“It would be a different sea”
Part of:
Compilation Film
106'

Director
Justina Jürgensen a.o.



shot on raw
ARRI Alexa Mini

lensed with
ARRI Zeiss Master Primes,
Zeiss Ultra Prime 8R




VISUAL APPROAch
In the Sorbian community in Germany, where the preservation of language and culture is consciously cultivated through joint activities, football matches symbolically become an opportunity for visibility, recognition and space. The local chronicler calls it the ‘Gallic village’ in the national football league.

The images visually emphasise this observation by alternating between extreme wide-angle shots for an outside view of the community and close, atmospheric observations that take us into the heart of the young people.



Credit: Instagram Berlinale








The Sorbs are a national minority in Saxony, Germany. While there were still living approximately 50,000 Sorbs in the 1990s, today there are only 5,000 left who can speak the language. The core settlement area was destroyed by coal mining and the language is now threatened with extinction. But the community of Crostwitz sticks together, traditions are cherished and community is lived. Despite limited resources, the football club, which forms the centre of one Sorbian village, has bravely held its own in the regional league, Saxony’s second-highest division, for years. Footballer Franc (15) takes us into his world.




Source: Filminfo “It would be a different sea”, Letterboxd 2024    





Festivals

2024, Berlinale, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Worldpremiere
2024, DOK.fest Munich
2024, Mlode Horyzonty 11th International Film Festival
2024, 48ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo



Broadcast

2024, 23th October 23:30h @ RBB
2024–2026, ARD/RBB-Mediathek – Germany

Credits
 “It would be a different sea”
SG CROSTWITZ 1981 E.V.

Director  Justina Jürgensen
Production Assistant   Thaddäus Ziesch
Producer    Camille Tricaud, Felix Herrmann, Maximilian Bungarten
Director of Photography   Caroline Spreitzenbart 
Colorgrading   Alexandra Pocquet
Voice Over Recording and Translation   Matthäus Ziesch
Music   Skupina Astronawt
Editing   Denise Riedmayr, Caroline Spreitzenbart, Justina Jürgensen

A production by Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin in colaboration with Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München and Bendetta Films.  



  •  Press

  • Goethe Institut, DIVERSITY IN FOOTBALL “Voy, voy, voy, voy, voy, voy”
  • Deadline, Martin Scorsese-Narrated Doc & Kristen Stewart Romantic Thriller Set For Berlinale Special Sidebar
  • Vagabunda MX Revista, Programa de la sección Berlinale Special, en la 74 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín







OFFICIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMME FOR UEFA EURO 2024™