38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Build a ship, Sail to sadness

Laurin Federlein

Image Build a ship, Sail to sadness
United Kingdom
2007 Fiction 1h08
An extravagant and crazy musical journey Northern Scotland. Vincent is a tortured dreamer who wants to start a travelling disco in this region which is hostile from all points of view. He finds himself having to cope with the harsh realities of the Highlands, its vast landscapes and the incorrigible smugness of the inhabitants.
With : Magnus Aronson
Screenplay : Laurin Federlein, Magnus Aronson
Image : Sadik Ahmed
Sound : Jonas Bjerketvedt, Jon Newman, Alex Ashcroft
Music : Magnus Aronson
Editing : Bert Hunger
Production : Laurin Federlein, NFTS
Laurin Federlein was born in Germany in 1979. Since 1999 he has lived in London where he studied art at Central St. Martins College, then cinema at the National Film and Television School. His animation and videos have been shown in various exhibitions in Norway, Germany and the UK. His graduation film London, a funny and melancholic journal on the first impressions of a foreigner in London was presented at Premiers Plans in 2007. Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness was presented at the last Rotterdam festival.