In Germany

Ouakam and Semah want to go play football, which is harder done than said. When they do finally arrive at the beach the two get into a fight over Ouakam’s selfish way to play the ball. After the game their team gets talking about the Germans that live in the neighborhood. Rumor has it that they have an incredible swimming pool - so they all try to check it out. When only two finally get the chance to jump in it’s on Ouakam to decide if he takes his best friend with him or not.

Credits

Cast:

Mohamed Saliou Bangoura – Ouakam

Semah Bangoura – Semah

Aguibou Ben Bangoura – Trainer and Shoeshine boy

Naby Laye Keita – Crocodile Boy

Alseny Sylla – Lookout Boy

Akoi Gabriel Zoumanigui – Ouakam’s Brother

Yamoussa Sylla – Ouakam’s Other Friend

Alhassane Touré – Sneaky Twin, sneaky other Twin

Script:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Philipp Sewing

Camera:

Malte Siepen

Editing:

Annika Mayer

Producer:

Philipp Sewing

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany and Guinea

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Susu with german, english or french subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

15 min

Flimsy walls

FLIMSY WALLS tells the story of Marta (28), who wakes up the morning after a casual love night and realizes that she has been left alone in the unknown apartment. Uncertain and disenchanted at the same time, she starts to explore the rooms of a young man she doesn’t even know. Realizing that she negated her own true expectations, she suddenly crosses private boundaries to overcome her own emotional limits.

Credits

Cast:

Julia Schneider – Marta

Script:

Elena Zurbuch

Camera:

Felix Schuster

Oberbeleuchter:

Ben Rahf

Editing:

Adrienne Hudson

Producer:

Grischa Sautter

Elena Zurbuch

Sound:

Vadim Mühlberg

Film info

Direction:

Gaya von Schwarze

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Südwestrundfunk (SWR)

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,75

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,75

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5 min

Leoniden

The stargazer Mark (35) lives with his wheelchair-bound mother (65) in a Berlin GDR-looking apartment. His life is monotonous and aimless until one day Mark escapes this routine of his everyday life.

Credits

Cast:

Eugen Knecht – Marik

Alla Serhiiko – Mutter

Nikolay Prozorovskiy-Remennikov – Junge

Daria Pushkina – Junge Mutter

Peter Marty – Hans

Swetlana Feller – Verkäuferin

Script:

Nicola Medvecka

Anastasia Gorokhova

Camera:

Alexander Brack

Editing:

Nicola Medvecka

Sound:

Vadim Mühlberg

Film info

Direction:

Nicola Medvecka

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

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

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Russian with german or english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14 min

Land of Glory

A school somewhere in Hungary. An ordinary literature class with unextraordinary, indifferent students. It feels like a normal day, except that the Hungarian Prime Minister is about to visit. The school secretary, the mastermind of the ceremony, tries to keep everything under control, especially the celebratory cake, which doesn’t fit in the fridge. While the cooks struggle to fix the problem, a 17-year-old Márti, who is supposed to greet the Prime Minister on stage, hesitantly prepares her little rebellion.

Credits

Cast:

Hanna Angelus – Márti

Nóra Rainer-Micsinyei – Cilike

Zsuzsa Faragó – Emmi

Péter Janklovics – Principal Takáts

Script:

Borbála Nagy

Judit Anna Bánházi

Producer:

Margarita Amineva

Camera:

Moritz Friese

Editing:

László Dunai

Film info

Direction:

Borbála Nagy

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

2:1

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2:1

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Hungarian with german or english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

27 min

Erika‘s madness

In one long shot the film introduces us to four characters who make each other depend on one another on an emotional and personal level. We observe the main character, the actress Erika- her body reacts fragile to her surrounding not attempting to build up closeness to her former doctor, maid and husband. She has no trust and disclaims that she is sick. She tries to convince herself she is still the great diva and actress everyone knows from theatre. Yet, we can only sense her former extensiveness and hard work. We do not see her as an actress anymore, but furthermore, she lets us have a gaze in her private room- the camera manages to show Erika’s bed- where the actress lounges as on theatre stage. She raises with pleasure very slowly giving her maid harsh instructions. Erika does not divines that people free themselves from her attitude. The main character hiding under a blond shiny wig will spend her last ten minutes in her house. Trapped in isolation the characters find themselves in miscommunication and the range between distance and intimacy. Furthermore, the attempt to overcome the hierarchy fails. We ask ourselve what attaches others to Erika. Why do they try to make Erika depend on them, building up certain structures where Erika should fit in, at the same time untighten the dependant relationship.The illusion between theatre and reality leads to madness.

Credits

Cast:

Julia Bremermann – Erika

Sylvia Schwarz – Ärztin

Robert Mika – Viktor

Julia Hiemer – Julika

Script:

Antonia Walther

Camera:

Katharina Wahl

Producer:

Antonia Walther

Katharina Wahl

Alexander Wolff

Kostüm (Credit):

Antonia Walther

Sound:

Andrej Schmitt

Film info

Direction:

Antonia Walther

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

stereo

Language:

German with english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

11 min

Back to the west

In between capitalism's high-rises, fast food chains and tourist folklorism lays a former cross point between East and West Berlin: Checkpoint Charlie. Here one can buy a piece of the Berlin wall, a GDR flag or pay to get their photo taken next to a fake American and GDR soldier. That is the job of Maxim, wearing a costume of a GDR border soldier. The absurdity of this scenario is clearly eating on him and to take a breath, to have a cigarette, he escapes across the street - the former border between East and West Berlin and today’s border of legal districts Kreuzberg, where he can pursue his job, and Mitte in which his trade is illegal. He seeks shelter next to an American fast food temple, when MAGDALENA - a worker from there - argues that she is also wearing a (fast food) uniform to get the money she needs for a living, so he should simply accept it.

Credits

Cast:

Christian Schneeweiß

Katja Plodzistaya

Marios Gavrilis

Script:

Esther Preußler

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Facundo N. Sanchez

Boris Hadžija

Producer:

Marina Hildegard

Ljuba Ghersinich

Sound:

Sebastian Pablo Poloni

Music:

Goran Bregović

Film info

Direction:

Boris Hadžija

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German, Englisch with german or english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5 min

Rushes

Early morning in the Bavarian woods. Christoph, suffering from a severe hang-over, sits next to his mother on a high seat. While she is aiming at a deer, Christoph tries to make up his mind. He’s had the plan to come out to her, but this really doesn’t seem like the best time. He checks his breath, screws up his courage and tries to tell her – simultaneously she fires a shot. Everything goes wrong and if that wasn’t enough, his boyfriend is about to arrive.

Credits

Cast:

Til Schindler – Christoph

Cristin König – Monika

Harald Geil – Arthur

Beratung:

Andreas Kouba

Camera:

Raban Jakob Friedrich

Editing:

Simon Adegbenro

Producer:

Elisabeth Köller

Sound:

Mladjan Matavulj

Film info

Direction:

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2019

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:

OV

Runtime:

6

Badabum

In the cotton candy fairytale of the voracity of profit the protagonist is faced with an intuitive sensation of doubt. She opens herself to her own ability for self-liberation.

Credits

Cast:

Anne Düe

Merten Schrödter

Script:

Bobby M. Klein

Nadja Rothkirch

Camera:

Bobby M. Klein

Editing:

Bobby M. Klein

Producer:

Nadja Rothkirch

Set Design:

Iva Ivanova

Kostüm (Credit):

Iva Ivanova

Film info

Direction:

Bobby M. Klein

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

no dialgue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5 min

Day X

June 17th 1953, Frida’s 8th birthday, was to be a celebration, but instead tanks are rolling through the streets of East-Berlin. Frida and her mother are waiting for the birthday guests, but they won't come today. Nor does her father return from the demonstration, and Frida’s mother slowly begins to lose control. Outside, protests turn into a political revolt and the revolt is brutally crushed.

Credits

Cast:

Ninel Skrzypczyk – Frida

Katharina Rivilis – Greta

Jan Pohl – Heinrich

Nikolay Sidorenko – Soldat

Script:

Katharina Rivilis

Samuel Chalela Puccini

Camera:

Giulia Schelhas

Editing:

Guillaume Guerry

Music:

Henning Fuchs

Sound:

Hans-Christian Paul

Maske:

Cornelia Palitzsch

Kostüm (Credit):

Kaya Kürten

Szenenbild:

Tatiana Bastos

Producer:

Cecilia Trautvetter

Film info

Direction:

Katharina Rivilis

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,39

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with english, spanish or french subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20 min