Sunnyside

Original Title: Sunnyside

72' | 2017 (Completed)

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Director:	Frederik Carbon
Producer:	Hanne Phlypo
Writer:	Frederik Carbon

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A documentary about the visionary architect Daniel Liebermann and his neighbour and old friend, influential sound artist Henry 'Sandy' Jacobs, who live a wayward existence on a misty mountain ridge in Northern California.

synopsis

Ninety-year-old sound artist and comedian Henry 'Sandy' Jacobs lives a quirky existence at the end of Sunnyside Drive, a steep and winding dirt road washed by fog from the Pacific Ocean. Sixty feet down the hill lives his eccentric 84-year-old friend and neighbour, architect and former Frank Lloyd Wright collaborator Daniel Liebermann. These extraordinary old men, influential artists in the 1950s and '60s, continue, each in their own way, to search the world for perfection. Sunnyside takes us to an extraordinary place, a microcosm with its own distinctive rhythm and remarkable inhabitants. It is a film about creativity, the capacity to dream and, ultimately, the transience of life.
Henry “Sandy” Jacobs, artiste sonore et comédien âgé de quatre-vingt-dix ans, et son vieil ami et voisin excentrique, l’architecte Daniel Liebermann, vivent une existence décalée sur une montagne du nord de la Californie. Le sage atypique Sandy vit au quotidien, tandis que Liebermann est investi par des projets inachevés et des rêves inaccomplis. Ces non-conformistes, chacun à sa manière, continuent à chercher la perfection dans le monde./p>world f
De 90-jarige geluidskunstenaar en komiek Henry ‘Sandy’ Jacobs en z’n excentrieke 84-jarige vriend en buurman, architect Daniel Liebermann, leiden een eigenzinnig bestaan op een heuvel in Noord-Californië. De wijze ‘gek’ Sandy leeft in het hier en nu terwijl de filosofische Liebermann overspoeld wordt door onvoltooide projecten en onvervulde dromen. Deze non-conformisten zoeken, elk op hun eigen manier, nog steeds naar perfectie in de wereld.

Credits

Director
Frederik Carbon
Producer
Hanne Phlypo
Writer
Frederik Carbon
Cast
Henry Jacobs
Editing
Cédric Zoenen
Photography
Katrien Vermeire
Sound
Frederik Carbon & Jeremy Harris

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2017
Production status
Completed
Original title
Sunnyside

Technical specs

Running time
72'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
1.85:1
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub)
Available formats
Blu-Ray; DVD
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Clin d'oeil films (Brussel)

Engelandstraat 53
1060 Brussel
Belgium

info@clindoeilfilms.be

www.clindoeilfilms.be

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2019: Bergamo Film Meeting (IT)
2018: DOK.fest Munich (DE); Slamdance, Park City (US)
2017: Festival Filmer à tout prix, Brussels (BE)

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

BALDR Film, Caviar, Mount Vision Pictures, CBA

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Netherlands Film Fund, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgian Tax Shelter, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Beursschouwburg