Smoke

Some people's lives are tough. Marie is stuck in the wasteland of eastern province, abandoned by her true love Thomas. While he's searching for his luck in the golden west, Marie takes care of her sick mother at home. Enduring silently, she succumbs to the monotony of the assembly line at the ketchup factory. Then Thomas returns. Without any warning. With his child and his new wife Steffi. Who is standing next to Marie at the labeling machine one morning. What chances are there for Marie to stay out of it? "Rauch" draws attention to the brief moments in which people encounter each other beyond given patterns of behavior.

Credits

Cast:

Inga Birkenfeld

Nikola Kastner

Josef Heynert

Script:

Franziska Krentzien

Thomas Gerhold

Camera:

Emma Rosa Simon

Producer:

Jolanka Höhn

Sound:

Caspar Sachsse

Music:

Richard Dreher

Film info

Direction:

Franziska Krentzien

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Sophie-Luise Werner

Jolanka Höhn

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

Alexa HD

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Dolby SR-D

Language:

German and English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

29

Thrust

A microcosmos in a city, a backyard, a garage, women who welcome men at night, a girl: I am living in a flat, in a backyard, in a city I do not want to live in. I am nearly 12. My father annoys me. I believe he fell in love with a women next door. But she is doing it for the money. I never liked her. Till yesterday. She had some problems with a guy. Yesterday night I helped her.

Credits

Cast:

Lea und Aline Kolditz – Jowita

Marina Weis – Marina

Andrej Kaminsky – Börni

Ansgar Göbl – Kalli

Emily Stangl – Paula)

Michael Gabat – Betrunkener

Romana Janik – Prostituierte

Lane Schäfer – Prostituierte

Script:

Moritz Krämer

Camera:

Patrick Jasim

Producer:

Julia Burton

Editing:

Daniela Bloch

Sound:

Tom Dittrich

Benjamin Kalisch

Music:

Hannes Gwisdek

Nils Frahm

Film info

Direction:

Moritz Krämer

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

16 mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Stereo 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

16

In my skin

Philip, a gawky and reserved type, who rather uses words than his fists, encounters on his way to a trainings session, Andi Näther a notorious bruiser from the neighbourhood. His best friend Max dashes away and leaves him alone with the alleged thug.

Credits

Cast:

Arthur Romanowksi

Luis Oalá

Fabian Grass

Script:

Dirk Lütter

Camera:

Hendrik Reichel

Producer:

Casper Fischer

Sound:

Benedikt Gaussling

Film info

Direction:

Jasco Viefhues

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5

Sparrows

A man and a woman meet in a bar. They walk through the night without any reason. At dawn they separate again. A long take.

Credits

Cast:

Johannes Kühn

Filipina Henoch

Ninja Stangenberg

Script:

Jan Speckenbach

Camera:

Armin Dierolf

Producer:

Sol Bondy

Sound:

Paulina Bochenska

Music:

Daniel Freundlieb

Film info

Direction:

Jan Speckenbach

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

DigiBeta

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Digital

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

12

Love of the Loveless

The film is about two opposing poles of love - the darwinistic rules of a merciless battlefield of attractiveness on the one hand and the hope for a love strong enough to exist beyond these borders on the other. The two main characters, opposite as well in their appearance as in their attitude towards life, seem not to have anything in common except maybe for their loneliness. They meet in a modern fitness resort, as trainer and trainee... The cynical personal trainer Inez turns the pragmaticly naive Ulrich, who is searching for a „true love“ to release him from his sufferings, into a tool of her self-hatred. An evening in the hotel`s discotheque leads to the escalation Inez has been aiming for. So, how much humiliation can Ulrich cope with?

Credits

Cast:

Astrid Posner

Daniel Zillmann

Script:

Benjamin Tholen

Julian Gaupp-Maier

Camera:

Eric Ferranti

Editing:

Wolfgang Gessat

Sound:

Julian Holzapfel

Film info

Direction:

Benjamin Tholen

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2007

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

31

Detention

The young teacher Littke has to supervise the detention of a pupil with behavioural problems. Littke makes an effort to accomplish his task well. But then he realizes that the whole situation is absurd.

Credits

Cast:

Gregoiré Gros

Dennis Grawe

Steffi Kühnert

Klaus Thiel

Script:

Anika Wangard

Camera:

Merle Jothe

Editing:

Antje Zynga

Producer:

Alexander Wadouh

Sound:

Till Röllinghof

Film info

Direction:

Anika Wangard

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2010

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

7

Tandem

Short before Christmas is the eight-year-old Diana out in the park recording sounds of her surroundings for class. The voice recorder becomes an instrument to discover the world but more than that – a way to exaggerate and reinvent it. On the hunt for sensations in park, Diana meets another peculiar person – an adult woman who’s just about to learn how to ride a bicycle.

Credits

Cast:

Celine Ziemer

Karin Hanczewski

Nyssos Vasilopoulos

Mariel Baqueiro

Script:

Polina Gumiela

Camera:

Max Preiss

Editing:

Polina Gumiela

Producer:

Louise von Johnston

Sound:

Julian Cropp

Film info

Direction:

Polina Gumiela

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2010

Shooting format:

S 16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6

Escape!

The backwaters of Eastern Germany. Stagnation, unemployment, rural exodus. Nico has found a job in West Germany. He is waiting for the bus.

Credits

Cast:

Raúl Semmler

Anna Maria Mühe

Gerdy Zint

Script:

Christoph Wermke

Ulrike Zinke

Camera:

András Petrik

Editing:

Johannes Hubrich

Producer:

Franziska Jahnke

Sound:

Dennis Mohme

Music:

Jan Siebert

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Wermke

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2004

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,37

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,37

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

10

Pedicure

BETTINA works in a beauty salon. She loves her job and is happy that she is permitted to make a pedicure for the customer ANITA without the presence of her boss. But Anita is very demanding and between the two women an unpleasant tension develops.

Credits

Cast:

Franziska Jünger

Jana Klinge

Script:

Maja Costa

Camera:

Tobias von dem Borne

Editing:

Anna Kappelmann

Producer:

Christin Geigemüller

Sound:

Thomas Diesel

Martin Frühmorgen

Film info

Direction:

Sabine Neumann

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2010

Shooting format:

HD Cam

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6