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Every­thing is fine with us

Marielena is in her late 60s. Today she is going to move out of her house – a reminder of a time long foregone. Marielena’s son Martin is glad that he can finally sell the house.

Credits

Cast:

Renate Serwotke

Mirco Reseg

Marie Gruber

Anne von Keller

Vincent Grages

Script:

Henrietta Langholz

Camera:

Alexander Haßkerl

Editing:

Henrietta Langholz

Producer:

Alexander Haßkerl

Henrietta Langholz

Sound:

Tobias Rüther

Tondesign:

Mira Kempf

Maske:

Friederike Harder

Film info

Direction:

Henrietta Langholz

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

Cinemascope

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Festivals:

57. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (04.-08.11.2015)

15. Flensburger Kurzfilmtage (18.-22.11.2015)

Runtime:

14 min.

A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN

Andrea, a woman without a past - playful, direct, ethereal, vivacious, honest, unpredictable. Philipp and Martin are father and son – and both love Andrea. Andrea’s presence should fill the gap of the Hanna, the recently deceased wife and mother. A summer of desire follows. But the inner emptiness inside each person begins to seek consolation, commitment and, not least, security. Its aim is to possess. Love is suppressed by fear, and the present disappears under the weight of tomorrow. Three people. One house. They live and behave outside of social norms and then fail because of their all too human needs. All that remains is emptiness and the question of guilt, which cannot be answered.

Credits

Cast:

Nina Schwabe

Theo Trebs

Henning Kober

Anna Manolova

Márton Nagy

Leon Ullrich

Script:

Eliza Petkova

Camera:

Constanze Schmitt

Editing:

Eliza Petkova

Producer:

Konstantin Kann

Sound:

Hannes Marget

Music:

Hannes Marget

Les Voda

Film info

Direction:

Eliza Petkova

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2020

Shooting format:

Arri Amira

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Festivals:

70. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (20.02.-01.03.2020)

Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival (23.-27.09.2020)

24th Sofia International Film Festival (24.09.-15.10.2020)

55. FILMZ – FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN KINOS (05.-14.11.2020)

Runtime:

103 min.

Lacry­mosa

LILITH (15) is waiting for an audition, her violin is lying in her lap. This is her opportunity for a scholarship, the first step into a career as a musician. Around her are other nervous young musicians, the room is filled with the cacophony of various string instruments. Lillith's boyfriend MARCO (16) tries to reassure her. Marco does not belong in this world, but makes all the effort to be the support his girlfriend needs. Finally, it is Lilith's turn. She appears before the jury and plays. Mozart’s Lacrymosa. Her recital is practiced and precise like a clockwork. But that's not enough. The CHAIRWOMAN (58) preaches an uncompromising life for the arts and is surrounded by that very same aura, at least in the eyes of a 15-year-old. She explains to Lilith that technical perfection and talent are not everything. Her performance lacked the necessary emotionality. She played a piece from a requiem, but would leave no emotional impression whatsoever. Lilith makes it to the next round, but if she wants the scholarship, she will have to fix that flaw. When she comes out the door again and looks at Marco’s good-natured, curious face, she knows what to do. The two have to break up.

Credits

Cast:

Delovan Moustafa

Yuri Völsch

Marie-Lou Sellem

Script:

Sebastian Ladwig

Camera:

Giulia Schelhas

Editing:

Sebastian Lempe

Producer:

Lucas Thiem

Elisabeth Köller

Tondesign:

Niklas Kammertöns

Music:

Artiom Constantinov

Kameraassistenz:

Konstantin Kann

Film info

Direction:

Gian Suhner

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5.2 min.

Blue eyes and col­or­ful my dress

Summer in a Bulgarian town. On the lookout for friends to play, three-year-old Zhana goes through the streets of the neighborhood, connecting to any kid, cat or neighbor she meets. Her character unfolds spontaneously before the viewer's eyes as she hops from one encounter into another.

Credits

Cast:

Zhana Henkes u.a.

Script:

Polina Gumiela

Camera:

Polina Gumiela

Editing:

Polina Gumiela

Producer:

Polina Gumiela

Sound:

Polina Gumiela

Film info

Direction:

Polina Gumiela

Genre:

documentary

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:

1:1,75

Sound format:

Mono

Language:

Bulgarian

Version:

OV

Runtime:

54 min.

Baby Bitch­ka

Sasha, 23. She's been out roaming berlin streets day and night. All she wants is to forget: her past, her ex, life and herself. She drinks without rest. She'd like to drop dead. This is when she meets Alex, 60. He drinks to forget as well. Both connect their philosophy of life and their refusal to participate in the world's circus. But Sasha leads another fight: against people's perceptions of and their projections onto her. What starts as a fast-paced game ends in a trip of self-hatred and despair.

Credits

Cast:

Romina Küper

Michael Thomas

Script:

Anna Maria Rożnowska

Tamara Erbe

Camera:

Malte Siepen

Editing:

Anna Maria Rożnowska

Levent Süzen

Tamara Erbe

Producer:

Tamara Erbe

Sound:

Hans-Christian Paul

Music:

Fatima Yamaha

Alex Cameron

Mogwai

Blümchen

Tilman Brejora

Film info

Direction:

Anna Maria Rożnowska

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:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

german and english

Version:

OV

Runtime:

62 Minuten

A MEMORI

Antoni, 32, lives together with his girlfriend Sofie in Berlin. His sense of time and orientation are deteriorating. As time is running out and his confusion turns for the worse, Antoni is forced to make an irreversible decision.

Credits

Cast:

Max Thommes

Milena Straube

Script:

Job Antoni

Camera:

Ben Rahf

Editing:

Job Antoni

Maria Gans

Producer:

Jonas Nemela

Sound:

Alexander Reisenauer

Film info

Direction:

Job Antoni

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

13 min.

Mold

Two lost souls shut up inside an apartment. Nothing good lays before them or behind them. Between them, all the sadness of the lack of communication. Attempts at closeness and spurts of beauty sink in a sea of meanness where everything rots. As does the fridge, from inside which we witness their defeat.

Credits

Cast:

Lara Feith

Lukas Walcher

Script:

Adriano Theill

Camera:

Gisela Günther

Editing:

Adriano Theill

Producer:

Adriano Theill

Daniel Minkov

Sound:

Gaya von Schwarze

Film info

Direction:

Adriano Theill

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8 min.

SCHOOL SHOOTING! TOMORROW OR THE DAY AFTER

The day begins comfortably for Principal Michael Korth. The student newspaper interviews him for the category "Person of the Month". But in the course of the interview he is confronted with a graffiti that was discovered in the hallways. It announces a school shooting for tomorrow or the day after. The students, his secretary, the Parent Representative and the local press all want to know how Michael Korth will handle this slightly confusing threat. Everybody has an opinion – Michael Korth does not. When even the police does not offer a solution to his dilemma, Michael Korth finally has to make his own decision.

Credits

Cast:

Michael Halberstadt

Sophie Halberstadt

Laurin Kaiser

Susanne Prinz

Michael Tietz

Kirstin Warnke

Matthias Thönnissen

Stella Hinrichs

Script:

Henning Wagner

Camera:

Antonia Lange

Producer:

Grischa Sautter

Bianca  Gleissinger

Henning Wagner

Editing:

Henning Wagner

Sound:

Patrick Düren

Vadim Mühlberg

Music:

Haraldur Thrastarson

Film info

Direction:

Henning Wagner

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Festivals:

Dortmunder Tresen Filmfestival (29.05.-02.06.2023)

Runtime:

16 min.

The wed­ding anniver­sary

It's 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 the scrap yard. 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 scrap yard gate, 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 Eckerman

Frank Jacob

Marko Lakobrija

Alexander Czerwinski

Kristian Kiehling

Aart Steinmann

Sylvia Mayer

Script:

Theresa Bergner

Camera:

Rocío Díaz Freire

Editing:

Alexander Weiz

Producer:

Kristian Kiehling

Sound:

Marco Damke

Film info

Direction:

Theresa Bergner

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

DCP

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

24 min.