Nico

NICO (33), German-Persian, emancipated and happy, is the most popular geriatric nurse for her patients. With her best friend ROSA (37), she enjoys the summer in Berlin. A xenophobic attack tears the self-confident NICO from its self-determined everyday life. Waking up in the hospital, she realizes that she doesn't seem to be a part of it after all. Plagued by scraps of memories of the attack, NICO isolates herself more and more. Not only does ROSA lose all relation to her, her patients also do not recognize the - once so happy woman - . Nico knows that it can't go on like this and makes a decision: She gets help from ANDY - the loud karate world champion. NICO allows itself to be motivated in its military way, thereby even regaining self-confidence. Because she is mingling with people again, NICO meets the Macedonian woman RONNY (30) at a fair. RONNY recognizes NICO immediately. Where and why, NICO will understand as the film progresses, and as the film progresses, she will have to ask herself how she deals with the anger and helplessness that the attack has created in her.

Credits

Cast:

Sara Fazilat – Nico

Sara Klimoska – Ronny

Javeh Asefdjah – Rosa

Andreas Marquardt – Andy

Brigitte Kramer – Brigitte

Isidoro Fernandez Mompelier – Fernandez

Sabrina Tannen – Frau Überfall

Producer:

Sara Fazilat

Camera:

Francy Fabritz

Sound:

Andreas Otto

Ye Linlin Cardrage

Olga Nosva

Meik-René Enderlein

Justus Wirth

Matthias Rupp

DingDing Jiang

Anna Rotznowska

Editing:

Eline Gehring

Script:

Sara Fazilat

Francy Fabritz

Eline Gehring

Kostüm (Credit):

Sara Fazilat

Francy Fabritz

Eline Gehring

Ausstattung:

Sara Fazilat

Francy Fabritz

Eline Gehring

Music:

Zeina Azouqah

Doro Bohr

Konstantin Wecker

Casting:

Sara Fazilat

Francy Fabritz

Eline Gehring

Film info

Direction:

Eline Gehring

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Ko-Produktion mit Third Culture Kids

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

ProRes4444/422HQ

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

79 min

Jesus, Manfred!

Manfred has two sons and lives together with his wife Isolde, who has been cheating on him for many years. The head of the family is Manfred`s mother, Frauke Hermann- Mann who is a right-wing populist. Everyone looks disregardful at Manfred who is getting hurt very easily. He has little humour and is a sensitive guy. On Christmas Eve, when the whole family is together, he decides to poison each family member and to enforce happiness: “That way we are all going to be together in heaven.” When they arrive in purgatory they meet the devil who decides between heaven and hell. Meanwhile, Manfred is suffering from more exclusion and Isolde tells him she wishes for a divorce. His mother admits that he won`t inherit the family`s company. Shortly before devil makes his decision, his intern arrives and notices a mistake.

Credits

Cast:

Arno Sudermann – Manfred

Petra Nadolny – Isolde Hermann-Mann

Luise Lunow – Frauke Hermann-Mann

Peter Groeger – Hermann Hermann-Mann

Benjamin Lutzke – Pascal

Luis Krawen – Otto

Charles Lemming – Teufel

Gerald Sommerauer – Praktikant

Script:

Antonia Walther

Gesche Loft

Isabella Kröger

Camera:

Lukas Eylandt

Editing:

Lisa Friedhofen

Producer:

Jana Kreissl

Sound:

Jonathan Ritzel

Film info

Direction:

Antonia Walther

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 and 25 fps fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

13 min

Duc Nguyen

DUC NGUYEN is the story of three Vietnamese-German teenagers hunting for a motorcycle riding phantom bolting over the Berlin Autobahn at night. Biggest admirer and fiercest tracker of this "Ghostrider" is 16 year old Duc, who is fascinated by the recklessness of the mysterious driver. While his two friends spoil his night by making out with each other and not taking the hunt seriously enough, Duc desperately keeps waiting for his idol to appear. But the Ghostrider is nowhere to be seen. Duc finally has the chance to proof his own courage when, after a sheer indefinite period of waiting, the group is entangled in a dangerous occurrence with a sinister taxi driver.

Credits

Cast:

Milo Nguyen – Duc Nguyen

Pham Gia Man Bui – Ly

Peter Nguyen – Trai

Christoph Franken – taxi driver Frank

Script:

Sebastian Ladwig

Camera:

Raban Jakob Friedrich

Editing:

Anna-Lena Laura Engelhardt

Producer:

Lucas Thiem

Janna Fodor

Sound:

Moritz Monorfalvi

Music:

Sebastian Ladwig

Film info

Direction:

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

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

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Prores4444 3.2K 1.3x anamorph

Screening format:

DCP 16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1: 2,39

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Digital

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14 min

Alice Coming Down

Alice is trying to escape the male gaze by tumbling down the rabbit-hole of techno Berlin. Will an underworld presuming to punctuate liberation with pills and powders show little, lost Alice the path that runs away from patriarchy? A dark, psychedelic journey leads Alice to confront her sexuality.

Credits

Cast:

Yiou Penelope Peng – Alice

Giamo Alfredi Röwekamp – Kitty

Alexandra Nicki Murray-Leslie – Mannequin

Theo Taylor – Singing Boy

Preston Chaunsumlit – Caterpillar

Magnus Mariuson – Hatter

Milton Welsh – Hare

Sean Morris Grimm – Gnomes

Sverre Aune – Gnomes (voice)

Script:

Berglind Thrastardottir

Camera:

Alina Albrecht

Editing:

Berglind Thrastardottir

Producer:

Vivien Cahn

Produktionskoordination:

Herta-Cristina Mirea

Sound:

Koenraad Ecker

Music:

Koenraad Ecker

Film info

Direction:

Berglind Thrastardottir

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

English with German subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20 min

the wedding anniversary

It's a wedding anniversary. While Xenia, the wife of the scrap yard owner Gustav, sits in front of the television and waits for her husband to make her happy, a young man is shot by three gangsters not far from her. Xenia realizes that she is waiting in vain and rises from her TV chair to leave Gustav. The goal: "Australia", "Adventure". But she doesn't get any further than to the gate of the scrap yard, where the three gangsters meet her with a flat tire. When Xenia discovers the body in the trunk of her car, a completely different adventure begins for her than she had imagined. A short trip to her possibilities and thus to herself.

Credits

Cast:

Rike Eckermann – Xenia

Frank Jacob – Gustav

Marko Lakobrija – Michelle

Alexander Czerwinski – Fritz

Kristian Kiehling – Tekka

Aart Steinmann – Autor

Sylvia Mayer – TV Dame

Script:

Theresa Bergner

Aart Steinmann

Camera:

Rocío Díaz Freire

Editing:

Alexander Weiz

Producer:

Kristian Kiehling

Sound:

Marco Damke

Music:

Tallis Scolars

A sei Voci

Film info

Direction:

Theresa Bergner

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Scope

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1: 2,39

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

24 min

Let us forget

Lena’s marriage is challenged, when her husband falls ill. He asks her to help him to die selfdetermined. An unbearable burden or a final proof of love? Although her desperation is rising Lena cheers him. She fosters him, crosses borders. A loving fight between having to let go and wanting to hold on.

Credits

Cast:

Prodromos Antoniadis – Leon

Judith Mauthe – Lena

Script:

Marcus Hanisch

Prodromos Antoniadis

Judith Mauthe

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Marcus Hanisch

Producer:

Patrick Schorn

Produktionsassistenz:

Hagen Maximilian Kühl

Maske:

Grete Pfleger

Sound:

Jan Steinke

Tondesign:

Moritz Drath

Tonmischung:

Alexandre Leser

Film info

Direction:

Marcus Hanisch

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

ARRI Raw

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

15 min

Ocean Eyes

When English girl Immy (16) comes to Berlin to play a big concert, she decides to kill two birds with one stone and finally meet her estranged, German father. Christian, whom she barely knows, is anything but what she had expected - an egocentric, carefree actor without any interest in practicing his parental skills. Together they experience an emotionally tense night in Berlin, getting to know each other while struggling to respect each other’s personal boundaries.

Credits

Cast:

Ellie Bindman – Immy

Fabian Busch – Christian

Script:

Nicola Fegg

Camera:

Serge Mattukat

Editing:

Ingrid Lubke

Producer:

Daniel Minkov

Sound:

Manfredi Rignanese

Leon Hanel

Tondesign:

Valentin Link

Film info

Direction:

Nicola Fegg

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German and English with English, German subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20 min

Turkish Riviera

A video cassette is inserted: A toddler in a paddling pool somewhere on the beach. Parents and grandparents scurry around. Pictures of Senem's first visit to Turkey, so she tells us. This is the beginning of a search for home. Through interviews with her parents and grandparents, the filmmaker takes us through the ups and downs of the life of three generations of Turkish guest workers in Germany. The stories are accompanied by images of everyday life in Turkey. Today the family has returned to their homeland, only Senem has remained in Germany. Where does she belong? Sober reflection meets poetic collage, trying to find peace in the space between here and there.

Credits

Script:

Senem Göcmen

Camera:

Senem Göcmen

Editing:

Senem Göcmen

Producer:

Tobias Gaede

Sound:

Joscha Eickel

Music:

El Fallah Khaless

Film info

Direction:

Senem Göcmen

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

2.1

Language:

german/ turkish with german, turkish, englich subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

54 min

Tábor

In western Ukraine is located one of the largest Roma settlements in the country - the place is called Tábor. An isolated quarter of the city of Berehove, where live mostly Hungarian speaking Romani people. The film shows one of the days of the celebration of Easter, when the boys water the girls, receiving Easter eggs for this. After the end of the holiday many of them leave the settlement with their entire families and go to roam the country. The film reflects human being in a timeless dimension, brings closer archetypal images: mother, father, child. Depicts the plasticity of the movement of a man and nature in the space, which they are being a part of, creating chaos that contains a balance between different components like light and shadow.

Credits

Cast:

Alexander Lakatosh

Olga Lakatosh

Script:

Stanislav Danylyshyn

Camera:

Jesse Mazuch

Editing:

Viktor Hoffmann

Stanislav Danylyshyn

Producer:

Stanislav Danylyshyn

Olga Geister

Sound:

Hannes Marget

Film info

Direction:

Stanislav Danylyshyn

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Sony Alpha 7s Full HD

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

Hungarian with english or german subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

45 min