Filmmaker Elfi Mikesch about the film 'Mona Mur in Conversation'


Natalie Gravenor (Soundwatch Film Festival) and Dietmar Post (Filmmaker) photo © Peter Zach


ENGLISH

Elfi Mikesch (photographer, filmmaker and camerawoman) attended the Berlin premiere of ‘Mona Mur in Conversation’ at Soundwatch Film Festival on 30.11.2024 in the Galilee church. After the film showing and live performance, she wrote the following review:

The film ‘Mona Mur in Conversation‘ shows Mona Mur as an impressive musician and artist with a thoughtful, humorous character. It reveals how the path of steadfastness is not easy. The concept for the film is perfectly realised. A green chair against a red background and a screen. Pure simplicity, no distractions, and it’s mesmerizing: Mona Mur and her story. Her life and work. The highs and the lows. The beauty. Music runs through her in every fibre, breath, rhythm, and in her voice. Her body and movements. Accented by her smile and sensuality. She’s magnetic. The live concert in the Galilee church was wonderful. A pianist at the grand, electric guitar: brilliant.

GERMAN

Elfi Mikesch (Fotografin, Filmemacherin und Kamerafrau) kam zur Berlin Premiere von ‘Mona Mur in Conversation’ während des Soundwatch Film Festivals am 30.11.2024 in der Galiläa Kirche. Nach der Aufführung des Films und des anschließenden Konzerts schrieb sie folgenden Kommentar:

Der Film ‚Mona Mur in Conversation‘ zeigt Mona Mur als eindrucksvolle Musikerin und Künstlerin, als eine Persönlichkeit mit Verstand und Humor. Und er zeigt den nicht einfachen Weg von Konsequenz. Das Konzept des Films ist voll aufgegangen. Grüner Stuhl vor roter Wand, dazu ein Bildschirm. Einfachheit pur - ohne Ablenkung - was fasziniert: Mona Mur, ihre Erzählung. Ihr Leben und ihr Werk. Hoch und tief. Schönheit. Musik in jeder Faser, jedem Atemzug, Rhythmus, Stimme. Bewegung und Körper. Sinnlichkeit und das Lächeln als Akzent. Unwiderstehlich. Das anschließende Live-Konzert in der Galiläa-Kirche. Wunderbar. Der Pianist am Flügel, die E-Gitarre - ganz toll.


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