Everyone Wants to Be Loved

Ina is a therapist, a mother to a rebellious teenage daughter, and a partner to a man who has always put his own career first. She puts everyone's needs ahead of her own until one hot summer's day, when her self-centered mother celebrates her 70th birthday, something happens that will change everything.

Credits

Cast:

Anne Ratte-Polle – Ina

Lea Drinda – Elli

Ulrike Willenbacher – Tamara

Urs Jucker – Reto

Hassan Akkouch – Tarek

Jonas Hien – Hannes

Script:

Katharina Woll

Florian Plumeyer

Producer:

Markus Kaatsch

Nina Poschinski

Michael Grudsky

Katharina Woll

Charlotte Kennel

Margarita Amineva

Camera:

Matan Radin

Szenenbild:

Winnie Christiansen

Anne Storandt

Kostüm (Credit):

Elena Gaus

Maske:

Stefanie Kinzel

Sarah Huzel

Sound:

Tobias Rüther

Editing:

Kai Minierski

Music:

Moritz Krämer

Tondesign:

Denis Elmaci

Film info

Direction:

Katharina Woll

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie und Zeitgeist Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG in Koproduktion mit Katharina Woll und ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1 & 2.0

Language:

German and English

Version:

OmU

Festivals:

39. INTERMATIONAL FILMFEST MÜNCHEN (25.06.2022)

16. FÜNF SEEN FILMFESTIVAL (24.08.2022)

18. FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN FILMS LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN (02.09.2022)

22. FILMKUNSTMESSE LEIPZIG (19.09.2022)

4. FEMALE FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL BERLIN (06.10.2022)

2. FILMTAGE OBERSCHWABEN (13.10.2022)

26. TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL (21.11.2022)

32. KINOFEST LÜNEN (26.11.2022)

4. DIORAMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (02.12.2022)

15. JAIPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (09.01.2023)

21. DHAKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (15.01.2023)

38. SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (10.02.2023)

17. BEAUFORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (24.02.2023)

18. BELOIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (26.02.2023)

32. CINEQUEST –CINEJOY FEATURING THE FILMS & ARTISTS OF CINEQUEST (01.03.2023)

JUPITER AWARD 2024 (01.03.2023)

18. DURANGO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (03.03.2023)

40. MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL (06.03.2023)

18. VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL (08.03.2023)

17. OMAHA FILM FESTIVAL (08.03.2023)

6. BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL (09.03.2023)

3. REELS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (19.03.2023)

14. ONE COUNTRY ONE FILM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (20.03.2023)

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47. CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (25.03.2023)

23. FARGO FILM FESTIVAL (25.03.2023)

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50. ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (10.04.2023)

13. CAPITAL CITY FILM FESTIVAL (11.04.2023)

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42. MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (15.04.2023)

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18. MYRTLE BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (18.04.2023)

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47. ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL (24.04.2023)

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29. SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (30.04.2023)

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52. LUBUSKIE FILM SUMMER (25.06.2023)

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5. SWINDON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (25.07.2023)

9. ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (27.07.2023)

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32. WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL (30.07.2023)

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22. THE VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL (02.08.2023)

41. FLICKER'S RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (07.08.2023)

32. CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL (10.08.2023)

14. PUERTO RICO FILM FESTIVAL (16.08.2023)

6. NÒT FILM FEST (22.08.2023)

24. PORT TOWNSEND FILM FESTIVAL (25.08.2023)

1. MADISON FILM FESTIVAL (26.08.2023)

4. LAKE TRAVIS FILM FESTIVAL (04.09.2023)

4. VICTORY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (05.09.2023)

5. GTX FILM FESTIVAL (05.09.2023)

5. WALLACHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (15.09.2023)

13. CATALINA FILM FESTIVAL (20.09.2023)

17. HELL'S HALF MILE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL (21.09.2023)

8. IMAGINE THIS WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL (22.09.2023)

2. SKY ARTS FILM FESTIVAL (22.09.2023)

10. SOTAMBE ZAMBIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (23.09.2023)

10. TORINO UNDERGROUND CINEFEST (25.09.2023)

12. RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (27.09.2023)

11. MONADNOCK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (29.09.2023)

3. NORTH EAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (29.09.2023)

3. THE WOMEN'S INDEPENDENT FILM & TV FESTIVAL (01.10.2023)

8. RTF REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (04.10.2023)

3. WORCESTER FILM FESTIVAL (04.10.2023)

10. DEA OPEN AIR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (10.10.2023)

8. COPENHAGEN FILM FESTIVAL (10.10.2023)

17. BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (15.10.2023)

8. HOBNOBBEN FILM FESTIVAL (19.10.2023)

4. MESA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (19.10.2023)

15. NAPLES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (26.10.2023)

3. PLAYA FILM FESTIVAL (03.11.2023)

2. BEAUFORT FILM FESTIVAL (05.11.2023)

11. ASTI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (30.11.2023)

11. INDIECORK FILM FESTIVAL (15.12.2023)

5. OSTIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (16.12.2023)

10. BORREGO SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL (11.01.2024)

13. PARISH -JERSEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN CHANNEL ISLANDS (25.05.2024)

5. KINOFEST GERMAN LANGUAGE FILM FESTIVAL (18.09.2024)

8. CAMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL (05.02.2024)

Runtime:

80 min

I am Riya

Do you remember the first time you felt the conditions hiding behind your parents' unconditional love? What do you do when the freedom and choice you believed you had evaporates? What happens when your ancestors' well-trodden path appears before you, and you realise it's not the path you want to take? How many forms of paternal protection are you willing to accept, before you start to question their decisions? Why is wanting a different life considered 'just a dream'? Riya is wrapped up in these questions. This is a story of blossoming confidence and timid rebellion.

Credits

Cast:

Riya

Soni

Camera:

Gina Guzy

Editing:

Zubin Zethna

Producer:

Gina Guzy

Film info

Direction:

Gina Guzy

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH in Ko-Produktion mit dem Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Hindi

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

53.38 min

Natureza Humana

In an apartment in a city under curfew, a day expands from early Spring to late Summer. A couple experiences a disconnect. While Alba searches for a feeling of optimism in the interior of the house, Xavier escapes out into the garden, where he dedicates himself to cultivating a vegetable garden. There, he befriends a child. These dreamlike encounters awaken hope in him, but also the biggest fears

Credits

Cast:

João Vicente

Crista Alfaiate

Maria Marques

Marco Paiva

Mafalda Jara

Lucas Branco Lima

Script:

Mónica Lima

Gonçalo Branco

Producer:

Filipa Reis

Luise Hauschild

Camera:

Faraz Fesharaki

Editing:

Francisco Moreira

Film info

Direction:

Mónica Lima

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany / Portugal

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

New Matter Films

Uma Pedra no Sapato

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

25 min

Medusa

After a failed date, Merve seeks her friends company in a neighbourhood hairdresser's salon. Her friends try to cheer her up and share their own strange experiences with men. Her mood worsens and she loses herself in thoughts of the gorgon Medusa and her unfortunate fate. An argument breaks out between the friends about whether Merve's single life is her own fault.

Credits

Cast:

Alina Sokhna M’Baye-Merve

Lika Bari-Medusa

Marta López Matoses-Bea

Alina Vimbai Strähler-Nana

Amina Nahid Eisner-Ruby

Script:

Arina Chernova

Camera:

Louis Reiss

Editing:

Robert Franz

Producer:

Daniel Ruprech

Sound:

Johannes Tuchelt

Music:

Johannes Tuchelt

Film info

Direction:

Arina Chernova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3/1.85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3/1.85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

17.3 min

Music Appreciation

Johann, a heavy metal singer, is lost and roams through what seems to be a completely empty city at night. An unexpected encounter with Maria Sonnenschein, a music appreciation teacher, and other surreal events might help him not only find his way, but also discover what brought him to that bizarre world.

Credits

Cast:

Johannes Scheidweiler – Johann

Nora Jensen – Maria Sonnenschein

Sophie DeFrenne – Totes Mädchen

Script:

Lucas Milhomem

Camera:

Luis Hartmann

Producer:

Rike Lange

Editing:

Nuno Martini

Film info

Direction:

Lucas Milhomem

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

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:

17.23 min

KRZYK

As bacteriologist Lena (38) drives past a burning car, she hears a scream of a dying woman. Lena does not tell her boyfriend how much the incident distresses her, just as she does not talk about the stillbirth she recently had. Instead, she throws herself into her work, intrudes into the life of the deceased, begins an affair with the widower and gradually takes on the role of mother to their son. Her persistent insomnia causes her to lose control between dreams and reality. Finally she accepts the help of a whisperer and then finds her own way to cope with her loss.

Credits

Cast:

Gina Henkel – Lena

Anton Weil – Jakob

Pawel Delag – Victor

Wiktoria Gorodecka – Vera

Natalia Mateo – Nina

Marek Pys – Miroslaw

Script:

Ewa Wikieł

Halina Joanna Rasinski

Camera:

Konstantin Minnich

Editing:

Natalia Jachec

Producer:

Ibrahim-Utku Erdogan

Music:

Hannah von Hübbenet

Film info

Direction:

Ewa Wikieł

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2.39

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2.39

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German, Polish, English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

81 min

Keine Macht für Niemand

Glam-Girl Juliane makes her punky husband fit into the social expectations.

Credits

Script:

Marcus Hanisch

Prodromos Antoniadis

Judith Mauthe

Camera:

Jasper Techel

Editing:

Marcus Hanisch

Producer:

Marcus Hanisch

Ibrahim-Utku Erdogan

Daria Wichmann

Film info

Direction:

Marcus Hanisch

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

11 min

The Birthday Party

December 1999. I remember that, amidst the Millenium Bug anxiety, I went to the birthday of Enrico, a kid who lived with his family in an old and isolated farmhouse.

Credits

Cast:

Nicola Cannarella – Francesco

Matthias Tormen – Enrico

Denis Fasolo – Lucio

Elia Luciani – Loretta

Luisa Trigilla – Großmutter

Livio Pacella – Amos

Script:

Francesco Sossai

Camera:

Giulia Schelhas

Editing:

Francesco Sossai

Producer:

Cecilia Trautvetter

François Pierre Clavel

Sound:

Sebastian Pablo Poloni

Artiom Constantinov

Film info

Direction:

Francesco Sossai

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany/France/Italy

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Italian

Version:

OmU

Festivals:

Quinzaine at 76. Festival de Cannes (16.-27.05.2023)

31st Curtas Vila do Conde IFF (08.-16.07.2023)

26. Guanajuato International Film Festival (20.-31.07.2023)

29th Sarajevo Film Festival (11.-19.08.2023)

Silhouette Film Festival (25.08.-02.09.2023)

42. Vancouver International Film Festival (28.09.-08.10.2023)

52. Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma (04.-15.10.2023)

Alice nella città IFF (18.-29.10.2023)

27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (03.-19.11.2023)

Brest European Short Film Festival (07.-12.11.2023)

XXIX edition of Caminhos do Cinema Português (10.-18.11.2023)

Leuven International Short Film Festival (24.11.-02.12.2023)

19. Festival del Cortometraggio Mediterraneo "Passaggi d'Autore: intrecci mediterranei" (02.-07.12.2023)

32. Séquence Court Méatrage (06.-10.12.2023)

10th International Uşak Short Film Festival (12.-19.12.2023)

Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival (14.-16.12.2023)

Intervalli Festival Cinema (11.-15.01.2024)

Vilnius International Short Film Festival (17.-23.01.2023)

35. Trieste Film Festival (19.-27.01.2024)

36. Festival Premiers Plans (20.-28.01.2024)

45. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (22.-28.01.2024)

39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (07.-17.02.2024)

PLAY - Lisbon International Kids Film Festival (24.02.-03.03.2024)

Watersprite Film Festival (01.-03.03.2024)

KINO ATHENS, International Independent Film Festival (01.-10.03.2024)

30. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (07.-17.03.2024)

41st BUFF Film Festival in Malmö (09.-15.03.2024)

XIX edizione di Cortinametraggio (12.-17.03.2024)

24. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (13.-18.03.2024)

63. Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias - FICCI - (16.-21.04.2024)

5. Format Court Festival (25.-28.04.2024)

41. Busan International Short Film Festival (25.04.-01.05.2024)

21. Neisse Film Festival (14.-19.05.2024)

River Film Festival Padova (29.05.-16.06.2024)

40. Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (04.-09.06.2024)

Generation Film Festival Denmark (12.-16.06.2024)

SyncroFilmFest Buenos Aires (13.-16.06.2024)

53. Lubuskie Filmsommer Festival (23.-30.06.2024)

Lanterne Magiche Film Festival (07.-17.07.2024)

11. Bridge Film Festival (09.-13.07.2024)

Edera Film Festival (17.-20.07.2024)

Aegean Film Festival (18.-26.07.2024)

31. European Film Festival Palić (20.-26.07.2024)

Two Riversides Film and Art Festival (27.07.-04.08.2024)

Concorto Film Festival (17.-24.08.2024)

MoliseCinema Filmfestival Italy (06.-11.08.2024)

Filmfestival Kitzbühel (19.-25.08.2024)

35th São Paulo International Short Film Festival (22.08.-01.09.2024)

18. Fünf Seen Filmfestival (fsff) (03.-12.09.2024)

Nòt Film Fest - Santarcangelo di Romagna (06.-11.09.2024)

Bueu’s International Film Festival (06.-21.09.2024)

ArteSettima Festival (19.-22.09.2024)

INCANTO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (20.-21.09.2024)

22nd edition of Tirana International Film Festival (22.-28.09.2024)

Young Film Fest Prague (25.-29.09.2024)

Torino Underground Cinefest (26.09.-25.10.2024)

Desenzano Filmfestival (27.-29.09.2024)

Blue Danube Film Festival (01.-05.10.2024)

Tramway Film Festival (03.-06.10.2024)

Edimotion | Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst (11.-14.10.2024)

FLIGHT/ Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova (15.-19.10.2024)

Flensburger Kurzfilmtage (13.-17.11.2024)

35. LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (13.-24.11.2024)

43. FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH (15.-23.11.2024)

KFFK / Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°18 (19.-24.11.2024)

Runtime:

16.46 min

Arthur & Diana

Arthur & Diana are brother and sister. The two of them share custody of their father’s old Renault. Still registered in France, the car needs its long expired vehicle inspection certificate to be renewed, so the siblings embark on an absurd trip from Berlin to Paris. For Lupo, Diana’s two-year-old son, this adventure feels like an exciting family holiday. After an encounter with the police, an antagonistic stop at their mother’s place, an overly sensual party, a flat tire, a funeral, and repeated tumultuous car conversations, they will end up all the way down in Italy, with a few more friends and hopes than they had left with. “Arthur&Diana” is an auto fictional experiment, a transeuropean road movie where documentary and constructed reality mingle to build an alternative world.

Credits

Cast:

Lupo Piero Summa – Lupo

Robin Summa – Arthur

Sara Summa – Diana

Livia Antonelli – Zora

Claire Loiseau – Betty

Benjamin Schwinn – Patrick

Ugo Fiore – Mathieu

Herward Dunkel – Onkel Silvio

Karine Revelant – Police Woman

Fatah Boudia – Salesman

Drehbuch (Credit):

Sara Summa

Camera:

Faraz Fesharaki

Editing:

Sara Summa

Producer:

Cecilia Trautvetter

Lisa Roling

Sound:

Nuno Barroso

Film info

Direction:

Sara Summa

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH in Ko-Produktion mit dem Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1.57

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1.57

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

French, German, Italian

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

108 min