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Ma’rib
Ma’rib is part two of a tetralogy dealing with cities that
had been destroyed in their history. Each film of the series
is connected to one of the four elements. Ma’rib is
connected to the element "earth" in the form of sand, soil
and stone. The city is situated 150 km east of the capital
Sana’a where the Yemeni mountains meet the Rhub al-
Khali desert. 4000 diesel pumps irrigate the oasis and a
new power station will supply Sana’a with electricity. With
no dialogues or narration, Ma’rib proposes an exploration
of particular habits, rhythms and gestures of an arid region
in a rugged country – until it transforms immediate register
into unfamiliar everyday life, in a constant zigzag between
sociological observation and sudden poetry.
Genre Portrait Category Documentary Short Year of Production
2008 Director Rainer Komers Screenplay Rainer
Komers Director of Photography Rainer Komers Editor
Bert Schmidt Producer Rainer Komers Production
Company Rainer Komers Film/Muelheim an der Ruhr Length
30 min Format Super 16 mm Blow-up 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
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Rainer Komers Film
Moritzstrasse 102 · 45476 Muelheim an der Ruhr/Germany
phone +49-2 08-77 94 38 · email: r.komers@t-online.de
Original Version no dialogue Festival Screenings Big Sky
Missoula 2008, Oberhausen 2008, Planet In Focus Toronto 2008,
FeSanCor Santiago de Chile 2008, Leipzig 2008, Invideo Milan 2008
With backing from BKM, Filmstiftung NRW German
Distributor Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Rainer Komers was born in 1944 in Guben. He studied Film at
the Art Academy Duesseldorf and Photography at Essen University.
His films have been shown by numerous international festivals and
broadcasters and he lectures in Film in Berlin, Duesseldorf,
Muenster and Vienna. His films as a director include: 2211
Buettel (1974), Zigeuner in Duisburg (1978-1980), 480
Tonnen bis viertel vor zehn (1981), Wer bezahlte fuer
Hitler? (1983), Die Sterne der Heimat (1985),
Erinnerung an Rheinhausen (1987-1989), Lettischer
Sommer (1992), Ofen aus (1993-1995), Ein Schloss fuer
alle (1998), B 224 (Earthmoving) (1999), NH 2 (Earthmoving)
(2004), Nome Road System (Earthmoving)
(2004), Kobe (2006), and Ma’rib (2008).
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Scene from “Ma’rib” (photo © Rainer Komers Film)