29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Sea That Thinks
The Sea That Thinks
The Sea That Thinks
The Sea That Thinks

The Sea That Thinks

Gert de Graaff / Netherlands / 2001 / 100 min.


synopsis

The protagonist of this fictional documentary is the screenwriter Bart, who is writing the script for the film The Sea That Thinks. He types what he does and does what he types. Trapped between reality and illusion, he tries to answer the question of how to find happiness. The film is full of twists and changes, new perspectives, technical transpositions and optical illusions.

biography

Dutch film theoretician and cinematographer Gert de Graaff (1957) graduated in direction, camera and editing from the Dutch Film & Television Academy. He currently teaches the grammar of film language and editing around the world.

more about film

director: Gert de Graaff
producer: René Goossens
script: Gert de Graaff

contact

Gert de Graaff / G. Borstkade 9 / 1054 PV Amsterdam / 06 551 634 85 / gert@gravioli.nl

Film at festival

festival edition:2016
section:The Ji.hlava Manifesto 1997-2016
language:Dutch
colour:Colour

Info

director:Gert de Graaff
original title:De zee die denkt
country:Netherlands
year:2001
running time:100 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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