Merry-Go-Round

MERRY-GO-ROUND is a three-way love story between star-crossed teenagers. The sky is grey on the playground and the future looks grim. Christin waits for a small sign of affection from a boy on the soccer team, Benni is searching for the right words. Awkwardly, he tries to approach Christin. The world turns. Christin stumbles dizzily from the merry-go-round and falls in the sand. And for one brief moment Benni has a chance to get a little closer to her.

Credits

Cast:

Emma Drogunova

Max Deibert

Script:

Magdalena Grazewicz

Camera:

Hanna Mayser

Editing:

Wolfgang Gessat

Producer:

Friederike Sophie Steinbeck

Sound:

Tom Dittrich

Kilian Mues

Alexandre Leser

Film info

Direction:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

Super 16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

7

Ella & Nell

Ella and Nell used to be best friends. Now both in their early fourties, they have different ideas of how to lead their lives, leaving little time for each other. Determined to change this, they set out on a hike together through the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. During their trip they try to reconnect, painfully having to realize how much they grew apart. Soon it is not only the impassable nature, but old sores, pride, fears and shame making them go astray.

Credits

Cast:

Stephanie Petrowitz – Ella

Kirsten Schlüter – Nell

Christian Schäfer – Yogateacher

Script:

Sabina Gröner

Aline Chukwuedo

Camera:

Sebastian Lempe

Producer:

Ibrahim-Utku Erdogan

Film info

Direction:

Aline Chukwuedo

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

DFFB, in Koproduktion mit Chukofilm und HILDEBRANDT FILM GmbH

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Dolby surround 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Festivals:

47. International Film Festival Rotterdam

Runtime:

78 min.

Délire de Négation

“Délire de Négation” is a story about a young woman which has lost the love of her life. Isolating herself from society led her into a numb, deadlike life. One day she slips and hits her head on the floor. Waking up in a pool of blood she has the feeling to be dead. Every part of her body seems to tell her that she died. She leaves the house in order to find out if she is dead or not. On the journey to her truth she makes an inevitable step... Her disease is called "Délire de Négation" but she´ll never find that out.

Credits

Cast:

Anja Knauer

Roger Ditter

Peggy Lukac

Maria Mägdefrau

Script:

Janosch Orlowsky

Camera:

Eric Ferranti

Editing:

Janosch Orlowsky

Producer:

York-Fabian Raabe

Sound:

Robert Wriedt

Music:

Rainer Kühn

Film info

Direction:

Janosch Orlowsky

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2007

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20

The Tour Guide

The film is a portray of Nirit Ben Joseph (52) an Israeli that is living in Berlin for 26 years. Moving to Berlin at the age of 25 for the love of a German partner, Nirit has since become an in-separate part of the city and is described by many as “a Berliner from Israel”. Working as an historical tour guide of the city, Nirit's most common audience is Israeli's visiting Berlin to explore the dark past of Jewish-German history. Nirit does not feel a need to belong to a greater collective, but at the same time has a complicated perspective to her religion, nationality and tradition. The film delves into questions of national, religious and personal identity in todays multicultural world. At the age of 5, I first had to deal with questions of national and religious identity, having moved to England from Israel for 4 years. Ever since, this has been an issue in my life. Today and for the past 5 years I am in a serious relationship with a German partner, Kathrin. This has sparked more questions in my life relating to national and religious identity. I see in Nirit a special personality of someone who has provoked out-of-the-box thinking in me and others on this subject.

Credits

Cast:

Nirit Ben Joseph

Script:

Amos Geva

Camera:

Patrick Jasim

Amir Cohn

Producer:

Amos Geva

Editing:

Idan Neuman

Sound:

Aviad Zinemanes

Film info

Direction:

Amos Geva

Genre:

documentary

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Tel Aviv University

Production:

2014

Shooting format:

HD (ex3)

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1 surround

Language:

Hebrew, English, German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

26

Her Son

Gregor is a musician and dreamer. He likes his life - as long as he doesn’t have to explain himself to his mother. Long ago he gave up hope of being more than a less well-off son for the successful gallerist one day. A radical deterioration of Irène’s health status is forcing Gregor to leave his mother's shadow and jump over his own.

Credits

Cast:

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Gregor Mathes

Marie-Lou Sellem

Irène Brand

Script:

Florian Plumeyer

Camera:

Albrecht von Grünhagen

Producer:

Markus Kaatsch

Editing:

Kai Minierski

Sound:

Thorsten Broda

Music:

Sebastian Cleemann & SDNMT

Film info

Direction:

Katharina Woll

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Arri Alexa 2K

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1 oder Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

24

Get to work

It´s a cold December night in the courtyard behind a restaurant. Denis is once again late for his job in the kitchen. His boss fires him. Denis is about to leave, without a job, when his replacement crosses his path.

Credits

Cast:

Stanislav van Hoffs – Denis

Heiko Pinkowski – Harry

Burak Yigit – Ed

Thomas Papst – Ivan

Script:

Maximilan Vogel

Camera:

Matthias Biber

Editing:

Mingus Ballhaus

Producer:

Eva Kemme

Sound:

Nicolai Wolf

Music:

Hotgreentea

Herstellungsleitung:

Myriam Eichler

Film info

Direction:

Mingus Ballhaus

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5

Astronauts

ASTRONAUTS is a film about two human beings. A tale of attraction and rejection. A parable of chaos and cosmos. A love story between destruction and self-destruction. An attempt at love.

Credits

Cast:

Karla Sengteller

Pirmin Sedlmeir

Script:

Michel Decar

Camera:

NORWIN HATSCHBACH

Producer:

Markus Kaatsch

Bastian Gascho

Michel Decar

Sound:

Tom Dittrich

Editing:

Bastian Gascho

Film info

Direction:

Bastian Gascho

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2014

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5. 1 / Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20

In the Field

Three 13-year-old wanna-be cowboys know everything about women. Until they meet one...

Credits

Cast:

Wanja Malik

Sebastian Kinder

Philipp Jahn

Script:

Elke Sudmann

Camera:

Julian Atanassov

Editing:

Wolfgang Gessat

Philipp Wolf

Producer:

Senta Menger

Oliver Fleischmann

Sound:

Michael Grub

Jörg Mayer

Film info

Direction:

Philipp Wolf

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2005

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Mono

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

9

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Too Little Sugar

Christmas eve: The Schirra family gather for what should be a contemplative celebration. But a lethal accident occurs and nothing goes as planned. Suppressed emotions come to the surface and threaten to break the family.

Credits

Cast:

Inga Dietrich

Sylvia Habermann

Stephan Möller-Titel

Peter Rauch

Hanneliese Shantin

Script:

Adrienne Bortoli

Anne Pütz

Camera:

Andre Götzmann

Editing:

Wolfgang Gessat

Till Ufer

Sound:

Michael Grub

Music:

Berliner StudentenJazzChor

Christian Steyer

Stefan Lienenkämper

Film info

Direction:

Anne Pütz

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

DV

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

28