In Praise of Nothing

In Praise of Nothing

Directed by Boris Mitic
Iggy Pop narrates Nothing's weekend on Earth.

Overview

Genre
Human Interest
Synopsis

“In Praise of Nothing” is a satirical documentary parable about Nothing, in which Nothing, tired of being misunderstood, runs away from home and comes to address us for the first and the last time.

Researched through 20.000 pages of what’s probably the most eclectic bibliography ever used in a documentary film; shot in 70 countries by 62 cinematographers collaborating through a unique anonymous brainstorming platform; scored by cabaret grandmasters Pascal Comelade and The Tiger Lillies; narrated - in wall-to-wall rhymes - by Iggy Pop.

Stage
finished
Running time
78 minutes

Credits

  • Boris Mitic ... Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer

Production Details

Prod. Co.
Dribbling Pictures
Country
Serbia
Years of Production
2017
Locations
70 countries
Prod. Partners
Film Center Serbia, Croatian Audiovisual Center, CNC Cosip, Procirep-Angoa, IDFA Bertha Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA Program, Center for Contemporary Art Geneva, Faena Art, Anti-Absurd (Croatia), La Bête (France)

Distribution Details

Release year
2017
Festivals
Locarno FF, IDFA (Masters), Moscow FF, Shanghai FF, Sarajevo FF, CPH:DOX, Visions du réel Nyon, Transcinema Lima FF, El Gouna FF, Sofia FF, Jihlava DFF, Bosphorus FF, DocPoint Helsinki/Tallinn, ZagrebDox, Tempo DFF Stockholm, One World Romania FF, Ljublja
Awards
MUBI Awards - Most watched documentary in 2019
Broadcast (Prod.)
ARTE (France/Germany), KRO-NCRV (Netherlands), RTS-SSR (Switzerland), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland)
Broadcast (Acq.)
TVC (Spain), HRT (Croatia), RTRS (Bosnia), RTS (Serbia)
Language
English
Subtitles
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azeri, Belarussian, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (simplified), Chines

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