Second thoughts

When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. But her thoughts accompany her. They sit around her in flesh and blood: Her mother pesters her with baby names, exboyfriends climb down trees and a woman in a sari narrates her life in poems. Her would-be fiancé eventually joins her, clashing his own luggage of thoughts with hers. But what if you show your thoughts to each other? How much honesty can a relationship take? In her first feature, director Zora Rux, an apprentice of Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, tells a surrealistic story of the search for one’s true self in poetic tableaus.

Credits

Cast:

Elisa Plüss

Thomas Fränzel

Lola Klamroth

Sebastian Schneider

Judith van der Werff

Henriette Confurius

Wenka von Mikulicz

Paul Lux

Script:

Zora Rux

Camera:

Jesse Mazuch

Editing:

Zora Rux

Kalle Boman

Martin Herold

Henning Stöve

Producer:

Leonie Minor

Roxana Richters

Fred Burle

Sound:

Robert Hefter

Music:

Ben Rössler

Jonathan Ritzel

Mister Milano

Film info

Direction:

Zora Rux

Genre:

fictional

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:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German and English with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

84 min

Light that will have pierced through leaves

Not where, not who, not when, no why. Only the duration of a meal in nature. The reality of a moment. (of the blink of an eye)

Credits

Cast:

ANA BERKENHOFF

REMO TRADJANO

MAIK RIBORT

ELIA LOPES

JENS KRASSNIK

YAEL SOPHIE BELSER

Script:

Anselm Belser

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Anselm Belser

Producer:

Anselm Belser

Sound:

Sven Jensen Brakelmann

Music:

Wanja Hüffell

Film info

Direction:

Anselm Belser

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Digital

Language:

no dialogue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

10 min

Apnoe

Grey house facades roll by like monstrous walls. Numerous identical windows, creating lines of lights as they pass by steadily. The bike courier Michel pushes through crowded streets of a dystopian city of the future. On behalf of the monopoly Clinair, he delivers oxygen tanks that are now necessary. His shift rushes him through the streets, his gaze, his movement brief and torn, no stagnation in his elaborate meandering stream. He can only linger with the woman from the advertisement video, who promotes grilled chicken on a screen. Accompanied only by a navigational voice in his ear and a radio operator who coordinates Michel’s route and regulates his state of fear, his nightly route leads him deeper and deeper into his subconscious.

Credits

Cast:

Ariel Nil Levy

Robert Hunger Bühler

Anne Müller

Lanxi Ruan

Daniel Vedder

Benjamin Hembus

Claudia Bauer

Ikko Masuda

Mathilda Esche

Ole Holdhus

Script:

Sarah Yona Zweig

Julia Ketelhut

Camera:

Constantin Campean

Editing:

Constantin Campean

Julia Ketelhut

Producer:

Jonas Nemela

Produktionsleitung:

Herta Cristina Mirea

Tonmeister:

Malthe Bjørn Jensen

Tondesign:

Jonathan Ritzel

Music:

Ralf Schwieters

Film info

Direction:

Julia Ketelhut

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:

Dolby Surround 5.1

Language:

German with english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

21.20 min

L’Arabo e la Santa

Alsha is a travel guide somewhere in Tuscany. One day Hussain disrupts one of her tours. During her break he tells her that he also wants to be a tour guide. Alsha thinks he is a stalker, is irritated by his unfamiliar way of approaching her and avoids him. After a few days she visits him and they start a conversation about their different chances and hopes ...…

Credits

Cast:

Sophia Burtscher

Caner Sunar

Sofia Falsone

Nicole Schneider

Francesco Leprai

Diego Leprai

Silvia Leprai

Andrea Boido

Marta Cardillo

Cecilia Morselli

Juniper Britton

Carmela Solla

Lucia Squarcia

Script:

Gnia Leis

Gerald Sommerauer

Camera:

Francisco MeCe

Editing:

Gerald Sommerauer

Producer:

Gnia Leis

Gerald Sommerauer

Sound:

Vadim Milberg

Film info

Direction:

Gerald Sommerauer

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:

16:10

Sound format:

48Khz/24bit, 6 Kanäle, Kinodynamik-Mischung, 5.1

Language:

English, IItalian; English and German subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

12.20 min

Sounds of Nature

Luisa tries to balance caring for her mother (Eva), who is in a wheelchair, with her work in a dental practice and her personal life. During a walk in the woods they discover that a great distance has already developed between them. Whereas Eva finds comfort and security in the forest, Luisa senses only danger. Misunderstandings accumulate and an overreaction causes Luisa to abandon her mother in the forest. In the end, the forest remains silent while a despairing daughter searches in vain for her mother.

Credits

Cast:

Ulrike Beerbaum

Susanne Lüning

Márton Nagy

Script:

Eliza Petkova

Camera:

Konstantin Kann

Producer:

Eliza Petkova

Konstantin Kann

Editing:

Eliza Petkova

Sound:

Nils Plambeck

Film info

Direction:

Eliza Petkova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Dolby Surround 5.1

Language:

German with english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14 min

Notes of Berlin

NOTES OF BERLIN is an anthology film. 15 tragic and funny episodes with shifting protagonists guiding us through a day in Berlin. Every episode is inspired by a real note found in the streets of Berlin and posted to the site www.notesofberlin.com, one of Germany's most visited blogs. While the party is still going on in the clubs, the city awakes to a fair dawn as we discover a note attached to a street lantern: “For one minute please just stand here in silence, look at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is.” Only a very drunk young man notices the text and follows its advice. In 15 tragic and funny episodes with shifting protagonists the film paints a mood picture of current time Berlin and is a declaration of love to a city which might have never existed.

Credits

Cast:

Andrea Sawatzki

Tom Lass

Paul Boche

Katja Sallay

Script:

Mariejosephin Schneider

Co-Autor:

Thomas Gerhold

Camera:

Carmen Treichl

Editing:

Inge Schneider

Producer:

Clemens Köstlin

Film info

Direction:

Mariejosephin Schneider

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

DFFB, RBB

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,33

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

Deutsch, Türkisch, Bulgarisch, Englisch - Untertitel: Deutsch, Englisch

Version:

OV

Runtime:

105 min

Earth in the Mouth

In a kaleidoscopic sequence, images search freely for stories that shape lives — faith, patriotism, anarchism, tourism, returns and arrivals, sketches of daily life and nature. Like a photo book, the film creates new images and relationships between shots, reassembling a journey of impressions where the outlines of the world oscillate. Filmed in Poland, Germany, Portugal, Greece and Brasil. Shot in 16 mm, in seven chapters.

Credits

Casting:

Ewelina Rosinska

Camera:

Ewelina Rosinska

Producer:

Ewelina Rosinska

Editing:

Ewelina Rosinska

Sound:

Ewelina Rosinska

Music:

Franz Frenzy

Roman Rosinski

Ewelina Rosinska

Film info

Direction:

Ewelina Rosinska

Genre:

Kurzfilm

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:

Mono

Language:

no dialogue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20 min

Lucía, Mi Amor

Georg tries to cope with his own life after the loss of his Colombian wife, Lucía. Despite the loving care of his neighbor, Susanne, and the companionship of a goat, which he got as a present from his parents-in-law, he remains withdrawn. Georg decides to give the goat away, however to his surprise, he sees similar behaviors in her to those of Lucía. On the verge of losing all sense, Georg rediscovers with the goat the happiness he thought would be gone forever. Could it be that his beloved Lucía has been reincarnated as a goat?

Credits

Cast:

Jörg Kunze

Julia Schubert

Eva-Maria Kurz

Peter Meinhardt

Script:

Samuel Chalela Puccini

Camera:

Dominik Backhaus

Editing:

Deborah Uhde

Producer:

Victor Buzalka

Tondesign:

Haraldur Thrastarson

Music:

Iván Esteban Meluk

Film info

Direction:

Samuel Chalela Puccini

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

2K 444

Screening format:

ProRes 4444

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1920:1080

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German with English/Soanish subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

19.59 min

Body

A nameless mute appears in an empty field. The widow materialized him from her thoughts to help her out on her farm. Over time, the mute quietly starts yearning to be loved. Once the widow’s son comes to visit, she hides her secret helper in the forest. Overwhelmed with longing, the mute disobeys.

Credits

Cast:

Dustin Schanz

Susanne Bredehöft

Script:

Marijana Verhoef

Camera:

Leyla Hoppe

Editing:

Marijana Verhoef

Marina Palma

Producer:

Elena Zurbuch

Elisabeth Köller

Sound:

Inge Olmheim

Tondesign:

Mladjan Matavulj

Music:

Benedikt Schiefer

Set Design:

Zoë Agathos

Film info

Direction:

Marijana Verhoef

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:

2:1

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

17.38 min