Summer Saturn

About to turn 35 years old and in the imminence of having to give up his music, Samuel comes to Lisbon to do a concert. He stays over at Teresa’s, the attractive mother of his girlfriend, a woman who resists getting old. During 3 days, accomplices and inert, they create a silent intimacy, feeling time overcome them without knowing where to go.

Credits

Cast:

Jaime Freitas – Samuel

Rita Loureiro – Teresa

Nuno Nunes – Francisco

Joana de Verona – Luisa

Script:

Mónica Lima

Gonçalo Branco

Camera:

David Wilhelm Schmitt

Editing:

Mónica Lima

Gonçalo Branco

Producer:

Luise Hauschild

Sound:

Bernardo Theriaga

Film info

Direction:

Mónica Lima

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany, Portugal

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Portugal; Subtitles available in English and German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30

Nachtfalter (Ugly Butterflies)

Benjamin is taking care of his depressive mother at home. One day, school outsider Lulu approaches him and suggest that they should sleep with each other. To get his head away from the situation at home, Benjamin accepts Lulus somewhat awkward invitation. As Benjamin spends more time with Lulu, he neglects his mother who sinks deeper into her depression.

Credits

Cast:

Niklas Post – Benjamin

Elisabeth Müller – Petra

Emma Frieda Brüggler – Lulu

Max Kluge – Mobber

Andreas Wrosch – Herr Kleinschmidt

Script:

Jonas Zimmermann

Camera:

Lukas Eylandt

Editing:

Lasse Holdhus

Producer:

Patrick Schorn

Sound:

Marc Reinkober

Music:

Ben Roessler

Film info

Direction:

Lasse Holdhus

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

DFFB, RBB

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German, English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

27

“Mes Amies” (Meine Freundinnen/My Friends)

Three friends, three women in their late forties: their past, their frustrations, their love stories, sex stories, their children or absence of children, their desires, their loneliness, their friendship, their future. From sun set to sun rise, they drink and talk, from bar to park, from the agitated streets of a big city to the poetically suspended quietness of a skating rink and its ice-dancer. Their fourth and best friend just had a car accident and they are reunited in this moment of anxious waiting for a long night between life and death. It is the portrait of strong and inspired women who tell the world their will to live, in spite of their potential doubts, their possible weaknesses.

Credits

Cast:

Claire Loiseau – Valentina

Pascale Schiller – Agathe

Judith Seither – Marie

Minori Yuge – Eiskunstläuferin

Script:

Sara Summa

Camera:

Editing:

Sara Summa

Producer:

Sara Summa

Sound:

Ben Roessler

Music:

Ben Roessler

Film info

Direction:

Sara Summa

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1,66:1,

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1,66:1,

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

French, Subtitles available in English and German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

37

Nothing compares to (E)U

Born in Haan at the 12th of June in 1984, raised in Wuppertal and Münsterland, Eline Gehring is a Berlin-based film director. Gehring began her career in 2006 working as a DP/camera operator and editor for german news reporting in Paris, Prague, Kiev, Berlin. She also shot a documentary for the German Bundestag, a story about a youth congress in St Petersburg, and a documentary for Deutsche Welle about youth in Cairo. In South Africa, from 2009 to 2010, Gehring directed a series of public interest promotional spots and public relations films for various NGOs, including the Centre of Creative Education in Cape Town. Since then, she has directed and edited a number of short films in Berlin, including Unter 13, Seoul, Holly, a serie called „true colors“, kitschige Filme and has several more films in development. Gehring is currently pursuing an advanced degree in film directing from Berlin’s prestigious film academy, the DFFB (Deutsche Film- und- Fernsehakademie Berlin).

Credits

Cast:

Tala Gouveia

Amelie Kiefer

Maximilan Hildebrandt

Script:

Sebastian Ladwig

Camera:

Konstantin Minnich

Editing:

Eline Gehring

Producer:

Tamara Erbe

Maximilian Seidel

Sound:

Frieder Unselt

Alexander Reisenauer

Music:

Chris Penny

Ronny James Harvey

Skinny Williams

Film info

Direction:

Eline Gehring

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1.2,39

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

Dolby

Language:

German, English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14

The Components of Love

Sophie and Georg once loved each other. Now they are separated. In fragmented scenes, the film draws the elliptical portrait of a modern family. A serious breakup comedy with singing elements. When Sophie and Georg meet and start to fall in love, she is pregnant from her ex boyfriend who has left her. Georg naturally grows into the role of a father to the newborn child Jakob. Meanwhile the composed family has to deal with the usual issues of modern parenthood: Who is allowed to work, who takes care of the kid? How much freedom is possible, how much sacrifice must be made? And is there room for passion in the midst of all this? A few years later, Georg and Sophie are separated. Jakob is six years old and his parents are desperately fighting over his custody. Until Sophie’s new boyfriend starts to mediate between the parties. In fragmented scenes which all take place in front of the same apartment building in Berlin, the film draws the elliptical portrait of a modern patchwork family. The characters share their sorrows and longings between walls, pillars and on parking lots. Home is no longer a safe haven, but a windy intermediate space. A laconic look at the everyday irrationalities of love.

Credits

Cast:

Birte Schnöink

Ole Lagerpusch

Script:

Miriam Bliese

Producer:

Clemens Köstlin

Camera:

Markus Koob

Editing:

Dietmar Kraus

Szenenbild:

Beatrice Schultz

Kostüm (Credit):

Waris Klampfer

Film info

Direction:

Miriam Bliese

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Miriam Bliese & Clemens Köstlin

Production:

2019

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

Surround, Digital PCM

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Festivals:

69. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Berlinale (07.2.-17.2.2018)

Runtime:

97

Kitschige Filme (cheesy films)

Rosa meets Nico. Both girls are falling in love with each other. But today, commitment is hard to find.

Credits

Cast:

Esther Hafner

Léa Wegmann

Rosa Thormeyer

Script:

Eline Gehring

Camera:

Francy Fabritz

Editing:

Eline Gehring

Producer:

Eline Gehring

Sound:

Anna Roznowska

Film info

Direction:

Eline Gehring

Genre:

Kurzfilm

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:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German, English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8

It’s a criminal waste to give this film a postproduction

While playing a role in his son’s film via skype, the director's father starts questioning his son’s integrity and filmmaking skills.

Credits

Cast:

Mitra Kia – Mutter

Hassan Fesharaki – Hassan

Tina Kadkhodayan – Tina

Sadaf Javdani – Sadaf

Rahi Sinaki – Rahi

Sohrab Yazdanmehr – Sohrab

Roozbeh Tazhibi – Roozbeh

Sara Faezypour – Sara

Script:

Moritz Friese

Camera:

Moritz Friese

Editing:

Moritz Friese

Producer:

Moritz Friese

Sound:

Josha Eickel

Moritz Friese

Luise Hauschild

Music:

Rahi Sinaki

Film info

Direction:

Moritz Friese

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany, Iran

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Farsi, German; Subtitles available in German, English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20

IT’S A CRIMINAL WASTE TO GIVE THIS FILM A POSTPRODUCTION

Credits

Film info

Genre:

fictional

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Language:

Version:

OV

Lucky Fellow

"Lucky fellow" is a brief portrait of the Berlin-based artist Kolja Kugler, who builds sculptures and robots out of trash.

Credits

Cast:

Nicolai Kugler – Kolja

Script:

Samuel Auer

Camera:

Tobias Gaede

Editing:

Tobias Gaede

Producer:

Tobias Gaede

Sound:

Tobias Gaede

Music:

Kolja Kugler

Film info

Direction:

Samuel Auer

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German, English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5