Valerie

Right before Christmas the once successful model VALERIE (29) ends up in her home town Berlin. She still has a room in the exclusive Hotel Hyatt, but actually she’s completely broke and without any prospects. Valerie is unable to deal with the new situation. She doesn’t tell her friend ISA the truth, she neither tells the BOSS of her agency, nor her rich benefactor ISENBERG about her dire situation. When Valerie has to leave her hotel room, she doesn’t even have enough money to pay the fee for the parking lot in the basement garage. From that point on, she spends the nights in her car and lives like a stowaway in the world of the rich and beautiful. Desperate she tries to get close to JARO (38), a successful and well known photgrapher, who once again takes pictures of her for free, but is not willing to take care of her. Although they once had an affair, Jaro now has a new almost ten year younger lover: WANJA. On Christmas Eve Valerie is stranded in a seedy bar, when she meets the run-down woman CHARLOTTE (40). She flirts with some men who pay for her drinks. Valerie doesn’t have even one cent in her pocket anymore. Completely drunk she is unable of finding her car in the basement garage. The young parking lot guard ANDRÉ (32) saves her … Valerie strandet am Weihnachtsabend in einer einfachen Bar, wo sie die etwas heruntergekommene CHARLOTTE (40) kennen lernt. Mit ihr flirtet sie ein paar Männer an und lässt sich zu Drinks einladen, denn Valerie hat mittlerweile keinen Cent mehr im Portemonnaie. Völlig betrunken findet sie ihren Wagen in der Tiefgarage nicht mehr. Der junge Tiefgaragenwärter ANDRE (32) hilft ihr...

Credits

Cast:

Agata Buzek

Devid Striesow

Birol Ünel

Ricarda Meßner

Anne Sarah Hartung

Sabine Vitua

Miriam Sachs

Jevgenij Sitochin

Guntbert Warns

Script:

Ruth Rehmet

Ilja Haller

Milena Baisch

Birgit Möller

Elke Sudmann

Camera:

Kolja Raschke

Editing:

Piet Schmelz

Producer:

Susann Schimk

Jörg Trentmann

Sound:

Juri von Krause

Music:

Christian Conrad

Film info

Direction:

Birgit Möller

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Credofilm

ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

90

The Green Triangle

California produces 16 million pounds of marijuana every year. We went deep into the woods of Mendocino County, what they call the Heart of Pot Country. We found pioneering spirit, greed and paranoia, courage and beauty. We met growers, smokers, fighters, farmers, cops and convicts. We caught a glimpse of the Wild West: it still exists, just a few miles north of San Francisco.

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Cast:

Carolyn Garcia

Dennis Peron

Steve de Angelo

Script:

Robert Bohrer

Matthias Nerlich

Camera:

Max Preiss

Producer:

Christian Specht

Robert Bohrer

2nd Unit Kamera:

Emma Rosa Simon

Sound:

Emma Rosa Simon

Music:

Moritz Bossmann

Film info

Direction:

Robert Bohrer

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

USA / Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2014

Shooting format:

EX3/HD

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

79

The house in the envelope

One year after the death of Leyla’s father, she decides to visit her family in Istanbul, asking the same questions her father did 30 years before. But her grandmother refuses to talk about family problems and her grandfather is not at home. A talkative taxi driver helps her not just to find the grandfather, but also shares a quiet moment with her.

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Cast:

Demet Gül

Özer Arslan

Vedat Erincin

Aysan Sumercan

Script:

Sanela Salketic

Demet Gül

Camera:

Patrick Jasim

Producer:

Fred Burle

Demet Gül

Editing:

Christian Brecht

Sound:

Alessandro Mongardini

Music:

Hakan Vreskala

Ruhi Erdogan

Film info

Direction:

Sanela Salketic

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Alexa

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

Turkish with german or english subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

16

Camera Obscura

Elena, 31, spends the summer at home in the big city. The nine-year-old August, a neighbour boy, pays her visits on the roof deck of her apartement and keeps her company on the long summer days. A chance encounter on the street with a man from Elena's past leads to one last chance of a renewed attachement, or maybe a final parting.

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Cast:

Karoline Hugler – Elena

Stefan Kriekhaus – Adrian

Leonard Altaras – August

Script:

Polina Gumiela

Camera:

Gaetan Varone

Editing:

Polina Gumiela

Maxim Lebedev

Produktionskoordination:

Luis Singer

Sound:

Johannes Kaschek

Herstellungsleitung:

Myriam Eichler

Film info

Direction:

Polina Gumiela

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2010

Shooting format:

S 16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

15

Looking after number one

The movie is a very direct view into the rehearsal room, where the theatre director Peter Zadek and his actors are just about to invent the staging of Peer Gynt and accompanies the dramatic process until the first night. The theme of Hendrik Ibsen’s play “being oneself” is as well part of the fight between Zadek and his actors for authenticity in acting. There are no interviews explaining Zadek’s working methods but just the direct view on the situation between the directors and actors. The viewer gets the possibility to understand the process of their work and to experience the result of it while coming into being.

Credits

Script:

Alexander Nanau

Camera:

Kolja Raschke

Alexander Nanau

Editing:

Antje Ullrich

Alexander Nanau

Producer:

Alexander Nanau

Sound:

Ulrich Breimesser

Music:

Georg Klein

Film info

Direction:

Alexander Nanau

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2005

Shooting format:

DV

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Mono

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

87

The Limits (Episodes of Love)

Six stories about the longing for warmth and affection, maybe even love. Narrated over the span of one day and one night.

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Cast:

Prodromos Antoniadis

Martin Baden

Mila Bruk

Patrick Diemling

Viktoriya Grakovskya

Jana Klinge

Dagmar Leesch

Karl Liebich

Katharina Linder

Manfred Möck

Pia Opitz

Fabian Passamonte

Andreas Patton

Michael Sideris

Script:

Robby Dannenberg

Camera:

Eric Ferranti

Editing:

Lawrence Tooley

Sound:

Marko Weichler

Gernot Steubing

Music:

Hans Fahling

Natalie Claude

Film info

Direction:

Thomas Adamicka

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

Digi Beta

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

23

A New Dawn

Aron, aged 19, faces a tough decision. His father was previously injailed for six months, therefore he and his little brother Jakob are on their own. Sascha, his best mate, offers him the opportunity to pay his father out of jail - with stolen money. The family could be reunited soon, but Aron realizes too late that he puts his own freedom at stake.

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Cast:

Paul Preuss

Frederik Lau

Sven Lehmann

Andreas Leupold

Script:

David Nawrath

Camera:

Martin Hanslmayr

Editing:

David Nawrath

Anna Kappelmann

Producer:

Susanne Mann

Paul Zischler

Sound:

Alexander Heinze

Film info

Direction:

David Nawrath

Aaron Ghantus

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2008

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30

Molly´s Way

On a foggy winter’s morning, the young Irishwoman, Molly (30) is at the train station of Walbrzych. She has come the whole way from Ireland to find Marcin. Marcin, who left her with the memory of one unforgettable night and a postcard from this small town. All that she knows is his first name and that he works in the coal industry. She is convinced that she will find him; her positive, glowing energy and the child in her belly carry her onwards. Soon it becomes clear the search will be more difficult than anticipated. Molly asks for a job as a cleaner in the shabby boarding house she is staying at. In the mornings she works. Afternoons she spends her time looking for Marcin in the mostly abandoned coalmines. Meanwhile she becomes indispensable at the hotel, both as an employee and as a person. She becomes especially attached to the three prostitutes living there, who provide the place with an important source of income. A series of joyous and painful experiences cause Molly to fight for her hope to find this man, to lose it and then find it again but in a way that she never would have expected.

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Cast:

Mairead McKinley

Ute Gerlach

Geno Lechner

Miroslaw Baka

Robert Gonera

Beata Lehmann

Jan Wieczorkowski

Anna Ilczuk

Adrianna Biedrzynska

Jakub Kazmierczak

Maciej Robakiewicz

Ireneusz Koziol

Script:

Esther Bernstoff

Emily Atef

Camera:

Patricia Lewandowska

Editing:

Beatrice Babin

Producer:

Benjamin Seikel

Kama Janczyk

Sound:

Dariusz Tretowicz

Music:

Bumcello

Film info

Direction:

Emily Atef

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Production:

2005

Shooting format:

IMX

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

English and Polish

Version:

OV

Runtime:

84

The Unforgotten

Ex-cowboy film stars Kurt O., 59, and Goran M., 58, want to revitalise their days of fame. When they hear of the opening of a western theme park in the Uckermark province and that they are still looking for actors for a big western show, fame calls and they set off to find it. The two of them will find fame during their journey, however not in the way that they had hoped. On their way through the Uckermark, the ex-western stars become real outlaws. In the end, they find out that there is no escaping from the police, not even for former heroes.

Credits

Cast:

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

Hartmut Becker

Script:

Henner Schulte-Holtey

Camera:

Henner Besuch

Producer:

Nikolaus Lohmann

Film info

Direction:

David Dietl

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2004

Shooting format:

Digi Beta

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30