Rosa and Taxi

20-year-old Rosa is refusing to accept her real life which includes her job as a waitress and the fact that she is still living with her mother in a one bedroom flat. She is spending her days walking the city streets with her puppy Taxi, partying, visiting to castings and trying to live the glamorous life which she sees in magazines and tv-shows.

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Cast:

Daniela Schulz

Anna Brüggemann

Melanie Seeland

Katleen Galego Zapata

Sarah Riedel

Script:

Antje Schall

Camera:

Sebastian Fremder

Editing:

Henning Groß

Producer:

Elena Duppler

Sound:

Maxim Kuphal

Film info

Direction:

Laura Lackmann Popescu

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2008

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6

One Minute Freedom

Sebastian is a young recruit, beeing in a maneuver in the woods. In an unnoticed moment he edges away from the troops…

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Cast:

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Script:

David Nawrath

Camera:

Tobias von dem Borne

Editing:

Anna Kappelmann

Producer:

Paul Zischler

Sound:

Alexander Heinze

Film info

Direction:

David Nawrath

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2008

Shooting format:

HDV

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6

Returning

Six years ago, Ines disappeared from her friend Promi's life, without leaving so much as a note, and started a new life in Guatemala. Much to Promi's surprise, Ines suddenly gets in touch and invites her to spend a joint vacation in Northern Germany, in the hopes of reconnecting with old feelings. However, the women's longing to rediscover their past relationship is frustrated by the unresolved conflict and their shifting the blame on each other. Their different lif concepts collide. When intimacy finally seems possible, Ines makes a weighty confession, revealing the true reason for her return home.

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Cast:

Eva Kessler – Promi

Valentina Repetto – Ines

Maciek Kawecki – Jakub

Camera:

Mario Krause

Editing:

Jonas Rothlaender

Sound:

Johannes Kaschek

Tondesign:

Julian Cropp

Music:

Amatorski

Tonmischung:

Alexandre Leser

Szenenbild:

Sandra Klaus

Kostüm (Credit):

Sandra Klaus

Maske:

Sandra Klaus

Producer:

Ricarda Kniesz

Herstellungsleitung:

Andreas Louis

Film info

Direction:

Jonas Rothlaender

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2014

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

30

Fado

Young doctor Fabian travels to Lisbon on the spur of the moment to win back his ex-girlfriend Doro. While the two of them are gradually getting closer again they are being haunted by their fears. Fabians jealously once again puts a strain on their relationship/ Fabians jealously once again puts their relationship to the test...

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Cast:

Golo Euler – Fabian

Luise Heyer – Doro

Albano Jerónimo – Francisco

Pirjo Lonka – Anita

Duarte Grilo – Nuno

Isabel Abreu – Maria

Suzana Borges – Patricia Saramago

Script:

Sebastian Bleyl

Jonas Rothlaender

Camera:

Alexander Haßkerl

Producer:

Tara Biere

Editing:

Dietmar Kraus (BFS)

Sound:

Johannes Kaschek

Julian Cropp

1. Kameraassistenz:

Film info

Direction:

Jonas Rothlaender

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany / Portugal

Production Company:

StickUp Filmproduktion, Koproduzenten: dffb, rbb, Primeira Idade; Atara Film

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

Dolby Digital 5.1

Language:

Version:

OV

Runtime:

100

Waldo

Only when on his racebike Waldemar Teschinski lets off some steam, otherwise he is used to toe the lines drawn by his obsessive mother and leads a repetitive life on the german countryside, close to the polish border. Marietta is selling flood - insurances in the area, that has been struck by several such catastrophys in the past decades. It's for her that he finally breaks free, leaving home, not to find the love he hoped for, but instead the chance for a new beginning...

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Cast:

Michael Ihnow – Waldo

Renate Serwotke – Gerda

Katharina Bellena – Marietta

Ruth Blauert – Sabine

Gerd Welkisch – Mars

Script:

Johannes Machnik

Camera:

Marius Flucht

Producer:

Sabine Schmidt

Editing:

Benjamin Tholen

Marius Flucht

Sound:

Joscha Eickel

Music:

Sebastian Kiefer

Film info

Direction:

Benjamin Tholen

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH in Ko-Produktion mit dem Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

English

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

30

Puls

The achieved theater actress Luise Berger is directing her life in every moment. Soon the glass cover between her and the world shows cracks when she has to face the routines of a stationary treatment. Luise finds herself put in an unexpected vulnerable role.

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Cast:

Claudia Hübschmann – Luise Berger

Eric Bouwer – Franz

Katharina Spiering – Schwester Sybille

Götz van Ooyen – Dr. Jacobi

Kerstin Römer – Nachbarin Babett

Oleg Tikhomirov – Pfleger Tim

Merlin Leonhardt – Kollege Jan

Franziska Paul Schaus – Kollegin Anke

Script:

Susanne Heinrich

Camera:

Katharina Schelling

Producer:

Daniel Blosat

Editing:

Anna Mbiya Katshunga

Sound:

Joey Laube

Music:

Alexander Eckhardt

Film info

Direction:

Till Gerstenberger

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

15

Toward the Ocean

t’s a love story between father and daughter. Olivia is 19 and still lives with her parents and younger siblings. It’s a story to grow up, to move on. It’s the waking dream of an endless childhood. Yet Olivia has to live without Sergio. Sergio has to let Olivia go.

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Cast:

Cléo Verstrepen – Olivia

Tony De Maeyer – Sergio

Judith Seither – Die Mutter Lidia

Axel Lasar – Lou

Gaia Moreau – Nina

Léo Bauer – Arthur

Lorenzo Vitale – Der Familienfreund Marc

Script:

Sara Summa

Camera:

Jasper Techel

Editing:

Sara Summa

Producer:

Leonie Minor

Ewelina Rosinska

Sound:

Ben Roessler

Music:

Ben Roessler

Film info

Direction:

Sara Summa

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Surround sound 5.1

Language:

French

Version:

OV

Runtime:

21

Spark

Paula is a Berlin-based painter and thirty and not successful. When she gets lost in the bureaucratic jungles and faces a huge debt, she is almost ready to give up. Her existence seems fragile, her future is obscure. Gradually out of shame comes loneliness, pride creates anger and assurance forms resistance. There Paula decides: to take the plunge.

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Cast:

Sophie Lutz – Paula

Mike Hoffmann – Logan

Lise Risom Olsen – Selma

Hannah von Peinen – Caroline

Stephanie Schlesing – Verkäuferin

Volker Gahnz – Pförtner

Paul Jumin Hoffmann – Kollege

Script:

Tanja Egen

Camera:

Claudia Schröder

Producer:

Margarita Amineva

Editing:

Jörg Volkmar

Sound:

Konrad Kassing

Music:

Alexander Muell

Film info

Direction:

Tanja Egen

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2016

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby Digital

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

16

Little Ben

Little Ben lives in a trailer park with his parents. He dreams of traveling with his father's theater group, but first he has to learn how to ride his bike without training wheels.

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Cast:

Cedric Eich

Chris Dehler

Anna Loos

Script:

Piotr Reimer

Camera:

Cornelius Plache

Editing:

Salar Ghazi

Producer:

Julia Sofia Hofbauer

Sound:

Oliver Krause

Music:

Piotr Reimer

Nicolas Schulze

Film info

Direction:

Piotr Reimer

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2006

Shooting format:

S16 mm

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

Dolby SR

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

15