HELLO NEW BODY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? | DOCUMENTARY | BY LAURA KANSY
In her early 30s, filmmaker Laura Kansy is torn from her normal life by ME/CFS, a currently incurable neuroimmune disease. Suddenly, her body is barely functional, her days reduced to a few hours outside of bed, and her future uncertain. In this very personal documentary, Laura explores how to live with a chronic illness that changes not only the body, but also relationships, self-image and one's own identity. From her bed, she creates a film that combines observations, a cinematic diary and animations. It tells of dependence, pain and loneliness, but also of confidence and the tireless attempt to give one's own spirit a new home in a sick body. ‘What does a life worth living mean when everything you previously took for granted is suddenly impossible?’ asks the film – and at the same time offers a poetic and radically personal view of the reality of hundreds of thousands of people living with ME/CFS or Long Covid.
Director LAURA KANSY | Director of Photography, Editor ÖVÜNÇ BARAN GÜVENISIK | Editing Assistant OSKAR ZOCHE | Additional Cinematography MAREK LÜCK, HANNES SCHULZE | Sound ZITA ERFFA, ÖVÜNÇ BARAN GÜVENISIK | Drawings, Animations MONIKA HUBER, HANNAH KANSY, LAURA KANSY | Sound Design, Mixing NILS PLAMBECK | Color Grading CHRISTOPH HANISCH | Post Production Supervisor THEO BASS | Editorial FILM FIVE JULIA MILZ | Line Producer SILKE STILLIG | Producer DANIEL MORAIS DOS SANTOS BRUSS | Executive Producer YAN SCHOENEFELD, STEFAN KAUERTZ, FLORIAN SCHEWE
