Invocation to sleep

A night in a small polish village. Eight year old Kornel can't fall asleep. For the first time in his life he's confronted with a death in his family. At dawn he leaves the house to see if the world outside still exists and where the line between life and death is.

Credits

Cast:

Dawid Kowalczuk

Bożena Kaczmarek

Sławomir Wikieł

Otylia Wikieł

Zygmunt Nieściorak

Script:

Ewa Wikieł

Camera:

Jesse Mazuch

Producer:

Simon Lubinski

Editing:

Alan Zejer

Sound:

Zora Rux

Marcin Sobczak

Music:

Peter Tchaikovsky,,Invocation to sleep'' ausgeführt von State Chamber Choir MK USSR, Dirigent V. Polyansky, 1988

Film info

Direction:

Ewa Wikieł

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Poland / Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Polish with german & english subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

13

Babooshka

A family gathers in the apartment of their recently died mother/grandmother, looking for money, everybody grieving in their own way, told from the point of view of the granddaughter Sophie

Credits

Cast:

Henriette Confurius

Magdalene Artelt

Marijam Agischewa

Pero Radicic

Gerd Welkisch

Franziska Neiding

Natalia Bobylewa

Script:

Simona Feldman

Camera:

Julian Landweer

Editing:

Simona Feldman

Producer:

Johanna Bergel

Sound:

Julian Cropp

Film info

Direction:

Simona Feldman

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 surround

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14

What happens in your brain if you see a german word like…?

Compared to other language, German has very long words. This is because you can simply put two words together to make a new one... without limits! That can makes one crazy and that´s what happens with our bald man, when he reads an extremely long word. The word is endless and he goes deeper and deeper into its world trying to fully grasp it. Different tricks, models, and animation are used to visualize the mental images he is processing.

Credits

Cast:

Steven Gänge

Hanns Zischler – Sprecher

Script:

Zora Rux

Fred Burle

Camera:

Malte Siepen

Editing:

Henning Stöve

Producer:

Fred Burle

Sound:

Fred Burle

Music:

Dietrich Brüggemann

Film info

Direction:

Zora Rux

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

5

At the right time

Adriane Gertz is a philosophy teacher at a high school. Her goal is to be socially independent, but a love affair with one of her students shatters her quest for self-reliance. Her days are increasingly filling up with power games and the fear of loss. She painfully realizes that it is impossible to avoid being human. “At the right time” paints the picture of a woman that represents the cold and solitude of a society in which the fear of failure exceeds over the lust for life.

Credits

Cast:

Kirsten Albsmeier

Márton Peter Nagy

Katrin Sommer

Script:

Eliza Petkova

Camera:

Jakob Krüger

Producer:

Clemens Köstlin

Editing:

Hannes Marget

Eliza Petkova

Film info

Direction:

Eliza Petkova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2014

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

22

Faust 1 Superstar

The devil wagers with God that he can lead Kreuzberg musician Faust astray. Faust composes a sure-fire hit and falls for the virtuous Gretchen. Fate is set to take its course.

Credits

Script:

Jide Tom Akinleminu

Mingus Ballhaus

Camera:

Jide Tom Akinleminu

Producer:

Jide Tom Akinleminu

Mingus Ballhaus

Film info

Direction:

Mingus Ballhaus

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German, English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

50

Petting Zoo

San Antonio, Texas. Layla is top of her high school class - and pregnant. Giving into family pressure, Layla decides against an abortion, drops her scholarship to college and moves in with her beloved Grandma on the edge of town.

Credits

Cast:

Devon Keller – Layla

Austin Reed – Aaron

Deztany Gonzales – Melanie

Kiowa Tucker – Danny

Script:

Micah Magee

Camera:

Armin Dierolf

Producer:

Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Johan Carlsen, Friederike Sophie Steinbeck, Athina Rachel Tsangari

Sound:

Manja Ebert

Film info

Direction:

Micah Magee

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany / USA / Greece

Production Company:

Match Factory,Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH, Haosfilm, Makrorama

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Language:

English

Version:

OV

Festivals:

65. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Panorama (05.-15.02.15)

South by Southwest SXSW (09.-22.04.15)

CPH:PIX Kopenhagen (09.-22.04.15)

Ankara IFF (23.04.-03.05.2015)

Cannes Marché du Film (13.-24.05.2015)

Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Pesaro (20.-27.06.2015)

18. Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis (23.06.2015)

Karlovy Vary (03.-11.07.2015)

9. Fünf Seen Film Festival (1.-2.08.2015)

Filmfestival Münster 2015 (23.-27.09.2015)

Haifa IFF (26.09.-05.10.15)

59. BFI London Film Festival (07.-18.10.2015)

Festival du Nouveau Cinema (07.-18.10.15)

BendFilm (08.-11.10.2015)

Filmkunsttage Sachsen-Anhalt (14.-18.10.15)

Mostra do Sao Paulo IFF (22.10.-04.11.15)

Seville European FF (06.-14.11.2015)

56. Thessaloniki IFF (06.-15.11.15)

Runtime:

92

Holly

Why is it so complicated to be Happy? Holly lives in Berlin Neukölln and there is this dark sadness in her. She tries to get rid of this by going in the gym and to the therapist, that's how people in Big Cities handle there Problems. Until Mrs. Tanner (77) joins her live. Because of this fossil from another time, Holly experiences a New side of herself. Mrs. Tanner is able to get through the superficiality in her world and touch Holly.

Credits

Cast:

Lola Klamroth – Holly

Samia Chancrin – Viola

Corinna Harfouch – Therapeutin

Friederike Frerichs – Frau Tanner

Janice Niehus – Sanitäterin

Arya Fazilat – Sanitäter

Script:

Valesca Peters

Eline Gehring

Camera:

Katharina Schelling

Producer:

Sara Fazilat

Sound:

Daniela Löhn

Music:

Thomas Gerber

Stephen Taylor

Film info

Direction:

Eline Gehring

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:

SPUR 1-6 = Surround. Spur 7+8 Stereo, 48 kHz

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

21

They call me Sue

Susanna is in her late twenties. She and her friends visit a mutual friend who lives in an old house in the middle of nowhere. When they sit around the campfire in the evening Susanna suddenly gets contractions. She goes into the woods next to the house without anyone else noticing and gives birth to her child. In state of shock she leaves the newborn behind and runs away. The next morning before she and her friends go back to Berlin she returns to the forest once more.

Credits

Cast:

Julischka Eichel

Eva Kessler

Karsten Antonio Mielke

Philipp Denzel

Markus Kramer

Script:

Sara Bungartz

Camera:

Jesse Mazuch

Producer:

Ricarda Kniesz

Editing:

Karsten Weissenfels

Sound:

Urs Krüger

Film info

Direction:

Sara Bungartz

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

16 mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

24

Zhaleika

Lora, a 17 years old girl, has to deal with her father’s death. In the small Bulgarian village where time seems to stand still, her family and the villagers expect her to give herself over to grief. From now on, she must wear black, not listen to any music and observe various mourning rituals. However, Lora wants to keep on enjoying her youth but her desire to live a normal life is disrupted by the judgment of others, who force her to play the role of an orphan.

Credits

Cast:

Anna Manolova – Lora

Snezhina Petrova – Maria

Mihail Stoyanov – Todor

Maria Klecheva – Jana

Stoyko Ivanov – Stoyan

Boyana Georgieva – Elena

Asya Popova – Asya

Márton Nagy – Thomas

Camera:

Constanze Schmitt

Script:

Eliza Petkova

Producer:

Svetoslav Draganov

Tim Oliver Schultz

Cécile Tollu-Polonowski

Editing:

Hannes Marget

Eliza Petkova

Sound:

Hannes Marget

Film info

Direction:

Eliza Petkova

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby Surround

Language:

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

92 Bulgarian with german or english subtitles