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

I got to go to Juchitán

As an examination of matriarchal structures in Mexico, I GOT TO GO TO JUCHITÁN originates from the desire to portray the reality of a society structured differently to the accepted norm.  The film observes three women in their everyday life, Adelina 70, Martina 40 and Adela 20. They work in a bistro at the famous market that is the economic heart of the town of Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico. The women cook, trade, look after their elders, get lovesick and know how to party. Fish, meat and corn from the region are delivered by the men, who support these loud and cheerfully dressed women who have the say. But capitalism and machismo are also ever present in Juchitán, making for a field of tension.

Credits

Cast:

Adelina Santiago

Adela San Diago Sanches

Martina Castillo Martinez

Script:

Sonja Aufderklamm

Camera:

Sonja Aufderklamm

Editing:

Hannah Schwegel

Producer:

Julia Bruton

Sound:

Raquel Belver

Music:

Thomas Hohl

Film info

Direction:

Sonja Aufderklamm

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

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

Sinnema Animation Studio

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Spanish uad Zapotekian with German subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

80 min

Self-criticism of a bourgeois dog

A bourgeois dog confesses how he was transformed from being a filmmaker to being four-legged: Unable to find financing for his film, JULIAN is forced to accept a job as a seasonal farmhand. At a party, however, he makes the young Canadian expat CAMILLE believe that he's going to do research for a communist fairy-tale film and offers her the leading part. To his great surprise, she decides to accompany him, sparking off Julian's lurking romantic fantasies. Thus they arrive at the deceitfully idyllic scene of an exploitative apple plantation. While Julian finds the manual labour agonizing and fears the strange roommates in his humble container home, Camille enthusiastically plunges into the alleged research and makes friends with HONG and SANCHO, two credulous proletarians in pursuit of happiness. For Julian, it's getting more and more difficult to act the communist filmmaker. And what's more, a hot-tempered model worker with American dreams gets in his way, a mute monk with magical powers and a screw loose shows up, the owner of the plantation accidentally gets killed, and an attempted revolution ends up in confusion. At this moment, however, the sparrows in the trees come up with an unexpected plan...

Credits

Cast:

Julian Radlmaier – Julian

Deragh Campbell – Camille

Kyung-Taek Lie – Hong

Beniamin Forti – Sancho

Ilia Korkashvili – Mönch

Script:

Julian Radlmaier

Camera:

Markus Koob

Producer:

Kirill Krasovskiy

Editing:

Julian Radlmaier

Sound:

Kai Ziarkowski

Film info

Direction:

Julian Radlmaier

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Faktura Film in Ko-Produktion mit DFFB und RBB

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,375

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,375

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German and English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

99 min

Tonight, anytime

Due to a misunderstanding Magrit takes part in a group therapy. She would never have gone there on purpose and knows for sure that she doesn't need to. But when she is made to question herself, she realizes something unexpected.

Credits

Cast:

Katharina Bellena – Magrit

Melanie Stahl – Coworker

Sabine Winterfeldt – Therapist

Adrian Dittus – Julius

Beate Malkus – Woman in the group

Philip Kramer – Member of the group

Maximilian Held – Member of the group

Alice Vigni – Member of the group

Jay Lee – Member of the group

Script:

Rocío Díaz Freire

Maximilian Feldkamp

Lukas Wesslowski

Adriano Theill

Camera:

Rocío Díaz Freire

Editing:

Maria Gans

Producer:

Maximilian Feldkamp

Sound:

Vadim Mühlberg

Music:

TRIASSICO

Film info

Direction:

Adriano Theill

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

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

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

Digital

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5 min