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Once upon a time ... in the year of 2083: Nate lives in an efficient but dreary future in which people have become nothing more than work machines for Cormick Inc. Mysterious calls pull Nate out of his comfort zone and start haunting him. As he, bit by bit, is cast out of society, his frightening visions take over and bring him back to a world he has forgotten.

Credits

Cast:

Arno Frisch – Nate Paz

Wera Bunge – Erzählerin (Sprechrolle)

Jacqueline Macaulay – Computerstimme (Sprechrolle)

Anton Hetzel – Waldgeist

Drehbuch (Credit):

Rico Mahel

Camera:

Jakob Krüger

Editing:

Rico Mahel

Producer:

Jana Kreissl

Tondesign:

Jonathan Ritzel

Music:

Joscha Grunewald

Film info

Direction:

Rico Mahel

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,39

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German/English with German or English subtitles

Version:

OV

Festivals:

XXV Edição do Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português (22.-30.11.2019)

2ANNAS Riga IFF (10.-16.02.2020)

Runtime:

30

Ohne euch (What we were)

Standing in the middle of a living room, Holger (45) feels like a stranger in a house that used to be his home. Together with his ex-wife Sigrid (40) and their daughters Silvi (15) and Lara (9), he finds himself staring at Poldi, the freshly deceased family rabbit. “Seven years of prison followed by death”, Silvi sassily remarks as Lara strokes the poor animal. The two girls decide that Poldi deserves a proper funeral. And so, for the sake of their pet, the four of them become a family again, at least for a brief moment.

Credits

Cast:

Boris Aljinovic – Holger

Emma Floßmann – Silvia

Annekathrin Bach – Sigrid

Katerina Veljanoski – Lara

Jonathan Elias Weiske – Fred

Drehbuch (Credit):

Hannah Martin

Camera:

Lukas Eylandt

Editing:

Jessica Schneller

Producer:

Anna Werner

Patrick Schorn

Sound:

Marc Reinkober

Mattias Larsen

Music:

Bertolt Pohl

Matti Thölert

Film info

Direction:

Hannah Martin

Melanie Waelde

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German, English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

13

The Players

"The Players" is a parable about play instinct and freedom. It is a portrait of the Berlin night and its characters. Paul's passion is poker. He regularly plays in backroom rounds of Turkish cafés and thus finances his business studies. Only in the game does he feel truly free. Fatih was also a player. But "addiction isn’t compatible with a job and family". He now drives a taxi and enjoys the job. After a very successful poker night, Paul crosses paths with Fatih as one of his midnight passengers. Paul's fantasies of happiness and freedom awaken Fatih’s repressed yearnings and they make a bet that will forever change one of their lives.

Credits

Cast:

Valentin Erb – Paul

Aykut Kayacık – Fatih

Kai Maertens – Chef

Edvard Lammervo – Robert

Maximilian Seidel – Alexander

Ernest Allan Hausmann – Manfred

Peer Blank – Gerd

Jürgen F. Schmid – Michael

Dina Hellwig – Claudia

Burak Yigit – Tony

Pero Radicic – Dragan

Gilbert Tchassi – Gili

Vedran Bilbija – Dealer

Gisela Berk – Elke

Adrienne von Mangoldt – Luise

Ibrahim-Utku Erdogan – BMW-Fahrer

Drehbuch (Credit):

Samuel Auer

Camera:

Lukas Eylandt

Editing:

Wiebke Henrich

Producer:

Tamara Erbe

Tobias Gaede

Sound:

Tamás Bohács

Andor Horváth

Daniel Engel

Music:

Bertram Denzel

Alice Phoebe Lou

Film info

Direction:

Samuel Auer

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Apple ProRes 4x4

Screening format:

2.39:1

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2.39:1

Sound format:

Dolby Surround

Language:

German, Subtitles in English and French

Version:

OV

Runtime:

24

News from Borussia

A little girl named Lilly, plays alone with paper dolls, reanacting the everyday life of tenants in one of the typical berliner altbaus. Her disturbing observations are mixed with dreamlike scenes of an unknow source - it could be her future, it could be her past or….neither of them.

Credits

Cast:

Lilly Jellinek – Lilly

Weronika Lewandowska – Weronika

Abou Daboe – Weronikas Betreuer

Michał Suchora – Man mit dem Hund/Nackter Man

Alicja Wysocka – Tanzerin/Tisch Frau

Maria Cukor – Frau mit dem Baby

Willem Harvey Bekker – Baby

Kadi Kaivo – Weronikas Mutter

Wolfram Wirth – Weronikas Vater

Mary Becker – Marion

Sara Morante – Italienische Frau

Bern Wesche – Marions Partner

Jesus Fernandez de Castro – Jesus

Wera Bunge – Die Stimme

Drehbuch (Credit):

Katarzyna Hertz

Camera:

Constantin Campean

Editing:

Katarzyna Hertz

Jan Szewczyk

Producer:

Nadja Rothkirch

Sound:

Sebastian Pablo Poloni

Music:

Jan Durina

Aleksandra Grunholz

Film info

Direction:

Katarzyna Hertz

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German, English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

17

The Magician

In a dystopian world, a failing writer struggling with a story about a magician, receives an unexpected visit from his own fictional creation, which forces him to find an ending to this unfinished story.

Credits

Cast:

Stellan Thorn – The Writer

Julia Schmelzle – The Girl

Lutz Wasewitz – The Old Man

Drehbuch (Credit):

Liel Simon

Camera:

Alexander Brack

Editing:

Liel Simon

Producer:

Victor Buzalka

Sound:

Hans-Christian Paul

Music:

Sebastian Pablo Poloni

Tondesign:

Alfred Tesler

Film info

Direction:

Liel Simon

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

English, German subtitled

Version:

OV

Runtime:

16

Staub zu Staub (dust to dust)

I'm no more your mother Than the cloud that distills a mirror to reflect its own slow Effacement at the wind's hand. Sylvia Plath DUST to DUST is a visual reflection on the yearning for the liberation of all images. A woman caught between animus and anima struggles for her Self, which seems in the process of dissolution. The horror of the Self to be without any self-image is at the same time the almost mystical desire for a kind of self-perception before of self-conscience. DUST to DUST traces the stages of a self-dissolution or a metamorphosis, the falling apart and rejection of all images.

Credits

Cast:

Ina Klos – Frau mit Warnweste

Birgit Rachut – Frau mit Winterjacke

Farina Meyer – Frau mit Hosenträgern

Florence Freitag – Frau mit Regenjacke

Sarah Smolorz – Frau mit Kimono

Timo Stukenberg – Hand

Drehbuch (Credit):

Sarah Yona Zweig

Camera:

Sarah Vetter

Editing:

Sarah Yona Zweig

Producer:

Leonie Minor

Jonas Nemela

Tondesign:

Clemens Nürnberger

Music:

Or Sarfati

Film info

Direction:

Sarah Yona Zweig

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

48 KHz, 24 bit

Language:

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5

Shh

SHH is the story of friendship being put to the test. On the night of a school party, four girlfriends are waiting to be questioned by the schools principal. The bond between the girls appears to be strong and unbreakable. One of them however seems to be under more pressure than the rest. The girls’ friendship is confronted with various outside forces and it is unclear what will happen. Can they stick together or will they break apart?

Credits

Cast:

Bianca Nawrath – Lili

Denise Oswald – Maria

Luna Schaller – Charlie

Yamuna Kemmerling – Nuria

Rike Eckermann – Direktorin

Florian Kroop – Wachmann

Drehbuch (Credit):

Mireya Heider de Jahnsen

Camera:

Paul Maximilian Näther

Editing:

Alan Zejer

Producer:

Anna Werner

Produktionsleitung:

Mariam Shatberashvili

Sound:

Nikas Matthaei

Music:

Jan Stark

Film info

Direction:

Ewa Wikieł

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

DFFB in Zusammenarbeit mit Arte/SWR

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German, English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6

Mireya Heider de Jahnsen

Rose Empire

Rose Empire is the story of eleven year old Rosalie who is confronted with strange changes in her perception of the world and her own body. Neither her mother nor the mother’s new boyfriend take her seriously and when they finally take her to see a doctor he is sure the child is making everything up to get the parent’s attention. Left high and dry by the grown ups Rosalie gets lost in the world of her favourite TV show: Rose Empire. The line between fiction and reality becomes more and more blurred and the two warrior princesses from Rose Empire embark with her on a dark path into another world.

Credits

Cast:

Lynn Dortschack – Rosalie

Minh-Khai Phan-Thi – Mutter

Dang Ngoc Long – Doktor

Vic Soo Hee – Mask

Lola Fuchs – Moon

Script:

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Sebastian Ladwig

Camera:

Aysenur Alacakaptan

Editing:

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Florian Rau

Producer:

Lucas Thiem

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Sebastian Ladwig

Sound:

Moritz Monorfalvi

Music:

Sebastian Ladwig

Julian Bodewig

Film info

Direction:

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

2.39:1

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2.39:1

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German/Vietnamese with German or English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

16

Moths

2034 – The moon is moving towards the earth. The exact time as much as the consequences of the impact are unknown. Two different groups of teenagers are meeting each other on one of the last days on earth. What happens then has everything and nothing to do with the approaching moon.

Credits

Cast:

Jonas Kostal – Julius

Jakob Kostal – David

Nanek Jeschke – Niels

Pham Gia Man Bui – Linh

Le Ly Rösler – Nina

Vanessa Hoai An Phan – Ngan

Drehbuch (Credit):

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Camera:

Dominik Backhaus

Editing:

Anna-Lena Laura Engelhardt

Producer:

Leonie Schäfer

Daria Wichmann

Sound:

Leonardo Nerini

Music:

Sebastian Ladwig

Julian Bodewig

Film info

Direction:

Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

DFFB in Zusammenarbeit mit Arte/SWR

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German, English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

5