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

The Usual

Gerda Beckert, a cheerful old lady, suffers from an early-stage of dementia. She lives an independent life, but recently, her moments of forgetfulness seem to increase. With her charms and her humor, she is able to succeed in tricky situations which confront her with her gaining memory loss. But the mental decline is inevitable.

Credits

Cast:

Friederike Frerichs

Johanna Gastorf

Christine Heimannsberg

Angela Stefan

Franziska Breite

Script:

Dorothea Nölle

Camera:

Emma Rosa Simon

Editing:

Maija Rönkkö

Producer:

Nico Maresch

Sound:

Phillip Große-Siestrupp

Alexandre Leser

Film info

Direction:

Zubin Zethna

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2010

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6

The great Plai Chumpon death party

Two generations, loosely linked in the suburban areas of Berlin: F. is a musician (inspired by the musician John Fahey, who died in 2001), solitarily, without a relationship, without constant employment. His life at a turning point takes place mainly indoor, facing lost illusions like his failed relationship. In contrast the three teenagers Fuat, Son and Amsel are wandering through the city, still ignoring the borders the adults are trying to settle. Movement, communication and artistic practice are the tools in this rough state description, with which is insured again and again that one is still alive.

Credits

Cast:

André Jung

Eva Kessler

Liv Lisa Fries

Dominik Bender

Denzel Ebe

Marco Yuan

Felix Zierz

Script:

Valerie Bäuerlein

Camera:

Alexander Haßkerl

Editing:

Valerie Bäuerlein

Producer:

Jonas Weydemann

Film info

Direction:

Valerie Bäuerlein

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2010

Shooting format:

Super 16

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

17

Before the Concert

Three scenes in the life of a cello player who is successful and famous as a musician, but stays helpless in his everyday relationships with the people closest to him. The film is structured into three fractured, seemlingly unrelated scenes - a structure which is supposed to mirror the inner state of the protagonist.

Credits

Cast:

René Hofschneider

Emily Behr

Sabine Weitzel

Sven Riemann

Bernd Ludwig

Script:

Stephan Schönholtz

IJ. Biermann

Camera:

Miona Bogovic

Editing:

Christine Denck

Producer:

Anna Katharina Guddat

Sound:

Johannes Bennke

Magnus Pflüger

Music:

Gabriel Faure

Film info

Direction:

IJ. Biermann

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2008

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

12

Dying in Lagos

A woman, two men and a bug. “Dying in Lagos” is the story of the young artist Marie, who forced to make a decision due to the vistit of a man of her past. It’s a small film about the self-assertion in this world.

Credits

Cast:

Gitte Reppin

Eric Boakye

Philippe Graber

Script:

Katharina Wyss

Camera:

Tom Akinleminu

Editing:

Katharina Wyss

Wolfgang Gessat

Karin Nowarra

Producer:

Anna de Paoli

Christin Geigemüller

Sound:

Martin Schilling

Music:

Conrad Oleak

Film info

Direction:

Katharina Wyss

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2007

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

18

fotos vom set für den film “sterben in lagos”

Rukelie

„Rukelie“ is based on the true story of the Sinti and Roma boxer Johann Wilhelm Trollmann. Berlin, 1933, Rukelie wins the german championchip title of the middlewight. One day later, the boxing association is informing him that he looses the title because of ungerman fighting. They offer him another championschip fight in ten days where he has to fight like a german without his dancing style, otherwise he will be disqualified and loosing his boxing license. Rukelie decides to take the fight although he knows that he can’t win.

Credits

Cast:

Stanislav Lisnic

Nora von Waldstätten

Lutz Blochberger

Jeff Bayonne

Felix Rech

Script:

Sabine Neumann

Max Honert

Camera:

Merle Jothe

Editing:

Sebastian Bonde

Producer:

Barbara Mutschler

Sound:

BORIS WOLFRUM

Music:

Enis Rotthoff

Film info

Direction:

Sabine Neumann

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2007

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

12

Drifter

“DRIFTER“ gives an insight in the lost motion of three unsettled adolescent Berliners Aileen (16), Angel (23) and Daniel (25), who elude from our common attention and struggle with Drugs and Prostitution. The scenic documentary focuses on their longing for family substitutes and their flight movements inside the niches of our system.

Credits

Cast:

Aileen Friedrich

Daniel Weiss

Daniel Städter

Script:

Sebastian Heidinger

Camera:

Henner Besuch

Editing:

Alexander Fuchs

Producer:

Nils Bökamp

Sound:

Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer

Film info

Direction:

Sebastian Heidinger

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Boekamp und Freunde

Production:

2007

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

80