FRIDA
Feature film, DE 2021, 23 min
A quiet film about the balance between professional distance and the desire for closeness. World premiere in Cannes 2021, German premiere at the Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival 2022.
Director/Screenplay: Aleksandra Odić
Production: Stanislav Danylyshyn (Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin DFFB)
Cinematography: Albrecht von Grünhagen
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Aenne Schwarz, Geno Lechner, Horst-Günter Marx
“Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll”
BENZTOWN
Animation, DE 2021, 5 min
A town is cracking up. The city of Stuttgart fights heavily against its traffic chaos – with far reaching consequences: Other cities might follow the lead.
Director/Screenplay/Cinematography: Gottfried Mentor
Production: Studio Film Bilder GmbH
Music: Christian Heck; sumophonik
“Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll”

TALA'VISION
Drama, DE/JO 2020, OmU/de, 28 min
Trapped in a reality destroyed by war, with the hope of one day playing football, eight-year-old Tala finds comfort and freedom in a forbidden television. This, however, puts her and her family in danger.
Director: Mohd Murad Abu Eisheh
Production: Philipp Raube, Esther Busch, Gabriel Waldvogel (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
Cinematography: Philip Henze
Sound: Johann Meis
Editing: Quirin Grimm
NONE OF US
Animation, DE 2022, 6 min
A little boy panics. His circumcision ceremony is turning into a nightmare. The animated film is noteworthy for its unusual graphics.
Director/Screenplay/Animation: Deniz Zagli
Production: Anne-Kathrin Seemann (Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

MÄRTYRER DER STREBSAMKEIT
Comedy, AT 2021, 14 min
1349 – Death wants to bring the plague to Württemberg. But he has not anticipated the two border guards Volckel and Utz. They involve him in a heated argument about ordinances and regulations.
Director/Screenplay: Alexander Peskador
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Cast: Benedikt Paulun, Gunther Nickles, Robert Cecil Beerbohm