Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth is the third collaboration between Eric Black and Frauke Sandig. After the Fall (1999), their first film together, documented the mysterious, disturbing and almost complete disappearance of the Berlin Wall ten years after its fall. The film was awarded the German Camera Prize and a Golden Spire at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Translated into thirteen languages, it was broadcast on public television worldwide including PBS. It was selected for more than 40 international film festivals, including Berlin Int. Film Festival, IDFA Amsterdam (Int. Competition), Karlovy Vary (Int. Competition), DOCAVIV (Int. Competition) and MOMA New York. Frozen Angels (93 min.), premiered on Sundance International Film Festival in 2005, “a mesmerizing work that is not so much a science film as a startling conduit into the future of the American Dream, where "perfect children" can be added to the shopping list. In their visually enthralling documentary, Eric Black and Frauke Sandig brilliantly evoke an atmosphere of familiar otherworldliness as they survey the field of assisted human-reproductive technologies." (Shari Frilot, SIFF). Other festivals and awards include Winner of the Prix du Public at Visions de Réel, Nyon, Winner of the Prix de Cinephage Creteil, Paris, Special Jury Mention at FICCO, Mexico City, International Competition at HotDocs Toronto, Competition at DokLeipzig, Mill Valley International Film Festival, Sheffield International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Guang Zhou International. Film Festival, China. Opening film at the Dokumentarfilmfestival Kassel, Preselection German Film Award, nominated for the World TV Award Banff, and chosen as one of twelve of the best documentaries worldwide by the International Documentary Association for Academy Award qualification. It was broadcast on public television worldwide including PBS in the United States. The film was released theatrically in Germany by Piffl Medien. www.sandig.com/frozen-angels
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