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

A Hunger Artist

In this adaption of the Franz Kafka story with the same title, a streamer fasts for 40 days in front of a large online audience. Thousands follow and comment on his life in his 24/7 livestream. He gets in-stream support from his manager, who happens to be an avantgarde ASMR artist. For no particular reason the interest in his performance suddenly disappears, as he starts a new round of fasting. With less and less audience the streamer is looking for a new management and continues to fast nonetheless. When he is left completely alone he breaks his old fasting records by far, but unnoticed by anyone. Just before his death a last viewer appears and the streamer reveals why he had to fast.

Credits

Cast:

Jens Winter – Hungerkünstler

Ilonka Petruschka – Managerin D

Script:

Oskar Zoche

Lukas Wesslowski

Camera:

Karl Neubart

Editing:

Oskar Zoche

Moritz Geiser

Producer:

Maximilian Feldkamp

Sound:

Niaz Faridani-Rad

Film info

Direction:

Oskar Zoche

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

16mm & digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

27 min

Memo

Guille, a young Venezuelan immigrant, is a bartender in Berlin. On a lonely night at the bar he is surprised by the appearance of Memo, his brother, whom he hasn’t talked to in a long time. While skeptic at first, Guille goes along with his brother’s wish to have some rum, listen to music and hang out. As the night progresses, Memo tells Guille about a mysterious encounter he had with their dead mother, and a gift she left for him. Guille, who took care of their dying mother while Memo was absent, calls Memo on his lies and carelessness and puts an end to the night. After Memo leaves, Guille finds something left on the counter by his brother, a gift which will trigger his true reconciliation with his brother, and with their home.

Credits

Cast:

Felice Audrines

Miguel Dagger

Hartmut Rüger

Milagros Dìaz

Script:

Nelson Algomeda

Camera:

Selma von Polheim Gravesen

Editing:

Víctor Pequeño

Producer:

Elisabeth Hoschek

Sound:

Thorsten Hoppe

Music:

Louay Kanawati

Film info

Direction:

Nelson Algomeda

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Spanish, German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

18 min

Encounters

Berlin, during the first wave of the Co-Vid 19 pandemic. The city, their inhabitants. Different migration stories: Viktorija and Zaid. They meet on a park, she unemployed, he employed as a delivery bike driver. A day in their lives. Berlin's precariousness, the precariousness of the migrant community. The fear in the houses of those who wait and the work on the body of those who work. At the end of the day, the only thing left to do is to eat and to dance. A short film made between friends, remembering moments we lived in this time, what our eyes have seen.

Credits

Cast:

Viktorija Eitutyté

Zaid

Script:

Froilán Urzagasti Montero

Camera:

Esra Tanriverdi

Editing:

David Gomez Alzarte

Producer:

Sinan Özarslan

Sound:

Magdalena Jacob

Music:

Jorge Villaseca

Film info

Direction:

Froilán Urzagasti Montero

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

English, German and Lithuanian

Version:

OV

Runtime:

24 min