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