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

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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

My Father Is Sleeping

Summer. Half a day, chosen virtually at random, in the life of 10-year-old Mika, who lives in the countryside with his family in reduced circumstances. His father is very ill and is unable to handle the daily work on the farm. Mika’s help is needed. But he is easily distracted by his 6-year-old sister, who is still enjoying the carefree days of childhood, regarding the farmyard as her playground.

Credits

Cast:

Maximilian Kirchner

Denise Manicke

Vitus Zeplichal

Heidi Köhler

Script:

Grzegorz Muskala

Camera:

Raphael Beinder

Editing:

Grzegorz Muskala

Producer:

Sol Bondy

Sound:

Oliver Krause

Film info

Direction:

Grzegorz Muskala

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2007

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Digital

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14

Over the seven mountains and far away

At dead of night the boy without a name is seeking his luck. On a crowded party he runs into Jessica and Adriano, they claim to be his friends. They leave the club in the basement druggy and get lost in the woods. Somewhere between dreaming and the waking hours, between the magical places of childhood and the dark vaults of reality the enjoy a love triangle. In a world where there seem no boundaries by society. A world behind the seven mountains, where an unquenchable desire arises. But what lasts, when happiness collapses? A dark fairy-tale for adults.

Credits

Cast:

Adrian Zwicker

Natascha Hockwin

Thomas Harbort

Aurel von Arx

Camera:

Kai Miedendorp

Drehbuch (Credit):

Josa-David Sesink

Producer:

Paul Zischler

Editing:

Carsten Weißenfels

Günther Franke

Sound:

Marko Weichler

Robert Damrau

Szenenbild:

Daniel Witt

Maske:

Miriam Waldmann

Kostüm (Credit):

Hanna Ewers zum Rode

Film info

Direction:

Günther Franke

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30

A/T “Pool”

My Father. My Uncle.

A moving documentary, chronicling the story of 26-year old, Iraq-born Sinan, who was adopted at birth by his uncle Farouq and his German wife Brunhilde. Following the couple’s split a few years later, he was taken by his mother to Darmstadt, Germany, where he has lived ever since. In ‘My Father, My Uncle’, we watch as Sinan prepares to meet his original family, now exiled from Iraq and based in Sharjah, UAE. Knowing little about his Arabic origins or culture, Sinan views the impending meeting with trepidation. However, while the reunion brings a complex tangle of emotions to the surface, the experience proves to be an enriching and insightful experience for all concerned, as their respective cultures and ideologies are shared and debated.

Credits

Cast:

Sinan Al Kuri

Script:

Christoph Heller

Camera:

Manuel Kinzer

Editing:

Sophia Kambaki

Producer:

Christoph Heller

Sound:

Marko Weichler

Music:

Christof Vonderau

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Heller

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Bonsai Film

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German, Arabic, English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

80