2021
Gunpowder & Sky
1 h 14 m

2021
Gunpowder & Sky
1 h 14 m

Summary Awaken is a documentary film exploring humanity's relationship with technology and with the natural world. Shot over a 5-year period in more than 30 countries, the film pioneers new timelapse, time-dilation, underwater, and aerial cinematography techniques to give audiences new eyes with which to see our world. Awaken is a celebration of...

Directed By: Tom Löwe

2021
Gunpowder & Sky
1 h 14 m

2021
Gunpowder & Sky
1 h 14 m

Awaken

Name: Awaken
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2021-04-09
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Annatina Albin, John Alvarez, Agnes Anderson, Ashaka, Tashi Garey Bassam

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Austin Chronicle

May 3, 2021

There's a sense of joy, distilled through a juxtaposition of images of celebration and ritual: women in a forest in Belarus, placing floral tributes on water; an elephant illuminated in a street fair; lanterns lifting into the air over Thailand like shooting stars in reverse; a Chinese cormorant fisherman with his bird; masked revelers at Bolivia's Carnaval de Oruro.

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The Film Stage

Apr 7, 2021

After the perpetual dormancy of our lives this past year, humanity is on the verge of reawakening, and Awaken is a worthy testament to just how much there is to explore.

By Jordan Raup FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Aug 26, 2021

Awaken was reportedly shot over the course of five years and across 30 countries, yet all that time and globe-trotting effort yielded little more than a dense clip reel of sumptuous time-lapse photography strewn about 70-odd minutes in search of a single unifying idea to justify the journey.

By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Awaken Studios, Dubai Film, Dreamcore, Archibald Nemesis Films

Release Date Apr 9, 2021

Duration 1 h 14 m

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Website https://www.facebook.com/AwakenFilm4K

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Annatina Albin

Switzerland Girl

John Alvarez

Bahamas Man

Agnes Anderson

Muses around Fire

Ashaka

Bhutanese Prayer Flag Girls

Tashi Garey Bassam

Elderly Monk

Roy Blanchard

Louisiana Swamp Boat Driver

Shayni Couch

Self - Female Diver: Dubai

Brender Eberhard

Self

Cavegn Family

Switzerland Family

Laübhof Family

German Farm Boy and Family

Sayuri Hirashi

Japanese Woman in Kimono

Daria Hubanova

Self - Model: Burj Al Arab Spa

Paola Ibrahim

Self - Child playing in Fountain: Dubai Marina

Sacha Kalis

Self - Model: Bahamas

Kati Koch

Muses around Fire

Adele Thele Kuusk

Muses around Fire

Mirjam Johanna Loddes

Muses around Fire

Cady Majeczky

Girl in Lupine Flowers

Rashid Al Mullah

Self - Jetski Rider

Roosi Nogisto

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