Talk to me

Karo (28) is freshly separated and is struggling with the non-existing relationship with her father. When her mother MICHAELA (50) wants to go on vacation with her to Rügen, Karo suspects there is again some failed love affair behind it. What begins as a spontaneous trip quickly turns out to be a journey into the past of two women who couldn’t be more different: Michaela wants distraction, Karo wants some peace and quite. Arriving in the hotel, they meet the recently divorced JOCHEN (60) and his teenage daughter MARIE (16). Michaela uses him as a holiday flirt, but for Karo he could be the answer to all her questions and longings, while Marie is the mirror of a youth she never had. Mother and daughter quickly realize that the absent father has left a void that is bigger and more painful than they thought. Old sores are reopened and they both try to heal in their own way and free themselves from the roles they were forced into.

Credits

Cast:

Alina Stiegler – Karo

Barbara Philipp – Michaela

Peter Lohmeyer – Jochen

Pearl Graw – Marie

Jonathan Berlin – Alex

Zethphan Smith-Gneist – Victor

Pierre Besson – Vater

Drehbuch (Credit):

Janin Halisch

Camera:

Antonia Lange

Editing:

Jamin Benazzouz

Producer:

Clara Gerst

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Film info

Direction:

Janin Halisch

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin in Ko-Produktion mit Softspot Productions, Achtung Panda! & RBB

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

80 min

Salon Kassem

Mirrored walls expand the 50m2 space of the cellar Salon in one of Bergmannkiez’s side streets. A small refuge room for immigrant men for a short cosmetic treat. Meanwhile a TV running in the corner shows news of their faraway homelands flaming in internal and global wars.

Credits

Camera:

Faraz Fesharaki

Editing:

Khaled Mzher

Producer:

Khaled Mzher

Sound:

Christian Tech

Film info

Direction:

Khaled Mzher

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

Dolby Surround 5.1

Language:

Arabic / German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

26 min

The Noise That Colors Make

After the unexpected death of her mother, with whom she never had any real contact, ANNIE (17) comes to Berlin for the first time. There she meets her mother’s partner, BARBARA (43), and accompanies her during the preparation of the funeral. Initially unfamiliar, a fragile connection evolves between the two women. The new surroundings fascinate Anni and her distance gives way to an unexpected curiosity for the city and an interest in the reality of the life that her mother left behind.

Credits

Cast:

Zoë Lazos – Annie

Sheri Hagen – Barbara

Hinnerk Henze – Junger Typ

Script:

Mazlum Demir

Clara Puhlmann

Camera:

Maayane Bouhnik

Editing:

Celine Jünger

Producer:

Clara Puhlmann

Carlotta Cornehl

Sound:

Effy Ceruti

Film info

Direction:

Mazlum Demir

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby Surround 5.1

Language:

English, Greek, German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

18.06 min

Nakskov 1:50

For many years Nakskov was known as one of Denmark’s ‘reddest’ towns. The shipyard and sugar factory defined the town's identity and Nakskov was in many ways an ideal model for a modern town in the welfare state of Denmark. So much so, in fact, that Matilda Mester literal-ly analyses Nakskov as a miniature version of how the relationship between province, politics and proletariat has changed over the years, inspired by the miniature model of the sugar facto-ry that the retired workers enjoy making in their spare time. The result is a loving and attentive local history portrait of a city and the people who have shaped it over the years.

Credits

Script:

Matilda Mester

Camera:

Matilda Mester

Bruno Derksen

Editing:

Matilda Mester

Producer:

Matilda Mester

Maximilian Haslberger

Balthasar Busmann

Sound:

Jan Bachmann

Anna Sofie Hartmann

Henrike Meyer

Fritzi Friedrich

Music:

Felia Gram-Hanssen

Film info

Direction:

Matilda Mester

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Danish

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

90 min

Yugotransport — We are all on the same bus

Thirty years after the Yugoslavian war and fall of communism, men from ex-YU countries find themselves again in the same "bus". They are all seasonal workers on a road towards a better future and prosperity, their new Promised Land - Germany. And just when it seems that on this journey all the hope is gone, the Savior appears to help them all.

Credits

Cast:

Michael Ihnow

Sabrina Novack

Mile Ademović

Tomas Kutinjač

Boris Škorić

Script:

Esther Preußler

Andreas Kouba

Boris Hadžija

Producer:

Maximilian Feldkamp

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Branka Pavlović

Music:

Misha Cvijović

Film info

Direction:

Boris Hadžija

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1.77

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1.77

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian - (Serbo-Croatian), German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

22.38 min

An unbearable distance

Encased in the margins of a flat, surrounded by the crying of their new born baby, a young couple hides in separate rooms to pursue their own desires. The birth of the child brought changes that they cannot share with one another. Overwhelmed by the transformation they are going through to become parents, they are trying to find the way to each other again.

Credits

Cast:

Alice Hoffmann

Luis Schubert

Script:

Julia Ketelhut

Camera:

Rocío Díaz Freire

Editing:

Gaya von Schwarze

Sound:

Malthe Bjørn Jensen

Producer:

Julia Ketelhut

Rocío Díaz Freire

Film info

Direction:

Julia Ketelhut

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Surround 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

17.57 min

Ashes by name is man — Popioł imieniem jest człowieka

Krakow in Poland and Lviv in Ukraine form the geographical setting of "Ashes by name is man". The images of the surroundings are interwoven with footage from the world of my grandparents, both of whom are over 80 years old. Their bodies and practices seem to be inscribed with war and post-war history as well as the national catholic narrative of Poland. In the writings of my favorite painter, I read that for him the Polish landscape seems to constantly draw our gaze to the ground - making us look not over the horizon but under our feet, at the bones buried under each step. In this film, I don't look straight ahead into the distance, but try to find my own gaze, which is very ambiguous, full of criticism and fascination at the same time.

Credits

Cast:

Janina Mokrzycka

Władysław Mokrzycki

Tonmischung:

Jan Pasemann

Producer:

Roxana Richters

Ewelina Rosinska

Film info

Direction:

Ewelina Rosinska

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Mono

Language:

No Dialogue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20 min

VIC

It’s influencer Vic’s birthday. A pornographic video depicting her appears online. A shit storm breaks out. She reacts quickly and posts live on Instagram: "Deepfake!". Her online community, though skeptical at first, starts to believe her when a cybersecurity startup supports her claim. Vic's follower numbers skyrocket, as we become doubtful of her credibility.

Credits

Cast:

Luise Emilie Tschersich – Vic

Elaine Cameron – Leo

Marc Schöttner – Mike

Lutz Thase – Dad

Mélanie Fouché – Mom

Script:

Luis Schubert

Producer:

Luis Schubert

Editing:

Luis Schubert

Tonmischung:

Lorenz Fischer

Sound:

Paolo Lagana

Camera:

Felix Schuster

Film info

Direction:

Luis Schubert

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9 & 1.85:1

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Surround 5.1

Language:

German, English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

13 min

Sea Weeds — אצות ים

Adam (12), is still grieving his mother’s recent death when he sees that his father is giving away her cloths at a 2 hand shop. He decides to get her things back but when a drifter buys his mother’s hat and refuses to give it back to him, Adam must follow the man deep into the desert. There, in the wild and timeless landscape, a unique companionship based on shared pain is built, and Adam learns an important lesson about nature and loss.

Credits

Cast:

Yehuda Nahari Halevi

Gilad Gregori Oks

Script:

Liel Simon

Camera:

Yossi Ollech

Liel Simon

Producer:

Tamir Gal

Editing:

Liel Simon

Sound:

Sagiv Abramov

Music:

Adam Weingrod

Film info

Direction:

Liel Simon

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Hebrew

Version:

OmU

Festivals:

52. Sehsuechte (19.-23.04.2023)

31. Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival Goldener Spatz (04.-10.06.2023)

Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg N 30 (13.-17.09.2023)

28. SCHLiNGEL international film festival (23.-28.09.2023)

46th Mill valley film festival (05.-15.10.2023)

42nd FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH (12.-18.11.2023)

Runtime:

22 min