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

I Want to Return Return Return

I Want To Return Return Return combines fictional and non-fictional elements to depict the neighbourhood Wrangelkiez in Berlin. The people portrayed tell their life stories. One woman came to the neighbourhood a decade ago to work in Berlin’s still unfinished Brandenburger Airport, one man reminisces his childhood on a Tobacco farm in Kentucky, another speaks of an exceptional day in an otherwise monotonous workplace. These portraits are interwoven with the story of Elpi, a Greek woman who is waiting for the long overdue visit of an old important friend. The outcome of this mixture is a film which captures the lives and perspectives of some of Wrangelkiez’s most commanding citizens, while at the same time evoking the loss that change and time passing means for places and for people.

Credits

Cast:

Elpiniki Saranti

Maria Kalach

Ramses Komuro Boubaker

Robert Hamill

Stefan Keuneke

Katarzyna Pacura

Ellen Edmar

Angelika Mertens

Script:

Elsa Rosengren

Camera:

Giulia Schelhas

Editing:

Esteban Álfaro

Elsa Rosengren

Producer:

Margarita Amineva

Sound:

Frank Behnke

Art Direction:

Tatiana Bastos

Film info

Direction:

Elsa Rosengren

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:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

English/German/Schwedish/Wolof, english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30 min

Bundestag

The German Bundestag (parliament) is the center of power, the political heart of the Federal Republic of Germany – a highly symbolic place loaded with expectations. We accompany four members of the Bundestag through their everyday routines, plunging in at eye level. The documentary Bundestag shows how politics is done today, how complex the processes and formalities behind the scenes are – a closer look at this “center of power”.

Credits

Cast:

Dr. Petra Sitte

Prof. Dr. Matthias Zimmer

Josephine Ortleb

Jörg Schneider

Script:

Hendrik Reichel

Camera:

Sebastian Fremder

Moritz Friese

Editing:

Zubin Zethna

Producer:

Gunter Hanfgarn

Sound:

Hendrik Reichel

Tondesign:

Lorenz Fischer

Tonmischung:

Alexandre Leser

Film info

Direction:

Hendrik Reichel

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

90 min

El Canto de la Crisálida

Bird chirps, light and city life sneak through the cracks of the windows. Spaces clad in walls, wrap our hibernators, interwoven by gestures and daily rituals.

Credits

Cast:

Ute Aurand

Gabriel Galíndez Cruz

Matthias Lintner

Hyoung Min-Kim

Eva Minor

Leonie Minor

Iván Orlín Ariza

Ewelina Rosinska

Lanxi Ruan

Wataru Saito

Carlos Vásquez

Script:

Francisco MeCe

Producer:

Cecilia Trautvetter

Camera:

Francisco MeCe

Editing:

Francisco MeCe

Tondesign:

Louis McGuire

1. Kameraassistenz:

Carlos Vásquez

Diego Sapienza

Film info

Direction:

Francisco MeCe

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2021

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

without dialogue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20 min