Middle of the Moment

For over two years, Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel have travelled through Europe and Africa with nomads of the world. They wandered through the South Sahara with a Tuareg tribe, accompanied the European journey of the French Cirque O and met the American philosopher and poet Robert Lax on the edge of his nomadic life. All are living a life stripped back to its bare essentials, characterised by an unknown freedom that emanates from every single shot of the film. Middle of the Moment is a journey into the most elementary cycles of life. Sitting around the fire, sharing food from one cup, the meeting of old acquaintances, the beginning of a life and the approaching end. Shot as a ciné-poem by two passionate film nomads, it is a gathering of images and sounds, following the free association of the mind. (DOK.fest München)