A Body’s Melody

Everyday life has become difficult for Nalan who has recently been struggling with unexplained blackouts. Her body’s symptoms force her to take a closer look at herself and her surroundings. As she undergoes medical examination, her body takes her on its own journey. She uncovers unknown territory when she delves deeper into these states of unconsciousness. Has she lost touch with an inner voice demanding to be heard?

Credits

Cast:

Tümay Kılınçel – Nalan

Corinna Bergmann – Doctor

Andre Ebert – Nurse

Script:

Edda Reimann

Camera:

Magoo Sophie Meyer

Editing:

Celine Jünger

Producer:

Maria Jansen

Tondesign:

Larissa Kirschk

Film info

Direction:

Edda Reimann

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German, English with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

16.16 min

Last Call Blue

Two airport employees. One checks X-ray images, the other works on the airfield. After one slips a note to the other, they meet up in their break. Throughout the night, they search for ways to show their affection for each other.

Credits

Cast:

Zero Pilnik

Jos Nyreen

Script:

Tillmann Betz

Camera:

Julien Mayer

Editing:

Lydia Leerstelle

Producer:

Lisa-Marie Lutz

Sound:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Film info

Direction:

Tillmann Betz

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

12.1 min

Hasenheide 45/46

A film student wants to set out into the world of the great filmmakers, but he is stuck in a pandemic with his quarreling neighbors. Once again, his dreams of being an artist are not working out, for which he came to Berlin so long ago. In his search for meaning, mentors and reconciliation, maybe the fired director of the German Film and TV Academy can help him finally get a film off the ground.

Credits

Cast:

Marianne Friedrich

Charlett Susan

Ben Gibson

Script:

Daniel Minkov

Camera:

Daniel Minkov

Editing:

Moritz Geiser

Producer:

Daniel Minkov

Sound:

Daniel Minkov

Film info

Direction:

Daniel Minkov

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Daniel Minkov in Koproduktion mit Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

2.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Festivals:

19. achtung berlin Filmfestival (12.-19.04.2023)

Runtime:

65 min

Impatience of the Heart

On a night out, a young soldier tries to improve his chances with an attractive older woman by courting her grumpy sister. But when Isaac (23) playfully pulls Edith (22) off a bench, she slumps limply to the floor. Only now does he discover her wheelchair parked on the side. Isaac tries to clear up the misunderstanding, but a scuffle ensues with some of the regulars and his comrades. Burdened with shame, Isaac is urged to correct the sisters' image of him. He makes an effort to connect with Edith, and an unexpected friendship develops between the two. His impulsive nature even reawakens the fickle young woman's courage to face life. But when Edith falls in love with Isaac, misfortune takes its course.

Credits

Cast:

Giulio Brizzi – Isaac Nasic

Ladina von Frisching – Edith Schwartz

Livia Matthes – Ilona Schwartz

Thomas Loibl – Heinrich Schwartz

Script:

Lauro Cress

Florian Plumeyer

Camera:

Jan David Günther

Editing:

Ilya Gavrilenkov

Producer:

Lorenzo Gandolfo

Sound:

Federica Ceruti

Jochen Jessuzek

Johannes Pich

Alex Leser

Music:

Davide Luciani

Film info

Direction:

Lauro Cress

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Ko-Produktion mit Schiwago Flm, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Lorenzo Gandolfo, Lauro Cress, gefördert vom Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

Production:

2023

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

104 min

Love

Rosi (60) ist seit ihrer Geburt spastisch gelähmt. Ihr Ehemann muss sie bei den körperlichen Aufgaben des Alltags unterstützen, während sie, aufgrund seiner geistigen Behinderung, für das Organisatorische zuständig ist. Diese symbiotische Beziehung hat sich über 30 Jahre hinweg bewährt. Doch im Alter baut Richard mental immer weiter ab und Rosi fühlt sich nicht mehr zu ihm hingezogen. Im Internet lernt sie nun einen jungen und einfühlsamen Callboy kennen, den sie für eine romantische Nacht zu sich nach Hause einlädt.

Credits

Cast:

Hiltrud Walter

Peter Pankow

Kumar Muniandy

Script:

Timo Bénit

Co-Autor:

Oliver Grüttner

Camera:

Konstantin Kann

Szenenbild:

Victoria Hermsdorf

Kostüm (Credit):

Luise Kleuser

Maske:

Leonie Sondermann

Editing:

Paul Gröbel

Timo Bénit

Sound:

Vadim Mühlberg

Producer:

Grischa Sautter

Bernhard Schneider

Amir Soufi

REKA Pictures GmbH

Film info

Direction:

Timo Bénit

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2022

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,39

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Festivals:

18th edition of ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival (14.-16.04.2023)

41. Festival Tous Courts (29.11.-02.12.2023)

21st Bogotá Short Film Festival - BOGOSHORTS (05.-12.12.2023)

30. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (07.-17.03.2024)

53. Lubuskie Filmsommer Festival (23.-30.06.2024)

Seattle Film Festival online (25.05.-12.06.2024)

Runtime:

26 min

LOVE ONLY WORKS IN FICTION, PLEASE DON’T TRY AT HOME

It's been three days that Kim, the clown, has left Earth to explore long distance relationships in their final stages, when she discovers that the whole universe is fake.

Credits

Cast:

Magdalena Jacob – Kim

Milena Arne Schedle – Astro-Clown

Pia Seifferth – Mira

Script:

Magdalena Jacob

Camera:

Lena Maria Thiemann

Editing:

Raffaéllo Lupperger

Producer:

Sabrina Holzapfel

Sound:

Moritz Geiser

Music:

Ivo Thiemann

Film info

Direction:

Magdalena Jacob

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German, English with German and English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

12.46 min

about them

Kesse (they/them) loves nothing more than May (she/her) and skateboarding. Everything changes when Kesse accidentally pushes May's annoying little brother Pepe off a wall to his death. Excluded from the skate crew, Kesse tried to navigate back to everyday life while May and her mother Sheila grieve and cut off contact. Kesse finds themself caught between the guilt that needs to go somewhere and the fear of no longer belonging.

Credits

Cast:

Pascale Numan – Kesse

Sira-Anna Faal – May

Lea Meny – Fanni

Melika Nazari – Marine

Marine Bourdais – Kati

Ludwig Schubert – Isaac

Melika Foroutan – Sheila

Max Hubacher – Quirin

Lasse Berg – Pepe

Script:

Saskia Benter Ortega

Music:

Moritz Krämer

Camera:

Greta Isabella Conte

Editing:

Evelyn Rack

Szenenbild:

Olga Gredig

Paul Schille

Kostüm (Credit):

Wiebke Christin Lebus

Maske:

Paula Greulich

Sound:

Camilo Garcia Castro

Moritz Zuchantke

Tondesign:

Duc Anh Nguyen

Casting:

Karl Schirnhofer

Producer:

Maritza Grass

Jost Hering

Film info

Direction:

Moritz Krämer

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Jost Hering Filme in Ko-Produktion mit Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Carousel Film, Moritz Krämer, ZDF

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German, English

Version:

OV

Runtime:

100 min

THE CALL

THE CALL transfers Jean Cocteau's stage play “La Voix humaine” into the present day and poses the question of why we still often derive our self-worth from the success of relationships in a painfully intense way. Clara, on the phone with her ex-partner Ari, struggles with tormenting suicidal fantasies. She knows that it hasn't been about him for a long time. But why can't she find a way out of the crisis? Clara's nightmarish journey leads through images full of dramatic lighting effects, surreal musical passages and moments of bitter humor. Finally, a quiet moment of female solidarity shows the way out: in the bathroom mirror, she meets the protagonist from Cocteau's original and together they achieve what was impossible for 100 years: they hang up.

Credits

Cast:

Hannah Plaß – Clara

Andreas Tobias – Ari

Julia Bremermann – Cocteau Woman

Script:

Sascha Jakubenko

Alexnader Ullmann

Camera:

Leo Wolters

Editing:

Alexnader Ullmann

Producer:

Alexnader Ullmann

Tondesign:

Arla Rosenthal

Music:

Nora Beyer

Film info

Direction:

dominikus

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

English with German subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

18 min

RUNNING IS MY LUCK

A group of refugees is hiding in a truck in order to cross the border without documents. When they realize they are going in the wrong direction, they throw cargo out of the truck. Eventually the truck driver stops, followed by a woman driving behind him. Briefly, the three parties come face to face.

Credits

Cast:

Mudar Ramadan

Wael Alkhatib

Yazan Melhem

Hussen Ibraheem

Konstantin Frank

Meri Koivisto

Olga Herschel

Kosta Kaplan

Script:

Sophia Feulner

Camera:

Masha Biller

Editing:

Guy Cohavi

Ron Rothschild

Producer:

Yusuf Çelik

Antonia Schöndienst

Sound:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Music:

Ron Rothschild

Kosta Kaplan

Lian Zac

Film info

Direction:

Ron Rothschild

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Arabic, English, German, Russian with German and Englisch subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

13.10 min