End of the Circle

In 'End of the Circle', a chamber piece explores the lives of four generations of women in a family, who grapple with the expectations of their role as guardians of men and family - often at the expense of their own dreams and self-fulfillment.

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Cast:

Kara Schröder – Marla

Greta Krämer – Luna

Alva Schäfer – Jade

Elisabeth Niederer – Nelia

Cornelia Werner – Erika

Helga Seebacher – Lilo

Script:

Mareike Danisch

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Marc Bühler

Producer:

Mareike Danisch

Sound:

Ludwig Fiedler

Film info

Direction:

Mareike Danisch

Genre:

fictional

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1,85:1

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1.85:1

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

98

UNRUHE

There’s been a strange epidemic lately Going amongst the folk, So that many in their madness Began dancing. Which they kept up day and night, Without interruption, Until they fell unconscious. Many have died of it.

Credits

Script:

Carlos Pereira

Camera:

Lena Thiemann

Editing:

Lena Thiemann

Carlos Pereira

Producer:

Carlotta Cornehl

Sound:

Moritz Zuchantke

Tondesign:

Celine Jünger

Music:

Tim Tama

Film info

Direction:

Carlos Pereira

Genre:

Experimentalfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm/Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Language:

Subtitles German/English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

12

Zero-sum game

Following her father’s death, Heloise returns to his company’s headquarters for a callous reading of his will. Her grief turns to anger, and she unleashes an absurd game upon the power-hungry suits.

Credits

Cast:

Mathilda Switala – Heloise

Andreas Anke – The Interim Boss (Oliver Fischer)

Harriet Kracht – The Mother (Marianne)

Gerrit Neuhaus – The Lawyer (Dr. Jünemann)

Barbara Krzoska – The Student (Ilse Becker)

Philipp Lind – The Works Council (Patrick Seibert)

Script:

Philip Müller

Camera:

Regina Wiebe

Editing:

Tobias Kirschner

Producer:

Fabio Giuseppe Fritz

Henry Han Ming Kho

Sound:

Finn Tödte

Music:

Finn Tödte

Film info

Direction:

Philip Müller

Pina Beres

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

13 min

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