Aquarela

Directed by Victor Kossakovsky (2018)

Aconite Productions, Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion & Danish Documentary
Assistant Producer, Charlotte Hailstone


AQUARELA takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water. Filmed at a rare 96 frames-per-second, the film is a visceral wake-up call that humans are no match for the sheer force and capricious will of Earth’s most precious element. From the precarious frozen waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal to Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma to Venezuela’s mighty Angels Falls, water is AQUARELA’s main character, with director Victor Kossakovsky capturing her many personalities in startling visual detail.

  • release. 2018
    genre. feature documentary
    duration. 90’

  • director. Victor Kossakovsky
    producers. Aimara Reques, Heino Deckert & Sigrid Dyekjær
    co-producers. Joslyn Barnes & Emile Hertling Péronard
    line producer. Su Bainbridge
    assistant producer. Charlotte Hailstone
    production coordinator. Natalie Prinz

    assistant directors. Ainara Vera & Derek Howard
    directors of photography. Victor Kossakovsky & Ben Bernhard
    editors. Victor Kossakovsky, Ainara Vera & Molly Malene Steensgaard
    sound recordist & designer. Alexander Dudarev

    executive producers. Diane Weyerman, Jeff Skoll, Mark Thomas, Madge Bray, Isabel Davis, Matthias Ehrenberg, Frank Lehmann, Sawsan Asfari, Maya Sanbar

  • countries. Germany, UK, USA, Denmark
    produced by. Aconite Productions, Ma.ja.de Filmproduktion & Danish Documentary
    co-produced by. Louverture Films & Anorak

    distributor. Participant Media. Sony Pictures Classic (US) & others

  • world premiere. Venice 2018

    awards. 1 win & 13 nominations including…

    • El Gouna Film Festival 2018 - Winner Golden Star for Feature Documentary Competition

    • Academy Awards 2020 - Shortlist Best Documentary Feature

    • Cinema Eye Honors Awards 2020 - Nominee Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Nominee Outstanding Achievement in Production, Nominee Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

    • Critics’ Choice Awards 2019 - Nominee Most Innovative Documentary, Nominee Best Director, Nominee Best Cinematography, Nominee Score, Nominee Best Science/Nature Documentary

    • Bergen International Film Festival 2019 - Nominee Documentaire Extraordinaire

    • Chlotrudis Awards 2020 - Nominee Best Documentary

    • Stockholm International Film Festival 2020 - Winner Bronze Horse Best Documentary

  • Screen Scotland, BFI, DFI, Sundance Film Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, MDM, MBB, The Government of Greenland, RBB TV, Cactus World Films & Participant Media

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