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Storm

In a dark Berlin winter, Alexey drifts through two days of quiet routines and chance encounters. But beneath the ordinary lies a secret: he is a deserter from the Russian army.

Credits

Cast:

Andrey Tverdyi

Vlad Kistner

Tita von Hardenberg

Daria Delman

Tatiana Grechanyuk

Anja Karmanski

Script:

Vladlena Savenkova

Camera:

Leo Wolters

Editing:

Celine Jünger

Producer:

Anonymous

Sound:

Luka Barajeviç

Music:

Vlad Kistner

Film info

Direction:

Vladlena Savenkova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Language:

Russian, German, Ukrainian with English Subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

28

Vul­va In The Sky

Around every spotlight there is darkness. For Sandra, the shining icon of a performance movement, this darkness is growing. Now it is threatening to swallow her. Unless of course, something in the sky sucks her up first.

Credits

Cast:

Michelle Glick – Sandra

Xenia Seeberg – Monika

Clayton Nemrow – Hans

Roxanne Rittmann – Amanda

Script:

Berglind Thrastardottir

Camera:

Elisabeth Börnicke

Editing:

Elena Weihe

Tondesign:

Elena Weihe

Producer:

Elisabeth Köller

Film info

Direction:

Berglind Thrastardottir

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1,78:1

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1,78:1

Language:

English with German Subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

14

Hap­pi­ness

After an unexpected miscarriage in Berlin, a Czech-born Chinese woman shuttles between home and the market on an unhealed leg, finding resilience in everyday rituals.

Credits

Cast:

Baonan Wang

Script:

Baonan Wang

Camera:

Pavlina Komonova

Editing:

Lydia Leerstelle

Producer:

Baonan Wang

Pavlina Komonova

Sound:

Daniel Marais Dos Santos Bruss

Pavlina Komonova

Tondesign:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Film info

Direction:

Baonan Wang

Pavlina Komonova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1.85:1

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1.85:1

Language:

Czech with German and English Subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

7

Berlin, Europac­i­ty

Five lives intersect in Berlin's Europacity development area: a nicotine-addicted student, a militant activist for the Corsican cause, a dead landlord, a blind photographer, and a man who reads pictures.

Credits

Cast:

Rosa Lembeck – Monika

Michael Baute – Georg

Ludovic Berthillot – Michel

Silja Korn – Silja

Script:

Leo Geisler

André Igisch

Camera:

Regina Wiebe

Editing:

Leo Geisler

Producer:

André Igisch

Sound:

Eddy Mulder

Film info

Direction:

Leo Geisler

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1.85:1

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1.85:1

Language:

French, German, English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

13

Tier­garten

It is mating season in Berlin’s Tiergarten. A tourist moves through the park following the sound of an unknown animal.

Credits

Cast:

Kristina Stallvik

David Itzhaky

Lea Gugler

Elline Graf

Bryony Dawson

Producer:

Arina Chernova

Szenenbild:

Masha Biller

Editing:

Nathalie Seidl

Production Design:

Anabel Simotas

Tondesign:

Christoph Walter

Film info

Direction:

Niklas Buescher

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German, French, Danish

Version:

OV

Runtime:

13

NELA

Während ihrer Nachtschicht beim Berliner Hilfetelefon für Frauen, nimmt die neue Beraterin Nela den anonymen Anruf eines Stalking-Opfers entgegen.

Credits

Cast:

Chiara Albrich

Souhaila Amade

Doris Conrad

Birte Flint

Script:

Celina Schmidt

Camera:

Esra Tanriverdi

Editing:

Sofía Ayala

Producer:

Anna Polev

Sound:

Federico Icaza Graue

Film info

Direction:

Celina Schmidt

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

Deutsch mit englischen Untertiteln

Version:

OV

Runtime:

10 min

It’s Just A Dream, Wake Up

A dream where the childhood sea merges with the darkness of war.

Credits

Cast:

Nika Bylik – Girl

Iryna Sliusar – Girl

Camera:

Maayane Bouhnik

Producer:

Sabrina Holzapfel

Editing:

Iryna Sliusar

Tondesign:

Marcela Jardini

Script:

Iryna Sliusar

Film info

Direction:

Iryna Sliusar

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Englisch mit Deutschen Untertiteln

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

4 min

Every­thing we want to know

Two 12-year-old boys secretly watch their physically disabled neighbor having sex with a woman through the window. The next day their doorbell rings.

Credits

Cast:

Felician B.

Gilbert Stelling

Lisa-Maria Walter

Linus Bade

Reinhardt Wetrek

Script:

Julia Ketelhut

Camera:

Julien Mayer

Editing:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Producer:

Julia Ketelhut

Julien Mayer

Sound:

Andre Goeters

Tondesign:

Vadim Mühlberg

Film info

Direction:

Julia Ketelhut

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8

Schön­hauser 2024

A documentary snippet of a generation from a certain social class, as well as their home in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood in 2024

Credits

Cast:

Iwar Steinbrecher – self

Kajsa Repotente – self

Editing:

Jonathan Deges

Producer:

Jonathan Deges

Camera:

Edoardo Scussel

Sound:

Baonan Wang

Music:

Iwar Steinbrecher

Kajsa Repotente

Film info

Direction:

Jonathan Deges

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Super16

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

LCR

Language:

Deutsch mit Deutschen und Englischen Untertiteln

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14 min