Apnoe
Grey house facades roll by like monstrous walls.
Numerous identical windows, creating lines of lights as they pass by steadily.
The bike courier Michel pushes through crowded streets of a dystopian city of the future. On behalf of
the monopoly Clinair, he delivers oxygen tanks that are now necessary. His shift rushes him through
the streets, his gaze, his movement brief and torn, no stagnation in his elaborate meandering stream.
He can only linger with the woman from the advertisement video, who promotes grilled chicken on a
screen.
Accompanied only by a navigational voice in his ear and a radio operator who coordinates Michel’s
route and regulates his state of fear, his nightly route leads him deeper and deeper into his
subconscious.
Credits
Cast:
Ariel Nil Levy
Robert Hunger Bühler
Anne Müller
Lanxi Ruan
Daniel Vedder
Benjamin Hembus
Claudia Bauer
Ikko Masuda
Mathilda Esche
Ole Holdhus
Script:
Sarah Yona Zweig
Julia Ketelhut
Camera:
Constantin Campean
Editing:
Constantin Campean
Julia Ketelhut
Producer:
Jonas Nemela
Produktionsleitung:
Herta Cristina Mirea
Tonmeister:
Malthe Bjørn Jensen
Tondesign:
Jonathan Ritzel
Music:
Ralf Schwieters
Film info
Direction:
Julia Ketelhut
Genre:
Kurzfilm
Country of production:
Germany
Production Company:
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Production:
2020
Shooting format:
Digital
Screening format:
DCP
Frame rate:
24 fps
Aspect ratio:
1:1,85
Sound format:
Dolby Surround 5.1
Language:
German with english subtitles
Version:
OV
Runtime:
21.20 min