A spectre is haunting Europe

Berlin, a summer in the age of neoliberalism: the spectre of the soviet avant-garde is haunting the city. A young Georgian contract-worker is surprised to find the ghost of the Russian revolutionary poet Vladimir Mayakovsky in his kitchen. At the same time, his friend Kasimir inherits a big fortune, but what shall he do with all this money? Framed by a travel through time leading to Flaubert’s 19th Century und the shooting of a revisionist melodrama for German television, the film follows the adventures of these three characters in contemporary Berlin. A suprematist digital comedy about the transmission of emancipatory energies.

Credits

Cast:

Giorgi Korkashvili

Zurab Rtveliasvili

Jan Bachmann

Katja Weilandt

Willem Menne

Philip Reuter

Max Linz

Julian Radlmaier

Script:

Julian Radlmaier

Camera:

Ágnes Pákozdi

Producer:

Kirill Krasovskiy

Editing:

Julian Radlmaier

Sound:

Jan Bachmann

Tatjana Kononenko

Stanislav Danylyshyn

Carl Schilde

Music:

Div.

Film info

Direction:

Julian Radlmaier

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

Red MX

Screening format:

1:1,78 letterboxed to 1,33:1

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,78 letterboxed to 1,33:1

Sound format:

Dolby Digital 5.1

Language:

German, Russian, Georgian, French

Version:

OV

Runtime:

46

1000 Miles from Tashkent

It’s the story of a young couple. Nastja from Kiew and Dima from Tashkent. They have come to Berlin to start a new life together. Dima is a musician. Nastja is an actress. They live in a miserable apartment, that Dima refuses to leave, because he’s convinced the Turkish men in the court-yard will break in if he does so. Nastja thinks he’s completely paranoid. The only person Dima knows is his brother Boris, who runs a shady garage. He offers Dima a job, but Dima refuses to make money with anything else than his music. Nastjas big hope is the contact of a theatre director she got from a Russian friend. Dima gets more and more jealous when Nastjas meeting with the director takes longer than expected...

Credits

Cast:

Janina Rudenska

Thomas Papst

Alexej Schipenko

Jan Braun

Script:

Katharina Wyss

Camera:

Cornelius Plache

Editing:

Wolfgang Gessat

Producer:

Katharina Wyss

Sound:

Magnus Pflüger

Music:

Thomas Papst

Film info

Direction:

Katharina Wyss

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

1:1,78

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,78

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German, Russian

Version:

OV

Runtime:

50

Long Distance Call

Henry is alone in a silent and darkened apartment, anxious and waiting by the phone, as his small child sleeps. Finally, a call. His wife Claire is on the other side of the world on a beach at a luxury resort, drunk, also in the dark, but apparently not alone. An adulterous affair or a life in danger? In the harrowing wait and frantic calls that follow, is it his mariage, his wife or his sanity that is most under threat? The telephone line is the single fragile thread that connects them, and all he can do is hang on.

Credits

Cast:

Arno Frisch

Eva Bay

Lenio Amory Einbeck

Milek Knebel

Nikolai Kinski

Script:

Grzegorz Muskala

Phillip Kaminiak

Hannes Held

Producer:

Sol Bondy

Sound:

Magnus Pflüger

Music:

Bohren & der Club of Gore

Film info

Direction:

Grzegorz Muskala

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Muskala Film

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Digital

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

20

Elisabeth

Elisabeth is a writer. Since her mother was sent to a nursing home, she lives completely isolated, spending her days writing.One day when Elisabeth takes a stroll through the park, she walks past seventeen year old Malek. When the young boy sees her, he is compelled to follow her home. He comes back to her house - again and again. A trip to his life leads to a rediscovery of herself.

Credits

Cast:

Pascale Schiller

Julian Härtner

Script:

Katharina Woll

Camera:

Matan Radin

Producer:

Markus Kaatsch

Editing:

Katharina Woll

Lauro Cress

Sound:

Thorsten Broda

Andrej Tag

Nils Strüven

Music:

Mia von Matt

Film info

Direction:

Katharina Woll

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16/9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

19

Beginners!

"Hey, man, it itches like hell! David slept here last night. First he tried to come on to me… then he gave himself a wank on my mattress! Now, it’s full of fleas! My cock itches like hell! Damned pervert! I got red dots on my cock, man! Red dots! When I catch this guy, I’ll cut my name in his face!" Robert’s best friend thirsts for revenge. Together they try to find David, that faggot!

Credits

Cast:

Mario Knofe

Arnel Taci

Gerdy Zint

Script:

Nicolas Wackerbarth

Ralf Seppelt

Camera:

Florian Schilling

Editing:

Nina Schiena

Producer:

Fabian Diering

Sound:

Eric Horstmann

Paul Schulz

Music:

Robert Lippok

Film info

Direction:

Nicolas Wackerbarth

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2004

Shooting format:

Mini DV

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

28

Gunzenhauser

Two tourists went to Chemnitz to have a look at the museum Gunzenhauser. The way from train station to the museum is exhausting though. It's snowing and the city won't welcome them with open arms.

Credits

Cast:

Kathleen Morgeneyer

Elias Arens

Script:

Hendrik Reichel

Camera:

Markus Koob

Producer:

Barbara Linke

Editing:

Hendrik Reichel

Sound:

Erik Wiesbaum

Film info

Direction:

Hendrik Reichel

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

XD CAM HD

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5

Glory

On being gay, poor and not 21 anymore in today’s capitalist world.

Credits

Cast:

Andreas Seifert

Stefan Rudolph

Alfio Muscia

Felipe Luck

Script:

Roberto Anjari-Rossi

Camera:

Raphael Beinder

Producer:

Romana Janik

Editing:

Ginés Olivares

Sound:

Benjamin Kalisch

Film info

Direction:

Roberto Anjari-Rossi

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

ARTE

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

7

Colophon

A child with a bleeding nose, sitting at the window in a bus and his young father whose nose is bleeding too. The young father tries to wipe the blood from the child’s nose, but because his own nose is bleeding too, It keeps on dripping on his shirt, and whenever he tries to wipe his own blood away, the same happens to the little boy – not about this is the Film. In the Film can be seen a Boy, a Girl, a Dog, a Boat and a River – and all this through a prism of tears in different geometric shapes.

Credits

Cast:

Isabel Thierauch

Tim Oliver Schultz

Script:

Alexandre Koberidze

Camera:

BEN BERNHARD

Producer:

Tim Oliver Schultz

Editing:

Alexandre Koberidze

Viktor Bone

Sound:

Ketevan Logua

Film info

Direction:

Alexandre Koberidze

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo 5.1

Language:

No dialogues

Version:

OV

Festivals:

61. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (30.4.-5.5.2015)

30th Belfort International Film Festival Entrevues (28.11.-06.12.2015)

22. Int. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (09.- 16.03.2016)

45. Lubuskie Filmsommer 2016 (26.06.-03.07.16)

DFFB Filmfestival 2017 (20.-22.01.17)

Runtime:

20

Porcelain

One day, a woman finds her husband lying dead in his study. She has to sell the family home. Her sister-in-law is guiding interested buyers through the old mansion day after day. But the recently widowed woman cannot separate from the memory of her husband – so in order to keep the house, she begins to sabotage the visits. Only when a young man appears does she awaken from her paralysis.

Credits

Cast:

Georgia Stahl – Frau

Sabine Waibel – Schwägerin

Sebastian Straub – Junger Mann

Felix Bresser – Ehemann

Script:

Katinka Narjes

Camera:

Paul Rohlfs

Editing:

Katinka Narjes

Wolfgang Gessat

Sound:

Julian Cropp

Music:

Kriton Klingler-Ioannides

Film info

Direction:

Katinka Narjes

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

Digital/ RED

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German and Spanish, subtitles in English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

24