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Lang lebe der Fischfriedhof
Production
Hamburg Media School
Year
2023
Screenplay
Alexander Schmid
Short Film
LOGLINE
26 minutes
Director of Photography
Four completely different teenagers in a psychiatric hospital develop a very special connection to each other while trying to build a pond.
NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE
CAST: Olivia Papoli-Barawati, Eren M. Güvercin, Kosmas Schmidt, Luisa Bocksnick - in weiteren Rollen: Karime Vakilzadeh, Dominik Bliefert, Meike Harten, Lo Rivera, Anna-Lena Schwing, Prince Kuhlmann
Oliver Kiedos
Creative Producer
Leonard Haselhuhn
FESTIVALS
- WINNER 33. Internationalen Filmfest Emden-Norderney, Nominierung ENGELKE Kurzfilmpreis, 2023, Germany
- Official Selection SHORT TO THE POINT, 2023, Bukarest, Romania
- Official Selection International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! Poznań, Polen
- Official Selection 8. Blende Eins - Shortfilmfest Wilhelmshaven 2023, Germany
- Official Selection Women’s Film Festival, 2023, #LetsStartTheRevolution Competition, Demakijaż, Poland
- Official Selection 19. CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, 2023, Miskolc, Hungary
- Official Selection 28. Internationalen Filmfestival SCHLiNGEL 2023, Germany
- Official Selection Budapest Movie Awards 2024, Hungary
- Official Selection BIKY Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival 2023, South Korea
- WINNER NEW YORK INDIE SHORTS AWARDS - BEST FEMALE STUDENT DIRECTOR, 2023, USA
- WINNER SWAN Perth International Women in Film Festival, Best Production Design, 2023, Perth, Australia
- Official Selection 47. Filmfest Weiterstadt, 2023, Germany
- WINNER 32. Euroshorts Festival, 2023 Gdansk, Poland, MAIN AWARD OF THE MAJOR
- WINNER, 2. Platz Publikumspreis, Kontrast Filmfest Bayreuth, 2024, Germany
- WINNER Cactus International Children's and Youth Film Festival, 15+ EDU BEST SHORT FILM 2024, Italy
- WINNER Kurzfilmfestival Friedrichshafen 2024, ZF-Kurzfilmpreis und Publikumspreis, 2024, Germany
- Official Selection 66th Rochester International Film Festival!, 2024, NY, USA
- Official Selection RiverRun International Film Festival 2024, NC, USA
PIZZA d'Amour
Production
Hamburg Media School
Year
2022
Screenplay
Alexander Schmid
Short Film
12 minutes
Director of Photography
Alexander Kiro Friedrich
Creative Producer
Lisa Carstensen
LOGLINE
Her part-time job as a pizza delivery girl leads Suri to the house of Thomas - a man in his mid-fifties - where she finds herself confronted with her biggest nightmare: Her parents' sexuality and the realization of her own double standards.
CAST: Joy Ewulu, Dalila Abdallah, Christoph Glaubacker, Christian Kerepeszki, Maximilian Mundt, Carla Becker, Yasin Özen, Sophia Schubert
FESTIVALS
- Official Selection 22. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection Budapest Movie Awards 2022, Ungarn
- Official Selection Monstrale Festival Halle 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection Kraljevski Filmski Festival 2022, Serbien
- Official Selection 24th International Youth Media Festival YOUKI, Wels 2022, Österreich
- Official Selection B3 Biennale des bewegten Bildes, Frankfurt am Main 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection Little Wing Film Festival, London 2022, England
- Official Selection Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares Madrid 2022, Spanien
- Official Selection 32. Kinofest Lünen 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection 17. Leiden International Film Festival 2022, Niederlande
- Official Selection 20. Düsseldorfer Filmfestival 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection Filmfestival Univerciné allemand, Nantes 2022, Frankreich
- Official Selection 6th Demakijaż – Women’s Film Festival, Lublin 2022, Polen
- Official Selection Point ISFF AWARDS, Târgu Mureș 2022, Rumänien
- Official Selection 28. Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2022, Germany
- WINNER Best Production Design Award, Perth International Women In Film 2022, Australien
- WINNER „Best Comedy Short Film" at 5th Izmit International Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey
- Official Selection International Film Festival of Larissa 2023, Greece
- Official Selection Das FiSH – Filmfestival - Junger Film, Rostock 2023, Germany
- Official Selection JETZT ODER NIE 2023 Filmtage Friedrichshafen, Germany
- Official Selection 20th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria
Stadtmusik
Production
Hamburg Media School
Year
2021
Screenplay
David M. Lorenz
Short Film
LOGLINE
7 minutes
Director of Photography
Oliver Kiedos
Creative Producer
A highly sensitive composer battles against a deadline, herself, and a relentless opponent: The sound of the city.
Sound of the City is an absurd tragicomedy about an artist stuck in a creative crisis, about the examination of the creative process and about music and passion.
Nadezda Bobyleva
CAST: İdil Üner, Jens Weisser
FESTIVALS
- Official Selection 17th Early Bird International Student Film Festival 2021, Bulgarien
- Official Selection 28. Kurzfilmtagen Thalmässing 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection 18th International Short Film Festival Detmold 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection Festival Ciné-Jeune de l'Aisne 2022, Frankreich
- Official Selection abgedreht! Nachwuchsfilmfestival in Hamburg 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection 9. Filmfestival Kitzbühel 2022, Österreich
- Official Selection XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival 2022, Deutschland
- Official Selection 27. Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra 2022, Portugal
OH SH*T!
Production
Berliner Hochschule für Technik
Year
2020
Screenplay
Elsa van Damke
Short Film
LOGLINE
8 minutes
Director of Photography
Marvin Klocke
OH SH*T! follows 27 y/o Maggie on a date at her crush’s apartment. When she suddenly gets her period, she rushes to the bathroom — where she finds herself confronted with a monster that’s been living in her head for far too long.
Creative Producer
Elise Jost, Elsa van Damke
CAST: Jane Chirwa, Jonas Lauenstein
FESTIVALS
- Official Selection Reading Fringe Film Festival 2020, Schottland - WINNER
- Official Selection Anatolian Short Film Festival 2020, Türkei - FINALIST
- Official Selection Košice International Monthly Film Festival 2020, Slowakei - WINNER
- Official Selection Feel The Reel International Film Festival, Schottland 2020 - WINNER
- Official Selection Hammer Kurzfilmnächte 2020, Deutschland
- Official Selection Montana International Film Festival 2020, USA
- Official Selection Canberra Short Film Festival 2020, Australien
- Official Selection Vierte Welle Festival 2020, Deutschland
- Official Selection GOLDEN SHORT FILM Festival 2020, Italien
- Official Selection FilmFest Altenburg 2020, Deutschland
- Official Selection GRRL HAUS CINEMA 2020, Deutschland
- Special Mention London Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival 2020, UK
- Official Selection SNOWDANCE Independent Film Festival 2021, Deutschland - WINNER
- Official Selection 31. BAMBERGER KURZFILMTAGE 2021, Deutschland
- Official Selection 8. Eat My Shorts – Hagener Kurzfilmfestival 2021, Deutschland
- Official Selecttion Women’s Film Festival 2021 – Demakijaż, Polen
- Official Selection Filmfest Bremen 2021, Deutschland
- Official Selection Cine-Maniacs Filmfest 2021, Deutschland
- Official Selection interfilm-Festival Berlin 2021, Deutschland
- Official Selection kontrast Filmfest Bayreuth 2022, Deutschland
Papas Wasser
Production
Berliner Hochschule für Technik
Year
2019
Screenplay
Elsa van Damke
Short Film
16 minutes
Director of Photography
Marvin Klocke
Producerin
Tamara Eder
LOGLINE
After the disappearance of her mother, a young girl begins to take care of her grieving father. The girl's attempt to cure her father of his sorrow ultimately puts her in great danger. - A story about a child who was not allowed to be one.