Jessy

The emotionally reserved 13-year-old Jessy can hardly recall what life was like when her father Miro was still around. It's been seven years since he's been sent away to prison. In her protected cocoon, Jessy doesn't let anyone in, anyone except her mother Lilja. The two have a symbiotic relationship which is endangered when Jessy's father returns unexpectedly from prison. Forced to get familiarised with the stranger that has now invaded her territory, Jessy learns how to open up and redefne her own boundaries. A wild teenager named Max who works at the same Garage that Miro used to work at, encourages Jessy to let her guards down and lose control. Jessy fnds herself drifting from one dependent relationship to the next in an attempt to fnd her own self and a sense of Independence.

Credits

Cast:

Pola Geiger

Hannes Wegener

Anca Cipariu

Luis Pintsch

Uwe Preuss

Folker Albrecht

Rainer Sellien

Walter Kreye

Shenia Pitschm

Emmi Lou Brettschneider

Noa Amir

Jana Hampel

Script:

Rebeca Ofek

Beliban zu Stolberg

Camera:

Albrecht von Grünhagen

Producer:

Jana Kreissl

Tobias Gaede

Rebeca Ofek

Sabine Schmidt

Sound:

Jonathan Ritzel

Music:

Clarissa Farran

Film info

Direction:

Rebeca Ofek

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Language:

German and Romanian with english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

80 min

Insurgente

The film "Insurgente" accompanies the FARC-EP fighters through the Colombian peace process and from war to uncertain civilian life. The FARC was founded in 1964 and was the oldest guerrilla in the Western Hemisphere. The peace treaty ended a 52-year civil war, but the reasons for it were not affected.

Credits

Camera:

Tonio Hecker

Producer:

Patrick Schorn

Editing:

Tonio Hecker

Sound:

Gaston Ibarroule

Film info

Direction:

Tonio Hecker

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Friendship Films GmbH

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Spanish with german or english subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

179 min

Say You Love Me

Former ice-skating champion BIANCA (40) devotedly trains her prodigy son MALIK (13) for an upcoming competition. Sensing that Bianca is fantasizing of leaving him, Malik punishes his mother by provoking an accident with his choreographer SERGEI (25). Trapped in their very own cycle of violence, mother and son are staggering between intimate tenderness and a brutal distance, challenging the boundaries of their unconditional love.

Credits

Cast:

Tinka Fürst – Bianca

Arthur Wolfgang Mai – Malik

Joti Polizoakis – Sergei

Camera:

Antonia Lange

Script:

Marijana Verhoef

Producer:

Elena Zurbuch

Editing:

Jil Lange

Music:

Jared Meier-Klodt

Film info

Direction:

Kirsten Brandt

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

15 min

Luchadoras

The film is an intimate portrait of three courageous female wrestlers (Luchadoras) from Ciudad Juarez. Despite being surrounded by machismo they redefine the image of women in Mexico. The short statured Mini Serinita’s dream is to become a full time Luchadora and leave the factory work that disenfranchises so many women for good. Lady Candy can see the U.S Border from her house. Her daughters were taken to the US, but due to visa regulations she cannot cross the border to see them. Baby Star is a young single mother with a Lucha Libre childhood past. She is looking to make a comeback. With Mexican passion they present a new image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.

Credits

Cast:

Lady Candy

Mini Sirenita

Baby Star

Script:

Patrick Jasim

Paola Calvo

Phillip Kaminiak

Producer:

Phillip Kaminiak

Camera:

Patrick Jasim

Music:

Lonski & Classen

Editing:

Ginés Olivares

Sound:

Jan Passeman

Film info

Direction:

Paola Calvo

Patrick Jasim

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany and Mexico

Production Company:

TUMULT Film GmbH in Koproduktion mit Sutor Kolonko e.K.

Production:

2021

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

30 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Surround and Stereo

Language:

Spanish with English, German and Spanish subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

92 min

Excalibur City

EXCALIBUR CITY tells the story of Vio and Bluebell, two Vietnamese sisters on their journey to reunite with their mother in Germany. On their way the sisters fall into the clutches of the Vietnamese mafia in Czech Republic. They manage to escape, but on the run from the „Wolf Men“ they loose their father and have to make it through the forest by themselves. The tale of this extraordinary sisterhood is told through the sometimes dreaming eyes of the younger sister Bluebell.

Credits

Cast:

Linh Nguyen – Vio

Hoai Ansary Phan – Bluebell

Ardian Hartono – Hung

Yvonne Jung Hee Bormann – Mutter

Paul Jumin Hoffmann – Vater

Script:

Sebastian Ladwig

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Camera:

Nina Reichmann

Editing:

Raffaéllo Lupperger

Producer:

Janna Fodor

Leonie Schäfer

Daria Wichmann

Sound:

Malte Audick

Music:

Caroline Siegers

Film info

Direction:

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Genre:

fictional

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:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German and Vietnamese with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

42 min

If on a winter’s night two travelers

As Francesco and his six-year-old daughter Elisa drive through the Berlin night, they make a special encounter. Together with the severe policeman who stops their old and broken car, they embark on a magical journey through the darkness in search of intangible ghosts. Unexpected sympathies develop from this experience, even though the spirits around them never quite disappear.

Credits

Cast:

Holly Heene

Robin Summa

Moritz Berg

Script:

Sara Summa

Jacob Hauptmann

Camera:

Moritz Friese

Producer:

Daria Wichmann

Cecilia Trautvetter

Sound:

Jonas Lechenmayr

Editing:

Sara Summa

Music:

Ben Roessler

Film info

Direction:

Sara Summa

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH in Ko-Produktion mit dem Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German and Italian

Version:

OV

Runtime:

17 min

Theorie und Praxis

A woman sits between two chairs. She tries to get up, to get started with everything - but her chairs are either too comfortable or don't want to let her go, thus messing everything up.

Credits

Cast:

Leonie Minor

Arthur Minor

Script:

Leonie Minor

Camera:

Faraz Fesharaki

Editing:

Andreas Wodraschke

Producer:

Leonie Minor

Sound:

Clemens Nürnberger

Film info

Direction:

Leonie Minor

Genre:

Animation

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

no dialogue

Version:

OV

Festivals:

Runtime:

7 min

Frida

The encounter between the young nurse and her seriously ill patient Frida, who is the same age, on the borderline between professional distance and the desire for closeness.

Credits

Cast:

Vicky Krieps

Aenne Schwarz

Script:

Aleksandra Odić

Camera:

Albrecht von Grünhagen

Producer:

Stanislav Danylyshyn

Music:

Micha Kaplan

Sound:

Alberto Sanchez

Editing:

Andrea Schönherr

Film info

Direction:

Aleksandra Odić

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

22 min

Hero

In the middle of the night Arne (17) gets an unexpected visitor. His parents had a fight and his father, who has Parkinson in the developed stage, is looking for a refuge in Arne’s room. When Arne confronts his mother about what is going on, she surprises him with a request. She wants him to drive his father on a mysterious date. Overwhelmed by the situation Arne senses there is more to it than he is being told. He wants to refuse but his mother insists. The family’s happiness depends on it.

Credits

Cast:

Arne Kertezs

Milton Welsh

Carolina Vera

Script:

Marijana Verhoef

Max Kern

Camera:

Leyla Hoppe

Producer:

Rike Lange

Editing:

Marina Palma

Sound:

Meik-René Enderlein

Music:

Paquita Maria

Film info

Direction:

Max Kern

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH in Ko-Produktion mit Arte und SWR

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

5 min