Milky Way

Benedek Fliegauf
Hungary – Germany
2007

Milky Way is a peculiar nature film, where instead of giraffes and penguins, we see humans.

82", 35mm
Color, No Dialogue

about the film

Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf says he sought to make “an ambient movie”, transferring the openness of ambient music to film, and thus opening up the experience of movie-watching to any number of interpretations. The film is composed of ten different scenes, all shot from afar, with tiny people appearing more as objects than characters. Fliegauf refers to this as “the orbital point of view”, focusing more on the landscapes of our world from a distance, as forms of life on one planet in an infinite galaxy. The ten, entirely different, scenes are shot over a single day, taking the viewers from night to night, and the camera is always fixed. There is no dialogue but lots of sounds, creating atmosphere that goes beyond the images, and lots of action. The film is intended as a kind of metaphysical experience, a further extension of Fliegauf's hypnotic-transcendent world, familiar from his earlier films Forest (shown at !f 04) and Dealer.

about the director

Born in Budapest in 1974, Benedek Fliegauf is a writer, director, effects and sound designer. Fliegauf is probably best known for 2003’s Forest (screened at !f 04), and 2004’s Dealer, both of which were awarded at various festivals.

awards

2007 Locarno FIPRESCI Prize
2007 Athens, Bratislava, Gijon, London, Moscow, Sarajevo, Stockholm, Torino, Vienna, Warsaw

screenings

February 22 Friday, 4:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 7

February 23 Saturday, 12:30 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

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