Thomas Heise
Germany 2012
color
65
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Thomas Heise
Cinematography
Robert Nickolaus
Editing
Mike Gürgen
Sound/Sounddesign Dietmar Künze
Production
Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH Venloer Str. 241-245 50823 Cologne
Germany T +49 221 539 74 60 www.blinkerfilm.de