Atalanta
A campy sci-fi experimental film based on the myth of Atalanta, shot in San Gimignano Lichtenberg’s garden. In this version Atalanta confronts her fate as a great basketball player. Several demons and contemporary archetypes discuss contemporary topics of evil and good, and even basketballs have a small role.
Production Details
Status
Post production
Year
2023
Length
20 minutes
Format
HD
Language
English, Denglisch
Genre
Sci Fi, Comedy
Director/Writer/Producer
Margarita Jimeno
Cinematographer
Daniel Takács
Dramaturgy
Susana Castellanos
Editor
Florian Klein
Sound recorder
Zita Erffa
Production Assistants
David Olbrich, Tiwo Dannenberg
Sound Design
Rob Walker
Color Correction
Sven Hegen
Music
Krikor
Main Cast
Ellen Müller as Atalanta
Felix Römer as Schöni
Otis Jack Rodriguez as Xaphan
Thulani Mgidi as Milanion
Gundula Weisshaar as Artist activist
Constanze Fröhlich as AM
David Olbrich as Basket ball player 1
Tiwo Dannenberg as Basket ball player 2
Gigi Pasolini as Basket ball player 3
Production Details
A Film by
Margarita Jimeno
Shot on Location at
San Gimignano Lichtenberg’s garden.
Dankeschön
Olaf Grawert, Tim Lehmacher, Ari Gold, Madeline Peters, Kolli Höskuldsson, Unnur Einarsdóttir
And all the crew, and cast <3
Text Excerpts
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
To Thicken the plot
John Cage
Faust I
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Clapping Backwards
Luisa Ungar
Atalanta
A campy sci-fi experimental film based on the myth of Atalanta, shot in San Gimignano Lichtenberg’s garden. In this version Atalanta confronts her fate as a great basketball player. Several demons and contemporary archetypes discuss contemporary topics of evil and good, and even basketballs have a small role.
Production Details
Status
Post production
Year
2023
Length
20 minutes
Format
HD
Language
English, Denglisch
Genre
Sci Fi, Comedy
Director/Writer/Producer
Margarita Jimeno
Cinematographer
Daniel Takács
Dramaturgy
Susana Castellanos
Editor
Florian Klein
Sound recorder
Zita Erffa
Production Assistants
David Olbrich, Tiwo Dannenberg
Sound Design
Rob Walker
Color Correction
Sven Hegen
Music
Krikor
Main Cast
Ellen Müller as Atalanta
Felix Römer as Schöni
Otis Jack Rodriguez as Xaphan
Thulani Mgidi as Milanion
Gundula Weisshaar as Artist activist
Constanze Fröhlich as AM
David Olbrich as Basket ball player 1
Tiwo Dannenberg as Basket ball player 2
Gigi Pasolini as Basket ball player 3
Production Details
A Film by
Margarita Jimeno
Shot on Location at
San Gimignano Lichtenberg’s garden.
Dankeschön
Olaf Grawert, Tim Lehmacher, Ari Gold, Madeline Peters, Kolli Höskuldsson, Unnur Einarsdóttir
And all the crew, and cast <3
Text Excerpts
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
To Thicken the plot
John Cage
Faust I
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Clapping Backwards
Luisa Ungar
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