Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Studio AKA
A Song For Europa on the Web:Official Website
A Song For Europa
DirectorGergely Wootsch
WriterJóhann Jóhannsson
2 min
Plot
A Song for Europa is one of the key tracks from Jóhann Jóhannssons release Orphée on Deutsche Grammophon Typically for Johann the work is a beautifully atmospheric composition one that immerses the listener into the strange recordings of the Numbers Stations a category of shortwave radio station broadcasts characterized by readings of number lists letters and coded messages from a forgotten era It is to these lost lonely voices that Johan has turned capturing the enigmatic transmission of encoded information to persons elsewhere and reflecting them back within a new context In response Studio AKA director Gergely Wootsch has created a considered and thoughtful animated film which crosses literal boundaries and thresholds as it drifts along a desolate cold war landscape following the haunting voice as it searches for a listener
