Wights in Paradise

Finding himself in a desolate dimension outside of time a lone man experiences a dialogue with nature and is offered what might be a second chance to understand the significance of his genesis.

Credits

Cast:

Uli Pleßmann – Man

Jacqueline Macaulay – Woman (Nature)

Script:

Rico Mahel

Camera:

Jakob Krüger

Producer:

Fred Burle

Rico Mahel

Music:

Kai Unger

Film info

Direction:

Rico Mahel

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Digital 5.1

Language:

English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

14 minutes

CHANGE

As usual Elsa (12) is spending her afternoons at the strip club of her father Carl (45). Overtired from work and annoyed by Elsa, he is sending her daughter to the club upstairs to collect change. Waiting turns into boredom until an unexpected encounter changes the relationship to her father.

Credits

Cast:

Emma Frieda Brüggler – Elsa

Dirk Borchardt – Carl

Camera:

NORWIN HATSCHBACH

Producer:

Sound:

Christian Tech

Music:

CHROMATICS

THE KNIFE

Film info

Direction:

Annika Pinske

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

12 minutes

Absinth

,,After the first glas of Absinth you see the things as you wish they were. After the second you see them as they are not.''Oscar Wilde Summer night in the bar, covered by the cigarette smoke, where only lonely strangers sip their last drink. At that night Angelique decides to split up with her lover Ernest..Under the influence of Absinth nothing seems to be for her like before...

Credits

Cast:

Lucie Aron – Angelique

Dominik Wojcik – Ernest

Heinz Fuchs – Eduard

Rike Eckerman – Gerda

Max von Zimmer – Burghardt

Timon Ruhemann – Niklas

Andy Sire – Hildebrand

Camera:

Marianne Andrea Borowiec

Editing:

Jan Stark

Producer:

Luise Hauschild

Sound:

Jan Stark

Music:

Jan Stark

Johannes Bügeleisen

Film info

Direction:

Ewa Wikieł

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

French

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

15 minutes

Anyways

HANS (54) died. His ex wife CONNY (33) is now in charge of their daugther LEO (10). After their divorce Leo spent most of her time with her father Hans. Conny is overwhelmed by the new circumstances. Her way of dealing with the loss is supression instead of grieving. From then on, Conny tries to manage her full time job as a stage designer and constantly being on the phone while also taking care of her daughter. As accomplices of an unconventionel lifestyle, Conny and Leo find a new and unique form of a mother and daughter relationship.

Credits

Cast:

Ina Tempel

Emma Frieda Brüggler

Lutz Blochberger

Marie-Lou Sellem

Trystan Wyn Pütter

Benjamin Lew Klon

Script:

Annika Pinske

Camera:

David Schmitt

Producer:

Annika Pinske

Julia Golembiowski

Sound:

Tim Roth

Music:

MARIA KAMUTZKI

Woods

Film info

Direction:

Annika Pinske

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

RED Code RAW

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2:1

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

27

Cut

In this coming of age portrait we observe Paula and how the relationship to her adored sister Antonia starts to fall apart. The distance becomes clear as the two meet again for Christmas. Paula's life has taken a way of its own and Antonia fails to recognize her younger sister's development. Due to the lack of attention Paula decides to take matters into her own hands.

Credits

Cast:

Malwina Hanna Wiesniewska

Nora Dörries

Thomas B. Hoffmann

Johanna Fassbender

Camera:

Carmen Treichl

Editing:

Reinaldo Pinto Almeida

Producer:

Tara Biere

Sound:

Patrick Pilz

Film info

Direction:

Jasco Viefhues

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5

Etage X

An accidental meeting in an elevator at a department store leads two older women to their limits and forces them to improvise by the time the elevator gets stuck.

Credits

Cast:

Eva Medus Gühne – Hille

MORGANA MUSES – Elsa

Script:

Francy Fabritz

Camera:

Sarah Vetter

Producer:

Eike Eckold

Sound:

Frank Behnke

Film info

Direction:

Francy Fabritz

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

14

Dead Silence

Credits

Cast:

Dieter Frey

Thomas Bourgeois

Evamaria Jahn

Camera:

Henning Brümmer

Producer:

Florian Aigner

Henning Brümmer

Sound:

Juri von Krause

Film info

Direction:

Florian Aigner

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2007

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German, French

Version:

OV

Runtime:

78

Sponges

“Who do you love more, your mother or your wife?” ; “Where is my money?”- Four dalmatians philosophyze about risk, trust, family and life. 300 years ago a Greek priest came to a Croatian island and showed the population how to harvest the Sea for sponges. Our protagonists belong to the families who are still diving.

Credits

Script:

Saša Orešković

Camera:

Saša Orešković

Sebastian Govorčin

Producer:

Patricija Günther

Saša Orešković

Film info

Direction:

Saša Orešković

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany/ Croatia

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:178

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1.78

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

Croatian

Version:

OV

Runtime:

25

Ember glow

Jenny is 15 and freaking angry. After her dad´s death, her depressed mother drags her to a jerkwater town at the Baltic Sea. Jenny rebels in throwing wild parties and skipping school, until she meets Joey, who seems to deal with even bigger problems…

Credits

Cast:

Jorinde Lea Miller

Dominik Görlach

Marlène Meyer-Dunker

Gerdy Zint

Antonio Wannek

Script:

Katja Sambeth

Vanda Molnar

Camera:

Gaetan Varone

Producer:

Katja Sambeth

Nadja Beilenhoff

Editing:

Andrea Wenzler

Hannah Schwegel

Sound:

Bernhard Köpke

Music:

Johannes Malfatti

Film info

Direction:

Katja Sambeth

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

DFFB, DjangoFilms, Nadja Beilenhoff, Katja Sambeth

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Alexa

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Festivals:

25. filmkunstfest Mecklenburg Vorpommern (05.-10.05.2015)

38. Internationalen Kinderfilmfestivals LUCAS (27.09.-04.10.15)

26. Kinofest Lünen (12.-15.11.2015)

33rd BUFF Film Festival (14.-19.03.16)

Jaffna International Cinema Festival (23.-27.09.16)

Runtime:

82