Landshaft sketches the psychogeography of a geopolitically charged landscape and its inhabitants between extractivism, war and displacement. In the form of a journey in eastern Armenia, the film follows human and non-human actors as they make their way through the landscape, from Lake Sevan to the Sotk gold mine, controlled by Azerbaijan since the Karabakh War in 2020.
Armenia, Germany, 2023, 97 min, Armenian with English and Bulgarian subtitles
Director: Daniel Kötter
Scriptwriter: Daniel Kötter
DOP: Daniel Kötter
Music: Luka Barajevic
Production: Daniel Kötter
Director’s Biography:
Daniel Kötter is a documentary filmmaker and theatre director. He has a strong interest in urbanization and political landscapes in Africa and West Asia. His film Hashti Tehran (60′, 2017) was awarded the German Short Film Award. Rift Finfinnee (79’, 2020) on urbanization in Ethiopia won the DEFA Award at DOK Leipzig. His most recent film Landshaft (2023, 97‘) won the award for Best Documentary from the German Film Critics’ Association.