Pass

It is about an ordinary Chinese citizen Jiang Yuan, who has always been financially supporting his girlfriend Zhang Dandan’s study in Berlin. But due to long distance and longtime separation, there gradually come more and more problems in their relationship. To make things work, he joins a tourist group to come and see Zhang in Germany, only to find out there is nothing left he can do. On the last day of his trip he loses his passport and has to turn to his girlfriend for help. The two of them are trying to solve the problem together. They think that it might be a Vietnamese waiter who stole Jiang Yuan’s passport. But there is no evidence. So they ask the china embassy for help. While the embassy tells them Jiang has to wait for 30 days in Germany to get it done. Jiang wants to stay in Berlin and wait, meanwhile he finds out the reason why his girlfriend is leaving him is another man. They fight and break up. Out of anger and desperation, Jiang Yuan decides to make it in his own way. He follows the Vietnamese, beats him and forces him to give back the passport. Accidentally he learns his original flight, which he was supposed to be on, crushes down…After such a long day that is full of surprises. He finally lets it go and stop living in his paranoid, and starts his new life.

Credits

Cast:

Yatang Hsu

Ya-Chun Tsai (Nyo Nyo)

Shuai Wang

Paul Yumi

Ardian Hartono

Guohua Shi

Kevin Chen

Script:

DingDing Jiang

Camera:

Producer:

Sara Fazilat

Sound:

Wei-Ju Shen

Music:

Yatang Hsu

Film info

Direction:

DingDing Jiang

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Chinese with german or english subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

20

Lui

Lui is fifteen. After a night of partying she is informed that her mother has tried to commit suicide. She visits her.

Credits

Cast:

Merceds Müller – Lui

Idil Üner – Cida

Amelie Henning – Delia

Enno Trebs – Rouwen

Sabrina Tannen – Esther

Peter Schneider – Papa

Johannes Gäde – David

Script:

Isabelle Parise

Olveira Kröger

Camera:

Carmen Treichl

Producer:

Clara Gerst

Sound:

Gerd Jochum

Music:

Robert Pawliczek

Kostüm (Credit):

Julia Blazek

Maske:

Tabea Jünger

Ausstattung:

Nina De Ludemann

Regieassistenz:

Lucy Ribeiro

Film info

Direction:

Janin Halisch

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

22

A View of the Grand Canal

A Wedding Ceremony. The Men’s room. Two men squeeze to fit into one of the small booths. Walter (62) and Markus (28). Father and Son. Markus timidly asks his laid-back father to take off his undershirt that is showing very visible under his shirt. “No one wears those anymore.” He feels embarrassed for his father. Walter is relaxed and does as Markus asks him to. But when his old father is standing in front of him – half-naked – Markus realises the absurdity of the situation and his own behaviour.

Credits

Cast:

Daniel Stern – Ethan Amarillo

Errol Trotman-Harewood – Leonard

Stella Hinrichs – Woman at the Swimming Pool

Felix Römer – Concierge

Nicolo Pasetti – Tennis guy

Gaya Vogel – Tennis girl

Script:

Francesco Sossai

Henning Wagner

Camera:

Giulia Schelhas

Producer:

Henning Wagner

Editing:

Simone Trotta

Sound:

Sebastian Pablo Poloni

Music:

Sebastian Pablo Poloni

Film info

Direction:

Francesco Sossai

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2017

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

English

Version:

OmU

Festivals:

47. Lubuskie Filmsommer (2018)

Runtime:

16

Coming of Age

Coming Of Age is a film that follows teenagers over the course of two years as they grow up deep in the southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho. Very little happens in the village of Ha Sekake, but from their perspective, a lot is at stake. Lefa, who wears her heart on her sleeve, sees her world fall apart when her best friend Senate leaves the village. She too must decide whether to stay or leave in search of a better education and new opportunities. Retabile takes care of the family’s livestock up in a remote cattle post, for eight months of the year. He is helped by his younger brother Mosaku, who watches as Retabile goes through a rite of passage that will mark his transition into manhood. The summer of youth is quickly over, doors into adulthood open and close.

Credits

Camera:

Samuel Lahu

Producer:

Don Edinks

Teboho Edkins

Editing:

Rune Schweitzer

Sound:

Tobias Bilz

Film info

Direction:

Teboho Edkins

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

South Africa, Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Steps, Don Edkins and Teboho Edkins

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

Sesotho

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

63

Silent Days

A normal street somewhere in Berlin. It’s winter. The people who are doing their shopping or taking the bus here have to go to work or to school, they’re unemployed or retired. Once in a while a car goes by, apart from that it’s relatively quiet. Then the first snow of the year starts falling and for a moment everything changes. The sounds fade out, the light gets brighter and the movements get more cautious. It seems as if the people themselves were changing. A documentary about the first snow of the year in Berlin.

Credits

Camera:

Hendrik Reichel

Producer:

Niklas Hlawatsch

Bernadette Klausberger

Sound:

Felix Heibges

Editing:

Sotiris Spiliotis

Miriam Bliese

Film info

Direction:

Miriam Bliese

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

S 16mm

Screening format:

35mm, HDCam

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

22

El Legado

Two women are living together in a small town in southern Chile. Rosalia dreams of her deceased life partner Juan and Laura dreams of becoming a car mechanic far away. Their daily life shows us a world in which women represent good and evil likewise, whree religion determines people's lives and social hierarchy is not challengend.

Credits

Camera:

Jenny-Lou Ziegel

Producer:

Nora Ehrmann

Roberto Anjari-Rossi

Editing:

Gine ́ s Olivares

Film info

Direction:

Roberto Anjari-Rossi

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Spanish

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

83

Hopscotch

Roksana begegnet Nick und triezt und quält ihn, bis dieser den Spieß umdreht, und Roksana unerwartet sich selbst gegenüber steht. Aber noch kann sie nicht aus ihrer Haut. Tobi, der einige badende Mädchen beobachtet, wird von ihnen entdeckt und bitterlich bestraft. Seinen Schmerz muss er (auch) noch „vertagen“, wäre die größere Pein doch, ihn zuzugeben. Alinas Wunsch auf eine Party zu gehen, die ihr Leben ändern könnte und der Druck der Freundin zu gefallen, sind so groß, dass sie dafür sogar bereit ist, das Leben ihrer gesamten Familie auf Spiel zu setzen. Auf Spiel, auf Leben und Tod, wo ist der Unterschied? Das ganze Leben spielt sich in einer Unschärfe ab, zwischen Kindsein und Erwachsen werden. So steht dem Wunsch nach Nähe mit einem Mal auch die Angst davor gegenüber und mündet in ungeschickten Annäherungsversuchen. Die Trilogie „Himmel und Hölle“ erzeugt einen Dreiklang aus diesen Momenten der Unschärfe und gibt einen Ausblick auf das, was das Handeln seiner Protagonisten irgendwann bedeuten könnte.

Credits

Cast:

Pavel Wenzel

Lucie Rudolph

Talisa Lilli Lemke

Peter Bulkowski

Script:

Magdalena Grazewicz

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Camera:

Nicola Alice Hens

Producer:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Sound:

Ludwig Fiedler

Stephan Bruns

Tom Dittrich

Film info

Direction:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with english or russian subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

23 min

Roksana

Roksana plays dangerous games, balancing on the edge of a high wall. She is both bored and like a hungry predator, waiting for its prey. The unsuspecting Nick is spraying graffiti. Roksana lures him onto the dangerous ledge. She bullies and torments Nick, until he turns things around.

Credits

Cast:

Talisa Lilli Lemke – Roksana

Peter Bulkowski – Nick

Script:

Magdalena Grazewicz

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Camera:

Nicola Alice Hens

Producer:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Editing:

Bettina Böhler

Sound:

Stephan Bruns

Benedykt Wedel

Music:

Moritz Fehr

Film info

Direction:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

8

Call of Beauty

„Call of Beauty“ tells a story about the real-life ego-shooters in our society. It's about the power of evaluation, the obsession with beauty, it's about friendship and the microcosm of a girl's toilet – the hotspot of our pubescent protagonists. This is where they put on their faces and take of their masks, where they destroy each other and forgive. It's the never-ending fight between the real and the fake. Jenny and Lana (both 14) used to be best friends, since kindergarden. But their friendship is at a crossroads. Amanda changed her look and her circle of friends, trying to reinvent herself and get closer to her big love, Ivan. Lana feels left out. At the point of escalation, the girl-friends stick together, not knowing that the big payback is yet to come.

Credits

Cast:

Neomie Hein

Charlotte Sachs

Script:

Friederike Gralle

Camera:

Christoph Greiner

Producer:

France Orsenne

Editing:

Steve Podewilst

Sound:

Valentin Finke

Film info

Direction:

Donald Houwer

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

6