A film by
Douglas Rosenberg
"The Sea"

LOGLINE

The Sea traces the imprints of aging on body and soul, weaving a poetic dance of time and movement as it explores men's evolving relationships with solitude, intimacy, and community.

SYNOPSIS

The Sea is a black-and-white feature film directed by Douglas Rosenberg, filmed entirely on location along the Baltic Sea.
Drawing inspiration from the evocative landscapes of Ingmar Bergman’s Fårö Island, the film explores aging and the intimate relationships between men in their later years. Featuring a cast of predominantly untrained performers from the Fårö area, The Sea reflects on camaraderie and the ways life’s experiences leave their marks on our bodies, expressed through movement and the passage of time.

Douglas Rosenberg’s (b.1956) work in video and video installation has been shown both in the United States and internationally in museums, galleries, on public television and in festivals around the world. Douglas Rosenberg has received numerous grants and awards including, an NEA Dance/Film/Video grant, (with choreographer June Watanabe), an NEA/Southeast Media Fellowship, two Zellerbach Foundation grants, a Painted Bride Art Center New Forms Grant, (co-recipient with Li Chiao-Ping), a Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship, an IZZIE award for his work with Ellen Bromberg and John Henry on “Singing Myself A Lullaby” and a Fellowship from The Project on Death in America for another project with Ms. Bromberg. Recent shows include, Dance on Camera Festival, New York, Video Festival Riccionne Teatro Televisione, Riccione, Italy, The Contemporary Art Museum in Buenos Aires, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, Mostra de Vídeo Dansa de Barcelona, Spain. He was the Director of the American Dance Festival’s video archival program for over a decade and continues to direct ADF’s Dancing for the Camera Festival.

CREDITS

Cast:

Jarck Benschop
David Dorfman
Rolf Engström
Lars Eskilsson
Bengt Hesselberg
Henrik Krogh
Mikael Larsson
Olof Nellgård
Lars Osterman
Lasse Pettersson
Douglas Rosenberg
Lasse Siggelin
Björn Thudén
Benno Voorham
Paul Wu

Producer: Andreas Nordblom
Director: Douglas Rosenberg
Director of photography: Paul Wu
Sound engineer: Björn van Weiden
Choreography:
Benno Voorham
David Dorfman
Douglas Rosenberg
And
The Performers

Sound mixing: Björn van Weiden
Editor: Paul Wu
Grade: Jessica Lindgren-Wu
Production Coordinator: Elsa Nilsson
Runner: Viktor Klintbom
Craft: Yu-Syuan Tsai
Still Photographer: Jessica Lindgren-Wu
Storyboard artist: Kate Forer
Production company: Hjärta Nikki
The Sea/Havet was written by Douglas Rosenberg, translated by Karin Brygger and performed by Björn Thudén