Surfing Einstein
Germany, Italy, Spain2024documentary75'Docs+Science
One hundred years divide Albert Einstein’s prediction of the existence of gravitational waves and the experimental confirmation of these wrinkles of space-time. Teams from the Sapienza University of Rome and the Virgo Research Center had their significant share in it. Using body language and dance, they communicate frustrations and delights as well as failures and successes related to the bizarre procedure known as research work. Together with Meritxell Campos Olivé, the film director and choreographer, they managed to develop their own unique way of expressing what is the most abstract and escapes words.
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- directed by
- Meritxell Campos Olivé
Film director, choreographer, and performer working at the intersection of movement, image, and narrative. Her practice uses improvisation to explore human nature and relationships, often in public and unconventional spaces. Her early dance-theatre works include "Speculum", "Vertigo", and "Animal Erectus". She later transitioned to film with "Santa Inocencia" (2018) and "Surfing Einstein" (2024), blending dance, science, and poetic logic.
- Producer
- Dieter Meier / Tempo Ideal (Tempo Ideal)
- Cinematography
- Marcus Bronst
- Music
- Philip Weber
- Sound
- Laura Matissek
- Editing
- Marcus Bronst, Meritxell Campos Olivé
- Cast
- Pia Astone, Alessandro Bile, Sabrina Antonio, Sergio Frasca, Stavros Katsanevas, Adele La Rana, Paola Leaci, Ettore Majorana, Simone Mastrogiovanni, Andrew Miller, Federico Muciaccia, Cristiano Palomba, Maurizio Perciballi, Ornella Juliana Piccinni, Lorenzo Pierini, Paola Puppo, Piero Rapagnani, Akshat Singhal
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