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MAX RICHTER’S SLEEP

• Director: Natalie Johns
• UK, USA / 2019 / DCP / Colour / 100’ / English, French; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Natalie Johns
• Director of Photography: Elisha Christian
• Editing: Dom Whitworth, Michael Carter, Matt Cronin
• Music: Max Richter
• Cast: Katılanlar With: Max Richter, Yulia Mahr, Grace Davidson, Emily Brausa, Clarice Jensen
• Producer: Stefan Demetriou, Julie Jakobek, Oualid Mouaness, Yulia Mahr, Grace Olson
• Production Co.: Globe Productions, JA Films
• World Sales: Mercury Studios

Acclaimed composer and pianist Max Richter is set to make his debut in Istanbul on 3 July within the framework of the 32nd Istanbul Jazz Festival. In anticipation of this concert, Istanbul Film Festival presents Max Richter’s Sleep that follows the composer and his creative partner, artist and filmmaker Yulia Mahr, as they navigate an ambitious performance of his celebrated 8-hour opus, Sleep. At this exclusive overnight concert in 2018, audiences were invited to fall asleep on camp beds at Los Angeles’ Grand Park. The film also includes footage from Berlin, New York and Paris, enabling us to delve beyond the work and the performance to explore Richter’s legacy, exploring his life and process. ’Sleep is my personal lullaby for a frenetic world – a manifesto for a slower pace of existence,’ says Max Richter who has redefined classical music by blending electronic sounds with contemporary techniques.

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.