The Art of Silence

Name: The Art of Silence
Director: Maurizius Staerkle-Drux

Documentary Feature | 2019-2021 | Portrait | Germany, Switzerland

Director	Maurizius Staerkle-Drux
Written by	Maurizius Staerkle-Drux
Production	Beauvoir Films GmbH [ch], Lichtblick Film GmbH [de], Ensemble Film GmbH [ch], Arte [de/fr], SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (ehem. SF Schweizer Fernsehen) [ch], ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Distributor	Cineworx Filmproduktion [ch], Magnetfilm GmbH [de], W-Film

Film financing	Film- und Medienstiftung NRW [de] - production funding: 80.000 EUR (07/2018) German Federal Film Board (DFFF) [de] - production funding: 42.500,00 EUR
Length of movie	82 min

Crew

Company	Comment
Beauvoir Films GmbH [ch]
Lichtblick Film GmbH [de]
Ensemble Film GmbH [ch]
Arte [de/fr] Coproducer	Coproducer
SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (ehem. SF Schweizer Fernsehen) [ch] Coproducer	Coproducer
ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Coproducer	Coproducer

Company	Comment
Cineworx Filmproduktion [ch] Switzerland (theatriacl)	Switzerland (theatriacl)
Magnetfilm GmbH [de] World Sales	World Sales
W-Film Germany (theatrical)	Germany (theatrical)

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Tania Stöcklin	2022	Edimotion - Bild-Kunst Schnitt Preis [de] Documentary	Documentary	Nominated
Maurizius Staerkle-Drux	2022	Max Ophüls Preis [de] Documentary	Documentary	Nominated
Maurizius Staerkle-Drux	2022	Solothurner Filmtage [ch] Prix de Soleure	Prix de Soleure	Nominated

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2022	Switzerland	Locarno Film Festival Panorama Suisse	Panorama Suisse
2022	Switzerland	Solothurner Filmtage
2022	Germany	Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
2022	Germany	Kinofest Lünen

Type	Country	Station	Date / Time	Comment
First showing	Germany	arte	Wednesday, 22/03/2023, 10.10 PM

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 05/05/2022
Premiere		Friday, 21/01/2022	Solothurner Filmtage

Websites
	http://www.artofsilence-film.com/
	https://wfilm.de/die-kunst-der-stille/