Aquarela

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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 resource. 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.

 

Press Highlights:

New York Times / John Anderson

 August 14th, 2019: "How Do You Film Water In Its Many Forms? Very, Very Carefully"

Forbes / David Alm

 August 7th, 2019: "Behold The (Terrible, Awesome, Beautiful) Power of Water in 'Aquarela"

AV Club / Noel Murray

August 13th, 2019: "In The Arty Documentary Aquarela, Water Is Both Hero And Villain"

Variety / Guy Lodge

September 1st, 2018: "Film Review: 'Aquarela"

Rolling Stone / Peter Travers 

August 15th, 2019: "Aquarela Review: The Shape of Water, Indeed"

 

Director: Victor Kossakovsky

Screenwriters: Victor Kossakovsky, Aimara Reques

Producers: Aimara Reques, Heino Deckert, Sigrid Dyekjær

Exec Producers: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann

Directors of Photography: Victor Kossakovsky, Ben Bernhard

Editors: Victor Kossakovsky, Molly Malene Sternsgaard, Ainara Vera

Sound:  Alexander Dudarev

Music: Eicca Toppinen

 

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