The Isle

Tsvetana's (57) daily routine consists of her work as a teacher of art history and caring for her mother Penka (80) who was also once a teacher and now suffers from dementia. As summer comes to an end and winter approaches, their mutual dependence on one another begins to change: Penka gradually breaks away from her daughter, even if this happens almost imperceptible. The daughter continues running the household as usual, seemingly not aware of her mother silently bidding farewell. “Ostrovcheto” is a film about the humility and the dignity of the human soul – that is: about love.

Credits

Script:

Polina Gumiela

Camera:

Polina Gumiela

Producer:

Polina Gumiela

Music:

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou, `Mother ́s Love ́, 1963 Éthiopiques Volume 21: Ethiopia Song, 2006 Buda Musique, France

Editing:

Polina Gumiela

Film info

Direction:

Polina Gumiela

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Bulgarian with english subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

69

Stampede

A subway station somewhere in the Northwestern hemisphere. Rush hour. An unattended baggage catches the attention of the passengers. Moments of insecurity pass. All of a sudden, a mass panic breaks out in the moving crowds. The stampede leaves its survivors perplexed: Was the bomb only ticking in their minds?

Credits

Cast:

Dagna Litzenberger – Augenzeuge

Urs Jucker – Augenzeuge

Harvey Friedman – Augenzeuge

Ursina Lardi – Augenzeuge

Roman Lemberg – Pianist

Frank Genser – Sicherheitsdienst

Andrè Cerisier – Stationsbeamter

Paul Davis – Obdachloser

Veljko Vidak – Kroate

Ninja Stangenberg – Junge Mutter

Atheer Adel – Iraker

Sohel Altan G. – Iraker

Yusuke Yamasaki – Geschäftsmann

Patrice Luc Doumeyrou – Priester

Isabelle Lancé – Teenager

Script:

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Camera:

Gaetan Varone

Producer:

Niklas Hlawatsch

Bernadette Klausberger

Szenenbild:

Sigrid Kipper-Thau

Bettina Scheibe

Robert Schmitz-Michels

Hannah Stracke

Kostüm (Credit):

Iva Wili

Maske:

Nicole Röder

Anja Jost

Editing:

Karsten Weissenfels

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Sound:

Julian Cropp

Tonmischung:

Silvio Naumann

Music:

Roman Lemberg

Regieassistenz:

Gustav Baldassini

Silvia Müller

Aufnahmeleitung:

Ron Philipp Glavas

Herstellungsleitung:

Martina Knapheide

Beratung:

Petra Lüschow

Cornelia Hermann

Film info

Direction:

Cyril Amon Schaublin

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

English, Croatian, French, Arabic

Version:

OV

Runtime:

20

Dreharbeiten ” Stampede “, Berlin 2011 dffb
Copyright of Alexander Janetzko

The Vagabond

The audience walks trough north Berlin countryside with the protagonist. We do not see his face, only once. But meanwhile the countryside, the pictures, his movements are showing his inner life. It seems that he is on a journey. He follows an inner impulse and carries a heavy burden until he comes to a point to think about his life.

Credits

Cast:

Eduard Listau

Juliane Gregori

Script:

Rudolf Domke

Camera:

Marius Flucht

Producer:

Ben von Dobeneck

David Keitsch

Editing:

Rudolf Domke

Sound:

Peter Roigk

Film info

Direction:

Rudolf Domke

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

Super 16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

without dialogue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14

The Offsiders

A group of unemployed football professionals meets at a training camp, where they give it everything they’ve got to get into a club. Their fight for one last season on the pitch is a desperate struggle for dreams and their own identity.

Credits

Cast:

Christian Mikolajczak

Benjamin Schüßler

Julian Lüttmann

Nico Frommer

Christian Wück

Frank van Eijs

Markus Reiter

Script:

Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali

Camera:

Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali

Producer:

Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali

Editing:

Anja Siemens

Music:

Bernd Schurer

Film info

Direction:

Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

Surround 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

94

Solo

SOLO deals the relation between femininity and elegance through the story of Jella - a 12 year old girl who is confronted with the fact she is growing up, even if she doesn't necessarily wants or knows how to do so, when she experiences her first menstruation.

Credits

Cast:

Dalina Schambach – Jella

Nike Fuhrmann – Mutter

Rainer Sellien – Vater

Charlotte Werner – Baby

Script:

Rebeca Ofek

Camera:

Matan Radin

Editing:

Rebeca Ofek

Producer:

Tim Oliver Schultz

Sabine Schmidt

Sound:

David von Ilsemann

Music:

Nimrod Gilboa

Film info

Direction:

Rebeca Ofek

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

Alexa

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

10

Contact

After a day on a lake, Philip parts with his friends and races on a lonely forest road, running over a cyclist on the way. He wants to leave her behind, but ends up driving her to the hospital. Feelings of guilt and shame about his half- hit and run, develop into a desire to be close to this attractive older woman. As this desire can not be fullfilled by the woman, he is drawn back to the site of the accident - the origin of the feeling that engrossed him so much. Much more then the topic of guilt, I am interested in the moment of getting in contact with a new kind of emotion. Philip isn´t able to cope with the accident and its consequences in a rational way. As much as this harasses him, it´s also fascinating him. His desperate attempt to get grip of this emotion shows his deep desire for contact.

Credits

Cast:

Jonas Hain

Geno Lechner

Script:

Lauro Cress

Camera:

NORWIN HATSCHBACH

Producer:

Xenia Brauer

Sound:

Malte Eiben

Film info

Direction:

Lauro Cress

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

Red Raw

Screening format:

1:2:39

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2:39

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

17

Pfad/ Vorgarten/ Kollaps/ Stille/

What the world will look like by 2050? What will be the next steps in an eco-friendly future? While politicians are engaged on two fronts in a half-hearted war on climate change and the disappearance of natural resources, we have already entered a period in which we are confronted with the very circumstances that we are still trying to prevent. What will happen after a complete collapse? The central point of the piece is to illustrate the loss of the alliance between nature and man and the resulting climate change.

Credits

Cast:

Simone Geißler

Thomas Harbort

Maxim Mikhalchenko

Script:

Kai Miedendorp

Camera:

Kai Miedendorp

Producer:

Kai Miedendorp

Sound:

Wolfgang Kick

1. Kameraassistenz:

Film info

Direction:

Kai Miedendorp

Genre:

Experimentalfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8

Stolz des Ostens

Tobi (8) is living in his Indian tent for the summer. His mother has rented out their home to a young Berlin family as a vacation apartment. Tobi roams his small town and the fields around, scheming to be rid of the intruders... Based on the novel by Ralf Rothmann, "Pride of the East" subtly and lovingly portrays the still-existing cultural tensions between old East and new West Germany.

Credits

Cast:

Patrick Lorenczat

Ursula Renneke

Carola Sigg

Sebastian Becker

Michael Schweighöfer

Marie Gruber

Script:

Christoph Wermke, nach einer Erzählung von Ralf Rothmann

Camera:

Nicolai Wolf

Producer:

Louise von Johnston

Editing:

Christoph Wermke

Julia Karg

Sound:

Julian Cropp

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Wermke

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

RBB

Production:

2012

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:85

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30

Dead Fish from Berlin

Everyday life of dead fish, and vice versa. "dead fish from berlin" is an ambigram in sight and sound and a tribute to landmark short films, underscored by Erik Satie's classical musical piece 'Gnossienne No. 1'.

Credits

Script:

Marcel Back

Camera:

Marcel Back

Chloé Miller

Producer:

Andreas Louis

Sound:

Marcel Back

Music:

Erik Satie

Alexander Muell

Film info

Direction:

Marcel Back

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

16mm (Bolex) und FullHD (Panasonic GH2)

Screening format:

1:17,8

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,78

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1 + Stereo

Language:

no dialogue

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8