Towel Dragons

A summer storm interrupts a party and leaves two children to play by themselves in the children’s bedroom. They build their own world out of bed sheets and lose themselves in it. But what happens when the adult world knocks on the door?

Credits

Cast:

Mika Silaban

Noah Loki Weichenhain

Lena Eikenbusch

Pepe Harder

Rouven Magnus

Sophie Roeder

Aart Steinmann

Script:

Sverre Aune, Rocío Díaz Freire & Marie Thönnissen

Camera:

Rocío Díaz Freire

Editing:

Sverre Aune & Astrid Hohle Hansen

Producer:

Lazar Mikov & Ayşe Gül Var

Sound:

Adriano Theill

Film info

Direction:

Sverre Aune

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

6 min

Show me yours and I’ll show you mine

On a psychiatric ward for young adults, the breakfast situation between the nurse Johannes and his ten patients slowly comes to a head. When patient Mafalda then refuses Johannes the cherry jam he loves, the situation escalates. Who would have thought that there could be more conflict and healing for everyone in the fight over a jam jar than in therapies and tablets, and that healing might be a common cause after all.

Credits

Cast:

Simon Köslich – Pfleger

Caroline Hellwig – Elise

Anastasija Bräuniger – Mafalda Bergner

Pepe Harder – Herr Rönneken

Tamer Arslan – Herr Bloch

Josepha Hertzog – Frau Rödder

Justin Akatoye – Micha

Giamo Alfredi Röwekamp – Herr Maiani

Rojin Haddad – Frau Siedlaczeck

Freya Kreutzkam – Frau Kempf

Eleftheria Fouki – Frau Cassidas

Michaela Behal – Schwester Moni

Script:

Theresa Bergner

Camera:

Alina Albrecht

Editing:

Andjani Autumn Gatzweiler

Producer:

Lorenzo Gandolfo

Sound:

Meik-René Enderlein

Music:

Abi Wallenstein& Olmo

Film info

Direction:

Theresa Bergner

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 Surround

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

30 min

Into Matter

In einer weißen Leere erlebt eine neugeborene Figur verschiedene Verwandlungen der Materie - sie zappelt und bricht zusammen - und symbolisiert in dieser minimalistischen, sinnlichen Metapher eine Reise der Entfremdung und Selbstfindung.

Credits

Cast:

Shar Adams – Person

Script:

Javier Imaginario & Louis Malcolm Reiss Saidou

Camera:

Louis Malcolm Reiss Saidou

Editing:

Javier Imaginario & Louis Malcolm Reiss Saidou

Producer:

Javier Imaginario & Louis Malcolm Reiss Saidou

Music:

David Adeoye

Film info

Direction:

Javier Imaginario

Genre:

Experimentalfilm

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

keine Dialoge

Version:

OV

Runtime:

9 min

Ex Voto

A journey forced upon her by a shattering blow of fate leads young Isa into a realm where wishing creates realities.

Credits

Cast:

Karina Borodina – Isa

Camille Loup Moltzen – Silas

Arnaud Bourgoin – Onkel

Katharina Bellena – Mutter

Agnieszka Paschke – Jugendamt

Script:

Jozefien Van der Aelst

Camera:

Raban Jakob Friedrich

Editing:

Jozefien Van der Aelst

Producer:

Maximilian Seidel

Sound:

Elias Lenzen

Film info

Direction:

Jozefien Van der Aelst

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

Dutch

French

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

29 min

ECHO

In the shadow of war, a woman desires to be close to her dead husband. In the hope that he may reappear to her, she performs a magically charged ritual borne of memories. But such an enchantment comes at a price: in order to see her beloved's face once more, she is forced to lose him all over again.

Credits

Cast:

Susanne Bredehöft – Frau

Karl Neubart – Mann

Script:

Arina Chernova

Sarah Bekker

Camera:

Ekaterina Mostovaia

Editing:

Robert Franz

Producer:

Arina Chernova

Sarah Bekker

Musikalische Leitung:

Johannes Tuchelt

Film info

Direction:

Arina Chernova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

no dialogue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8 min

Phantom Heist

Once upon a time, in a distant land in an unspecified future, there existed a totalitarian system that imposed unrequested and non-negotiable happy lives on its population. A group of resistance fighters, including an almost centenarian ghost, has gone underground. While they await the necessary explosives to bring down this system and restore freedom for people to explore their identities and shape their own lives, they themselves grapple with the challenges that this newfound freedom brings. Profound existential questions disrupt breakfast, and missing plates exacerbate their hunger. Amid their comically complicated coexistence, a resistance against the resistance suddenly emerges. They lose and confuse themselves completely, eventually leading them to their daring attack.

Credits

Cast:

Anton Antoniadis – Taylor

Jakob D`Aprile – Devin Dynamite Arusha

Philipp Gärtner – Buh

Milan Herms – Lovis

Banafshe Hourmazdi – Arin

Leonie Jenning – Cosmo

Jan Koslowski – Arbeiter

Rémi Pradère – Agent

Noël Seiß – Liv

Anaïs Urban – Claude

Script:

Bastian Gascho

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Anne Talenta

Producer:

Mariam Shatberashvili

Sound:

Sebastian Dieterle

Music:

Paul Timmich & Dorian Behner

Film info

Direction:

Bastian Gascho

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

91 min

Dog Rose

Sofija (26) has been diagnosed with breast cancer and wants to reconnect with her younger sister, Sara (22), before beginning chemotherapy. She asks Sara to return with her to the family farm in Gruža, Serbia. Together, they pick rose hips for grandma’s jam - just like when they were children. But this is a pretext for Sofija to confide her fear of death and the hopes she has kept hidden. However, Sara simply cannot (or will not?) stay longer than just one weekend. Before Sara leaves, Sofija picks enough rose hips to make a jar of grandma’s jam.

Credits

Cast:

Sofija Mijatović – Sofija

Sara Mijatović – Sara

Gordana Mijatović – Mother

Script:

Srđan Ðurić

Editing:

Matija Đukanović Đuka

Executive Producer:

Konstantin Kann

Sound:

Alexandre Leser

Film info

Direction:

Srđan Ðurić

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

REKA films

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

Serbian

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

30 min

LOLA 4

Lola has decided to leave her life behind. The gap that this creates is filled by a new Lola. She learns Lola's habits and preferences and who she has to be in her relationships to make the transition as smooth as possible. While her family is open to the change, other relationships are not as easy for Lola to take over.

Credits

Cast:

Lia von Blarer – Lola 4

Hannah Schutsch – Lola 3

Vlatca Alec – Mutter

Rana Farahani – Tatiana

Franz Liebig – Ben

Christian Schlemmer – Betreuer

Script:

Naëmi Ada

Julia Rose Gostynski

Camera:

Leyla Hoppe

Editing:

Maria Gans

Producer:

Noam Rapaport

Film info

Direction:

Naëmi Ada

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

24 min

Anyway: the art, the art

"Anyway: the art, the art" follows the theater group of the renowned director Stan who want to put together a play about the critical sides of the pharmaceutical industry. To support the actors' problems, Stan hires the psychotherapist Dr Franz. She is supposed to support Stan's actors and ensure that the production runs smoothly. Stan notices how she gives the team and actors the drug Zyprecs to make them addicted and to put the pharmaceutical industry in a good light. The actors gradually begin to suffer a nervous breakdown from the side effects of the medication, but the premiere is getting closer and closer. As a medical consultant, Dr Franz intervenes ever more deeply in the production processes and artistic work. In addition to power struggles and funny production ideas, the film deals with the question of how communication and art processes work among narcissistic artists. The camera follows an ensemble and connects the layers with a voice over from the director of the film and star photographer Edgar Herbst. The film shows on multiple levels how art and films are created, what happens behind the scenes and what many take for granted.

Credits

Cast:

Katharina Bellena – Dr Franz

Sylvia Schwarz – Frau Weinberg

Armin Marewski – Stan

Melanie Stahl – Eleonore

Eva Horacek – Eva

Edgar – Edgar

Script:

Antonia Walther

Camera:

Anselm Belser

Editing:

Lisa Friedhofen

Producer:

Antonia Walther

Sound:

Niklas Kammertöns

Film info

Direction:

Antonia Walther

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Dolby

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

90 min