Sinopsis
Documentary. The art world is confronted with a sensational discovery – a hundred years too late! How could it happen, that an artist who discovered abstract painting at the beginning of the 20th century remained largely unnoticed? Hilma af Klint’s first abstract painting is dated 1906, four years before that of Vassily Kandinsky. Why was she ignored? This is the first film about her life and work. It investigates the role accorded to women in art history and asks why Hilma af Klint was scandalously denied the status of a pioneer of modern art. And how this recognition is now finally taking place. Today her exhibitions are attracting millions of people worldwide. The cinematic approach of her paintings reveals an artist who is seeking for meaning in life beyond the visible. Hilma af Klint’s clairvoyant work developed a unique visual world and more than 25.000 pages of notes reveal a boundless thinking that led into an outstanding oeuvre. Her timeless paintings cross all conventional borders and resonate with our innermost feelings today.
Halina Dyrschka was born in Berlin, Germany and is active as a director and producer. After studying acting, classical singing and film production she founded the company Ambrosia Film in Berlin. Her first film as a director the short film 9andahalf’s Goodbye was shown at over 40 film festivals worldwide and has won several awards. Beyond the visible – Hilma Af Klint marks her directorial feature documentary debut and is the first and only film on the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint.
November 6th, 2020. 8 pm
With the collaboration of the National Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza
www.filmin.es
Section: Featured Creators. Proposal of the National Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 93’
Country: Germany
Languages: English, German and Swedish
Director: Halina Dyrschka
Cast: Johan af Klint, The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Julia Voss, Ulla af Klint, Josiah McEhleny, Iris Müller-Westermann, Valeria Napoleone and Ernst Peter Fischerand
Producers: Eva Hillmer and Halina Dyrschka
Production Company: Ambrosia Films
International Sales: Zeitgeist Film Release and Mindjazz pictures
Main Festivals and awards: Premiered at the Götebörg Festival. Selected at CPH: DOX Copenhagen, Hot Docs Toronto, DocAviv Film Festival, VIFF Vancouver and DOC POINT Helsinki Documentary Film Festival. Winner of the VFF Documentary Production Award at DOK.fest in Munich
