touched

A poetic road documentary
by Jukka Rajala-Granstubb & Marc Wagenbach

Pina Bausch is an icon of German dance theatre.
In 2009, she passed away.
This film is one view of her legacy.

Country:
Germany, Finland, Netherlands
Year:
2019
Duration:
35 min
Director:
Jukka Rajala-Granstubb, Marc Wagenbach
Dancer:
Mila Münster, Jutta Dollbaum, Rainer Dollbaum, Hartmut Göhlich, Milton Camilo, Dagmar Beilmann
Production:
TANZRAUSCHEN, Malakta Films Ltd, ear.productions
Producer:
Jukka Rajala-Granstubb, Marc Wagenbach

A film about loss, transformation and the function of art in society: a counter-archive in dance.

Starting point of the story is Marc’s perspective and his personal connection to Wuppertal and the time working with Pina Bausch. Why did Pina Bausch’s work affect him? Why was it so important for him? What remains in the end? // Ausgangspunkt der Geschichte ist Marcs persönlicher Bezug zu Wuppertal und der Zeit, in der er mit Pina Bausch zusammengearbeitet hat. Warum hat Bauschs Arbeit ihn so berührt? Warum war diese wichtig für ihn? Was bleibt am Ende?

“Human life is fragile – such a powerful statement. This piece of work that recognizes Pina Bausch‘s work illustrates how much an influence Pina was and always will be.” – Portland, 2020

“Especially now, in times of a global pandemic, this film touches so many, who had to deal with loss.” – New York City, 2020

In doing so, he encounters other people from Wuppertal who carry on Pina Bausch’s legacy in very different and personally ways. A narration arises from different images, fictional sequences and flash-backs. Everyday stories are juxtaposed with dance sequences and interviews: from realistic-journalistic to magical-surrealistic. A poetic road documentary // Dabei begegnet er anderen Menschen aus Wuppertal, die das Erbe von Pina Bausch auf ganz andere und persönliche Weise weiterführen. Eine Erzählung mit unterschiedlichen Perspektiven, fiktiven Sequenzen und Rückblenden entsteht. Alltägliche Geschichten stehen Tanzsequenzen und Interviews gegenüber: von realistisch-journalistisch bis zu magisch-surreal. Eine poetische Road Documentary

pina bausch,

the world-famous dancer, choreographer and director of Tanztheater Wuppertal, died in June 2009. She left one of the most important artistic legacies – not only in the realm of dance. But why is her legacy still important for us?
Marc is born in Wuppertal. With thirty, he became Bausch’s personal assistant two years before her passing. “touched” is a personal film about identity and loss, the function of art in society, about the citizen of Wuppertal and their memories. A different view on Pina Bausch’s heritage.

„Running and not knowing, where I was. Just running.“ (touched)

Pina Bausch is an icon of German dance theatre. In 2009, she passed away. This film is one view of her legacy – touching and personal.

Jukka Rajala-Granstubb

The Finnish filmmaker Jukka Rajala-Granstubb from Malax was one of the founders of Malakta Art Factory and and Malakta Films Ltd. Malakta is a production house that focuses on the realisation of ideas, where artists from different disciplines can collect, create and exchange their ideas and work.

Jukka is a versatile filmmaker with a background as a director in Finnish broadcasting company YLE.
As a producer and filmmaker he works with documentaries, short films, music videos as well as children's shows and dance films.

Marc Wagenbach

Marc Wagenbach (Dr. phil.) studied Theater Studies, Film and Television Studies at the University of Cologne and at universities in Sydney and Bayreuth, and gained his doctorate in the field of Media Studies and Aesthetics at the University of Cologne.

In 2007, he became assistant to Pina Bausch. Following the death of Pina Bausch, he was appointed Research and Development Manager of the Pina Bausch Foundation (2009-2013). In 2014, he founded Ekeby International Research Center for Contemporary Arts in the Netherlands.

Wuppertal

The city of Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) has a population of approx. 350,000. Its geography is characterized by steep slopes, a suspension railway and forests. In the 18th and 19th century, the Wupper valley was one of the major industrial regions of continental Europe which was well known for its textile and blacksmith industry.

festival screenings

21.10.2019

Worldpremiere in Wuppertal

„touched“ was the opening film of the dancescreen 2019 + TANZRAUSCHEN Festival Wuppertal (Germany).

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25.02.2019

Screening on the EFM - European Film Market as part of the 70. Berlinale

20:30 in CinemaxX2, Postdamer Straße 5, 10785 Berlin

CinemaxX has been the main Berlinale cinema since 2000. It was built as part of the new development of Potsdamer Platz and opened in 1998. No other EFM screening facility offers so many cinemas situated so close together, allowing one to move quickly between the 18 CinemaxX cinemas.

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25.06.2020 – 28.06.2020

Kino TaÅ„ca Online / Vol. 2: “touched” – Poland Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury (Warsaw) and Fundacja Artystyczna PERFORM

Kino TaÅ„ca Online Volume 2 is dedicated to Pina Bausch, a dancer and choreographer who has become an icon of German dance theater. Organizer: Poland Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury (Warschau) and Fundacja Artystyczna PERFORM – Project: Centralna Scena TaÅ„ca - Curator: Regina Lissowska-Postaremczak

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03.07.2020 – 10.07.2020

RIFF-Festival Norway / R.E.D. International Film Festival / 5th Edition

Due to COVID-19, RIFF 2020 will be celebrated as a Drive-In festival at the farm in Einawood.
RIFF – FESTIVAL – NORWAY, Einavegen 1771, Eina, Norway, Vestre Toten 2843
www.riff-festival.com

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02.10.2020 – 11.09.2020

Portland Dance Film Fest

What an extraordinary time for the world. Humanity has changed. It’s adapted. It’s grown. Portland Dance Film Fest has as well. PDFF 2020 will be virtual. We are saddened by the loss of in person camaraderie, but we’re pumped to face this unique experience. We are ready to expand the virtual connection. The 4th Annual Portland Dance Film Fest will be ten days of over 60 films screenings, workshops, world premieres, and fun. 26 spectacular PDFF Picks, 9 moving documentaries, 24 mini films created while sheltering in place, and the world premiere of the Oregon Dance Film Commission.

www.portlanddancefilmfest.com

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07.10.2020 – 11.10.2020

FIFTH WALL FEST / Manila

Our advocacy is to bring further value to the art of dance filmmaking. Fifth Wall Fest Manila focuses on challenging artistic experimentation between dance and film while exploring the possibilities and boundaries (or lack thereof) in the genre. In extending the limits of our objectives, we set out to provide merited recognition of dance and film as separate disciplines, while ultimately encouraging habituation between the two.

www.fifthwallfest.com

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26.11.2020 – 02.12.2020

Tokyo International Short Film Festival

Tokyo Film Festival is a place for unique and underrated films to be seen, films that experience with new methods of narrating their stories. In the International section, we will attempt to select films that explore the human condition and focus on the issues we are facing today. Independent films that deal with refugees and immigrants, the LGBT community, and women and their everyday struggles are our top priority. The selected films will be judged by an outstanding group of juries who will announce the winners after carefully watching and analyzing each film.

www.tokyoshortfilmfest.com

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12.01.2021 – 18.01.2021

Seoul International Short Film Festival

At Seoul International Short Film Festival, we aim to become a place, a community, for unique, indie artists, for films/web-series/scripts that explore new approaches to the world of narrative and form. As our name suggests, we welcome submissions from all over the world as we strive to connect filmmakers, producers, screenwriters, actors, editors, music composers and etc. through a shared platform. It is important for us to see how films depict the human condition and focus on the issues the world is facing today. Additionally, films that reflect the life of minorities, refugees and immigrants, the LGBT community, and women (and their everyday struggles) are of utmost important to us.

www.seoulshortfilmfestival.com

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29.01.2021

Roma Short Film Festival

Roma Short Film Festival is a newly-founded festival based in Rome (Italy) that aims to create an opportunity for emerging filmmakers. Our goal is to support low budget and underground films that create new experiences and narrate unique stories with limited resources. Understanding how filmmakers around the world work, how young filmmakers get creative to get past the obstacles of production, and how their attempts can lead to a new form of cinema are among the things we care about. We strive to play a small role in the emergence of the new generation in the world of independent filmmaking by helping young filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, editors and producers to be heard and to get their messages across.

https://www.romashortfilmfest.com

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03.02.2021 – 03.02.2021

New Wave Short Film Festival

New Wave Short Film Festival is a newly-founded festival based in Munich (Germany) that aims to create an opportunity for emerging filmmakers. Our goal is to support low budget films that create new experiences and narrate unique stories with limited resources. Understanding how filmmakers around the world work, how young filmmakers get creative to get past the obstacles of production, and how their attempts can lead to a new form of cinema are among the things we care about. We strive to play a small role in the emergence of the new generation in the world of independent film-making by helping young filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, editors and producers to be heard and to get their messages across.

https://www.newwavefilmfestival.com

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25.02.2021 – 25.02.2021

New York Tri-State International Film Festival

New York Tri-State International Film Festival is a relatively young film festival based in New York that strives to create an opportunity for emerging filmmakers. Our goal is to be a platform for low budget independent films that tend to create unique narratives and explore social, political and/or psychological themes and topics. Our festival is a platform for emerging filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, editors and producers all around the world to present their films and to be recognized for their talent and have their films seen globally. It is important for us to play our part in the emergence of new talents in the world of cinema, and, as a result, we consider our festival as a nodal point where the exchanges of perspectives and ideas are made possible.

https://www.newyorktristatefilm.com

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26.03.2021 – 26.03.2021

Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest

Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest is monthly film competition focusing on international independent cinema. Our aim is to support new filmmakers and to promote the research and development of new means of expressivity through cinematography as art among diverse audiences. BSCF is located in the Eastern Heart of Europe, Bucharest being one of the most beautiful and diverse cities in the world.

https://www.bscfest.com

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29.03.2021 – 29.03.2021

Fullshot Cine Mag

Fullshot Cine Mag is a film magazine that focuses on the world cinema, and specializes in interviewing outstanding artists, reviewing and introducing the finest films and tv shows, and providing a platform to promote the works of emerging filmmakers.

https://www.fullshotcinemag.com

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01.05.2021 – 01.05.2021

Film Today Film Festival

Film Today Film Festival is trying to find new faces and voices that have something new and unique to say. The medium of cinema is getting more complex each day and narrating stories has become even more difficult in this day and age. No only those filmmakers who can tell new stories or narrate familiar stories with innovative perspectives can create the future of cinema. Filmmakers that can affect the future of cinema. Film Today works with film critics all over the world to be able to reach the best and the most unique films made today.

https://www.film-today.com/ftf

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30.09.2021 – 30.09.2021

GIFF-Global Indie Film Fest (Glasgow, UK)

The Global Indie Film Fest celebrates the very best of independent film making. At a time when movies are becoming more and more programmed by market research, demographics and comic books and computer game sales, is has never been more important to discover and foster new brave independent filmmakers. Your film will be judged on one criteria only – the quality of your work. So feel free to let the world know your options and politics, provided these are dramatically crucial to the world you submit. (The Global Indie Film Fest)

http://gifilmfest.com

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31.07.2021 – 31.07.2021

Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival

Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival exists as a result of the minds of a group of filmmakers, producers, and crew members; those who are always looking for new experiences in storytelling and finding answers to the all-important questions of our existence. We have tried to find filmmakers who are always in search of something new. Filmmakers who find new topics to explore and new paths to walk on. Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival is a place for independent, experimental, innovative, and progressive filmmakers to be seen and to be heard. 

https://www.torontoindiefestival.com

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04.05.2022 – 06.05.2022

Japan International Film Festival

At the Japan International Film Festival, we celebrate and highlight various experiments and experiences in the worlds of cinema, media, and visual arts by trying to provide a platform for artists of all backgrounds to come together and share their narratives. We sincerely hope that by gathering the greatest talents in independent cinema/media, we can provide our audience (and fans) a chance to have a sublime experience.

https://www.japanfilmfest.com

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TANZRAUSCHEN
Sophienstraße 12
42103 Wuppertal
Germany

info@tanzrauschen.de
www.tanzrauschen.de

Malakta Films
Töckmovägen 48
66100 Malax
Finland

jukka@malakta.fi
www.malakta.fi

ear.productions
Watergatstraat 8
7383 ED Voorst
The Netherlands

marc@ear.productions
ear.productions