Archives: Films

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

Glob­al Home

As soon as filmmaker Eva Stotz found out about the Couchsurfing network, she had to know more. What was this online community providing a free place to sleep anywhere in the world, a chance look in on the lives of complete strangers, and an opportunity to reach out beyond the internet after only a few emails? Eva packed her camera and set off on her travels. How does a Tuareg man in Mali use new media? What took a British environmental activist to the West Bank and what is a Brazilian dancer doing out in provincial Turkey? How is a Japanese teacher helping kids in Tokyo to discover their natural surroundings? And who is this person in San Francisco who started up Couchsurfing? GLOBAL HOME tells the fascinating stories of those who see globalization and the internet as an opportunity to meaningfully connect and interact more with others. A travel film that will make you want to experience for yourself this unexpected side of the digital world.

Credits

Cast:

Mamatal Ag Dahmane

Casey Fenton

Alice Gray

Clara Maria Lagoeiro Sussekind

Michiko Sato

Script:

Eva Stotz

Camera:

Eva Stotz

Producer:

Karsten Aurich

Editing:

Vincent Schmitt

Eva Stotz

Sound:

Konstantin Kirilow

Juri Georg von Krause

Garip Oezdem

Johannes Schmelzer-Ziriger

Music:

Jürgen Grözinger

Joa Glasstetter

Film info

Direction:

Eva Stotz

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Sabotage Film

ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

stereo 5.1.

Language:

English, Arabic, Japanese, Turkish, French, German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

92

Passers­by

A nighttime odyssey just before New Year’s Eve: Katharina and Christian are walking along a Berlin back road – caught up in a fight. This conflict spreads out around them: it covers the dirty coat Katharina is wearing, a child she meets and a waiter who doesn’t want to leave her alone. Between external stimuli and internal conditions an idiosyncratic and seemingly inescapable space of repressed aggression and confrontation emerges.

Credits

Cast:

Maike Möller

Godehard Giese

Script:

Ramon Zürcher

Camera:

Claudio Pfeifer

Editing:

Ramon Zürcher

Producer:

Niklas Hlawatsch

Bernadette Klausberger

Sound:

Johannes Hampel

Film info

Direction:

Ramon Zürcher

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2010

Shooting format:

Digital Red One 4K

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8

You know the park is filled with flow­ers

Lena can’t find stability in her life. Her relationship has become a power struggle. And Lenas need for love can never be satisfied.

Credits

Cast:

Odine Johne

Christian Blümel

Thorsten Merten

Script:

Lothar Herzog

Camera:

Philipp Baben der Erde

Editing:

Stefanie Kosik

Producer:

Dennis Thiele

Sophie-Luise Werner

Lisa Cordes

Sound:

Johannes Kaschek

Maximilian Fritz

Andres Torres

Music:

Fabian Saul

Andreas Fichtner

Kerim König

Film info

Direction:

Lothar Herzog

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

Red One 4K

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1.85

Sound format:

LtRt (4 Kanal Surround)

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

27