Birthday

Two people meet in a park. They know each other well, or do they? Juri wants to take Sasha out for the day, go shopping and have some fun, but first he has to get some money. After he leaves her sitting in a café, nothing goes according to plan.

Credits

Cast:

Samuel Finzi

Irina Potapenko

Alexander Khuon

Script:

Lawrence Tooley

Camera:

Eric Ferranti

Producer:

Lawrence Tooley

Sound:

Matthias Geiges

Hans-Jürgen Mörsch

Ludwig Bestehorn

Film info

Direction:

Lawrence Tooley

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

DV CAM 25P

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14

With(out)

Credits

Cast:

Julia Thurnau

Christian Alexander Rogler

Script:

Mirjam Charlotte Blümlein

Camera:

Merle Sarah Jothe

Editing:

Merle Sarah Jothe

Michal Ostatkiewicz

Producer:

Kirill Krasovskiy

Sound:

Steffen Herzberg

Music:

Kai Ullmann

Film info

Direction:

Michal Ostatkiewicz

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

Red One 35mm digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Digital

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5

Portrait

A landscape of sights. A mirror is located in the elevator of a big subway station in Berlin. Passengers from all parts of the world enter and leave to change between the different platforms. In the mirror they are facing themselves.

Credits

Cast:

Nell Pietrzyk

Birgit Stauber

Saskia Rutner

Gina-Lisa Maiwald

Olivia Cholette

Wendy Hsiao Wang

Anton Ambrosino

Paul Davis

Khaled Abdullah Alsubai

Bertan Candeldek

Seren Ohur

Gizem Öztürk

Fatima Halbe

Script:

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Camera:

Gaetan Varone

Editing:

Sotiris Spiliotis

Producer:

Silvan Zürcher

Sound:

Misha Bours

Film info

Direction:

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

Red One 35mm digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

5

Firn

Rainer, 21, together with his father, Georg, 43, goes on vacation in the Austrian Alps. The loneliness of the mountain landscape triggers an old smouldering conflict between the two. Rainer uses an incident on the glacier to give the impression of a fatal accident. His father is left with the knowledge of having been responsible to an extent. In the meantime, Rainer frees himself out of the crevasse and uses his disappearance to revenge himself on his father.

Credits

Cast:

Robert Gwisdek

Uwe Preuss

Script:

Axel Koenzen

Camera:

Kolja Raschke

Editing:

Karin Nowarra

Vessela Martschewski

Producer:

Axel Koenzen

Sound:

Niklas Kammertöns

Film info

Direction:

Axel Koenzen

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

DV

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

38

Marisol

Marisol, a young Filipina lives and works in Berlin in order to provide money for her family back home. When her sister dies from tragic circumstances in Hongkong she has to realize that her dream to come home soon is destroyed.

Credits

Cast:

Lanie Sumalinog

Patricia Portune

Benjamin Urquico

Gerhard Gutberlet

Karen Francisco

Lyon Roque

Mary Gay Dolorfino

Bettina Ratschew

Dorothea Maier

Charlotte Maier

Script:

Hella Wenders

Camera:

Merle Jothe

Editing:

Verena Neumann

Producer:

Barbara Mutschler

Florian Gerstenberg

Sound:

Robert Fuhrmann

Music:

Ludwig Eckmann

Film info

Direction:

Hella Wenders

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Filmgestalten

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Language:

Tagalog

Version:

OV

Runtime:

25

Lenny

Two teenagers’ lives are brought together through their internet webcams. Anton’s desire is awakened after discovering Lenny’s personal video blog on Youtube. Away from the screen, Anton wanders through the big city, wondering whether his virtual meeting with Lenny has a place in the real world.

Credits

Cast:

Lilith Stangerberg

Anton Ambrosino

Script:

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Camera:

Mario Krause

Editing:

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Karsten Weissenfels

Producer:

Niklas Hlawatsch

Bernadette Klausberger

Sound:

Marcus Walpuski

Film info

Direction:

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

S16mm, webcam

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

17

Thato

Ich kenne Thato schon mein ganzes Leben lang. Als ihr erstes Kind starb, wurde festgestellt das sie und ihr Mann beide HIV positive sind. Sie hat mich dann eingeladen ihr bei der Geburt ihres zweiten Kindes zu begleiten. (Teboho Edkins)

Credits

Cast:

Thato Ramokotjo

Camera:

Teboho Edkins

Editing:

Keiko Deguchi

Producer:

Don Edinks

Sound:

Niklas Kammertöns

Film info

Direction:

Teboho Edkins

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Lesotho

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Steps, Don Edkins and Teboho Edkins

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

Englisch und Lesotho

Version:

OV

Runtime:

27

Home Game

Taking leave.

Credits

Cast:

Derda Lutonadio

Monika Stenzel

Script:

Bernd Fink

Camera:

Tom Akinleminu

Editing:

Christoph Wermke

Dunja Campregher

Sound:

Thomas Adamicka

Music:

Leo Solter

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Wermke

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2008

Shooting format:

DVCproHD

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6

Purple Sunrise

A boy and a girl approach each other at a party and play the game of who is risking an open commitment to the other one first. What begins light-hearted has ist downside in the incapability of an emotional commitment by the boy towards the girl after a night spent together… A coming-of-age-film.

Credits

Cast:

Deborah Gros

Florian Bartholomäi

Script:

Nina Vukovic

Jürgen Arne Klein

Camera:

Armin Dierolf

Editing:

Karsten Weissenfels

Nina Vukovic

Producer:

Viktor Jakovleski

Thomas Jörg

1. Kameraassistenz:

Tom Morse

Film info

Direction:

Nina Vukovic

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2009

Shooting format:

S16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

15