{"id":107,"date":"2014-10-10T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T12:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siriklug.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=107"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:37:48","slug":"song-from-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/?portfolio=song-from-the-forest","title":{"rendered":"Song from The Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-title clearfix\"><h4 class=\"hb-heading hb-center-heading \"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/siriklug.com\/?lang=en#portfolio\" class=\"hb-button hb-second-dark hb-small-button no-three-d\" target=\"_self\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius: 2px;-moz-border-radius: 2px;border-radius: 2px;\">back<\/a><\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n<div class=\"row clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-6 \">\n<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-title clearfix\"><h4 class=\"hb-heading hb-center-heading \"><span>Info<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-content-box clearfix\"><div class=\"hb-box-cont\" style=\"background-color: #efefef\"><div class=\"hb-box-cont-body\">\n<strong>SONG FROM THE FOREST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Feature Length Documentary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2013 | 2012 | 97 min<\/strong><br \/>\nA father-son story between the real jungle and the urban jungle.<br \/>\n<strong>Director:<\/strong> Michael Obert<br \/>\n<strong>DOP:<\/strong> Siri Klug<br \/>\n<strong>Production:<\/strong> Tondowski Films Berlin, Majade Filmproduction Berlin and WDR<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-content-box clearfix\"><div class=\"hb-box-cont\" style=\"background-color: #efefef\"><div class=\"hb-box-cont-body\">\n<em>&#8222;&#8230; \u00fcberirdisch sch\u00f6ne Aufnahmen&#8230;&#8220;<\/em><br \/>\nSpiegel Online Kultur, Oliver Kaever, 13.09.2014<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8222;It is a charming and beautifully filmed story. It is especially in sound and vision that Song From the Forest succeeds in being a striking and gently haunting film.&#8220;<\/em><br \/>\nScreenDaily by Mark Adams (chief film critic), 3.12.2013<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8222;\u2026the film mainly operates in terms of striking images and aural impressions.&#8220;<\/em><br \/>\nThe Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young, 23.11.2013<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8222;\u2026gorgeous Song from the Forest\u2026 delicately shot by Siri Klug.&#8220;<\/em><br \/>\nIndiewire by Eric Kohn, 22.11.2013<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8222;\u2026 mindblowing cinematography!&#8220;<\/em><br \/>\nJakub Duszynski, Co-President of Europa Distribution, 7.01.2014<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-content-box clearfix\"><div class=\"hb-box-cont\" style=\"background-color: #efefef\"><div class=\"hb-box-cont-body\"><strong>VPRO IDFA 2013, Amsterdam | Winner: Best Feature Length Documentary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>German Feature Length Documentary Award 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SXSW Film Festival 2014 Official Selection, Austin-USA<\/li>\n<li>The Grand Prix Award 2014,Warsaw-Poland<\/li>\n<li>ZabrebDox 2014 International Competition, Zagreb-Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Reykjavik Docs Festival 2014 | Official Selection, Iceland<\/li>\n<li>River Run 2014 Official Selection, Winston-Salem-USA<\/li>\n<li>International Doc Film Festival 2014 | Opening Film, S\u00e3o Paulo-Brazil<\/li>\n<li>DOK.fest 2014, Munich-Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-6 \">\n<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-title clearfix\"><h4 class=\"hb-heading hb-center-heading \"><span>Synopsis<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n<em>As a young man, American Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio that gripped his imagination. He followed the mysterious sounds all the way to the Central African rainforest and found their source with the Bayaka Pygmies, a tribe of hunters and gatherers. He never left.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today, twenty-five years later, Louis Sarno has recorded more than 1,000 hours of unique Bayaka music. He is a fully accepted member of the Bayaka society and has a 13-year-old son, Samedi. Once, when Samedi was a baby, he became seriously ill and Louis feared for his life. He held his son in his arms through a frightful night and made him a promise: \u201cIf you get through this, one day I\u2019ll show you the world I come from.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now the time has come to fulfill his promise, and Louis travels with Samedi from the African rainforest to another jungle, one of concrete, glass, and asphalt: New York City. Together, they meet Louis\u2019 family and old friends, including his closest friend from college, Jim Jarmusch.<br \/>\nCarried by the contrasts between rainforest and urban America, with a fascinating soundtrack and peaceful, loving imagery, Louis\u2018 and Samedi\u2018s stories are interwoven to form a touching portrait of an extraordinary man and his son.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-title clearfix\"><h4 class=\"hb-heading hb-center-heading \"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/siriklug.com\/?lang=en#portfolio\" class=\"hb-button hb-second-dark hb-small-button no-three-d\" target=\"_self\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius: 2px;-moz-border-radius: 2px;border-radius: 2px;\">back<\/a><\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"back Info SONG FROM THE FOREST Feature Length Documentary 2013 | 2012 | 97 min A father-son story between the [...]","protected":false},"featured_media":73,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio_categories":[],"class_list":["post-107","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siriklug.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_categories&post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}