Deus Ex Machina

Deus ex Macchina is about Mr. Johann Breuer, the public servant of the department for Start Up in Berlin. Mr.Breuer is confronted with the Che Guevara of modern times, Sebastian Reinhardt. He invented an App which could make the user to a better human being and the world to a better place. The fight begins, and in between Filip, the virgin trainee. It´s about philosophy of live. Both sides want to convince Filip and he starts to forget that he has three months jubilee with his girlfriend. The political heavyweights collide without any concerns about losses. Will S.Reinhardt win the fight and get the money from Mr.Breuer? And much more important: Will Filip finally get laid?

Credits

Cast:

Wolfgang Zarnack – Sebastian Reinhardt

Georg Kammerer – Johann Breuer

Moritz Jahn – Filip

Isabel Schosnig – Rosali

Tijan Marie Fischer-Islas – Magdalena

Hannelore Hinze – Wartende Frau

Script:

Giovanna Winterfeldt

Camera:

Sebastian Fremder

Producer:

Anna-Lena Theobald

Sound:

Tom Dittrich

Music:

Universal Music

Film info

Direction:

Donald Houwer

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

14

Cross-country drive

Anton and his friends strand in the middle of nowhere after their car breaks down. The boys are killing time waiting for the fix up, when an innocent game takes an unexpected turn. Anton is left with a strong sense of unease, searching his soul to find closer.

Credits

Cast:

Sven Scheele

Valentin Erb

Benjamin Radjaipour

Luise Aschenbrenner

Script:

Borbála Nagy

Camera:

Editing:

Borbála Nagy

Producer:

Senem Göcmen

Tondesign:

Tamás Bohács

Music:

Endre Vazul Mándli

Film info

Direction:

Borbála Nagy

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20

Umbilical Cord

Todor is in his early thirties and he still lives with his mother. Everyday she cooks for him, irons his shirts, washes him and watches TV with him in her arms. She sets all the rules: their everyday life is set by rituals and recurring patterns. Todor works in an open space. His life is perfect until the day he comes home late for the first time ever, after an office party.

Credits

Cast:

Márton Peter Nagy

Sabine Winterfeldt

Ulrike Beerbaum

Johannes Mölders

Frank Kallinowski

Script:

Eliza Petkova

Camera:

Constanze Schmitt

Producer:

Eleni Karageorgoudis

Cécile Tollu-Polonowski

Sound:

Hannes Marget

Film info

Direction:

Eliza Petkova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

Arri Alexa

Screening format:

1:1,89

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,89

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

27

Der unsichtbare Film

Der berühmte Regisseur Sandro dreht unsichtbare Filme aus überzeugtem Glauben an die Reinheit seiner Werke. Als er voreilig seiner großen Liebe die Hauptrolle in seinem neuen Film verspricht, muss er der Tatsache ins Gesicht sehen, dass in seinen Filmen schlicht nichts zu sehen ist.

Credits

Cast:

Sandro Koberidze – Sandro

Giorgi Korkashvili – Gio

Julian Radlmaier – Julian

Marina Weiß – Marina

Vera Streicher – Ines

David Bennent – Podsneznikow

Johannes Lehmann – Fyodor

Yahn Grouhel – Mishka

Wolfram v. Stauffenberg – Ablay

Adolfo Assor – Satybaldy

Odine Johne – A

Script:

Anton Gonopolski

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Julian Radlmaier

Producer:

Karoline Güldemann

Music:

Zaure Zhubanova

Film info

Direction:

Anton Gonopolski

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Deutsch mit englischen Untertiteln

Version:

OmU

Nicht zu früh, nicht zu spät

Devrim is a twelve year old vivid boy. After school he helps his grandpa in his kiosk. But his passion belongs to action hero Cüneyt Arkin and his karate films. He and his best friend Joshua are always in search for new adventures. Surviving ice desserts and even alien invasions. But sometimes the line between fantasy and reality is very thin. „Not too early and not too late“ tells the story of a close friendship and celebrates the wonder and innocence of childhood.

Credits

Cast:

Felipe Mahmoud

Mert Tüysüz

Durmus Cakmak

Marianne Graffam

Jeff Gielkens

Christian Wewerka

Lucie Aron

Script:

Julia Penner

Camera:

Christoph Greiner

Producer:

Sara Fazilat

Sound:

Bernhard Köpke

Editing:

Miraz Bezar

Film info

Direction:

Miraz Bezar

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

2K ProRes 4444

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2,35:1

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

7

You and your World

Credits

Cast:

Daniela Schulz

Luise Heyer

Patrick Bartsch

Peter Schneider

Lina Wendel

Deborah Kaufmann

Petra Kelling

Script:

Janin Halisch

Camera:

Carmen Treichl

Producer:

France Orsenne

Editing:

Jamin Benazzouz

Sound:

Gerd Jochum

Music:

Diverse+Ant Car

Film info

Direction:

Janin Halisch

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH in Ko-Produktion mit dem Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)

Production:

2014

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

25

De Corpore Mortis/The Body of this death

An ethnic German colony in Paraguay is in ruins. Although this colony exists less than 10 years, the dream of a social utopia that existed in this place, belongs to the past. Nikolai Neufeld, founder of the colony, is imprisoned for economic fraud, he has 60 million euros of debt and 1,700 creditors. About 15 years ago he bought lots of land in the remote area of Paraguay and started aggressively to promote to settle there. His audience was a minority in Germany, which is known as Russian-Germans, most of whom have German roots and have moved since the late 80's from the former Soviet Union to Germany and lived there already 10 to 20 years. His great promise was a municipal, carefree life in the rural idyll away from all disappointments and constraints of modern civilization. Most of the houses in the colony are abandoned by now. Many families have returned to Germany or try their luck elsewhere, in other places in Paraguay, Argentina or Canada, -if they have relatives there. The film is about the people who stayed there and try to survive, as selfsufficient farmers, as ranchers and missionaries. The school they must pay themselves or teach their own children. Those willing to integrate send their children to the Paraguayan schools in the surrounding villages. All entrepreneurial efforts have proved to be experiments that went bankrupt. The bold vision Neufelds to become the largest macadamia producer in the world, has remained an illusion. The film is a meditation on their hard life after the breakup of all dreams. It is also about subliminal aggression within a community that lives isolated, is divided and feels threatened in its existence, if not willing to adapt. Many of them are now armed and the will to peacefully communicate fades more and more.

Credits

Script:

Rudolf Domke

Camera:

Katharina Diessner

Producer:

Kirill Krasovskiy

Film info

Direction:

Rudolf Domke

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Rudolf Domke

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German, Russian, Spanish, Guarani

Version:

OV

Festivals:

33. Filmfest München (25.06.-04.07.2015)

39. Duisburger Filmwoche (02.-08.11.2015)

Runtime:

124

Hardships of a youth

Lars (14) childhood is coming to an end. He must learn new social codes and start trying to attract the opposite sex. Jahn, one of the cool kids, helps him to be a part of their Clique. Alcohol, smokes and demands of kissing girls, Lars tries to handle the challanges he gets.

Credits

Cast:

Alessandro Emanuel Schuster – LARS

Adele Matzat – NORA

Bastian Gruner – JAHN

Aurelia Schäfer – ANITA

Sena Lou Niebling – LOUISE

Daniel Michailidis – GEORG

Arno Sudermann – TEACHER MEHLING

Camera:

Lukas Eylandt

Editing:

Sebastian Fraesdorf

Producer:

Patrick Schorn

Sound:

Stephan Blosche

Film info

Direction:

Lasse Holdhus

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Dolby

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

13

The woman behind the wall

Martin moves from adolescence to manhood, from the province to the big city: he's beginning his law studies in Berlin. In his difficult search for a flat, he finally finds a small place in a run-down and mysterious apartment block, with his new landlady Simone just next door - the woman behind the wall. Her life seems intertwined with everyone, the previous tenant, who has disappeared, the intrusive janitor, the deranged old woman and the dangerous neighbour Sebastian in the backyard. Martin very soon finds himself in a maelstrom of sex and desire, love and lust, fear and trust, and ultimately life and death.

Credits

Cast:

Vincent Redetzki

Katharina Heyer

Florian Panzner

Ronald Nitschke

Almut Zilcher

Robert Stadlober

Niels Bormann

Nikolai Kinski

Script:

Grzegorz Muskala

Camera:

Phillip Kaminiak

Editing:

Vincent Assmann

Producer:

David Keitsch

Sol Bondy

Jamila Wenske

Music:

Conrad Oleak

1. Kameraassistenz:

Film info

Direction:

Grzegorz Muskala

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

2k RAW (Alexa)

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

90