Film School Festival Opening
Block 1
MARS CLOSER
Germany 2015 – Director: Annelie Boros, Vera Maria Brückner – German subtitles – Length: 17 min.
In 2024 the first manned mission to Mars will take place. It will be a one-way trip. Paul Leening and Pauls Irbins want to be on board. A poetic and visionary speculation of life on earth and the longing for outer space.
Writer: Annelie Boros, Vera Maria Brückner. Camera: Julian Krubasik. Sound: Annelie Boros, Vera Maria Brückner. Editing: Frank Müller. Music: Cico Beck, Florian Kreier. Production: NORDPOLARIS. Producer: Fabian Halbig, Florian Kamhuber. International Sales: HFF München Distribution: HFF München
PRIVACY
Germany 2015 – Director: Sabine Ehrl – Original language: German – Length: 16 min.
Brightly lit windows in the night time – behind them: life. What is it that separates our public life from our private one? Where exactly do the boundaries lie? A quiet meditation in gentle, simple images on a complex question: what is private?
Writer: Sabine Ehrl. Camera: Aleksandra Medianikova. Sound: Darius Shahidifar. Editing: Anastasia Stoliarova. Music: Darius Shahidifar. Production: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. Producer: Sonja Menzel-Gnizia, Finn Dübbers. International Sales: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Distribution: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
DER LANGSTRECKENLÄUFER
Germany 2015 – Director: Zuniel Kim – German subtitles – Length: 15 min.
Ybekal Berye is fast and he has one goal: to win Olympic gold in the marathon. But German asylum law condemns him to a life in the Hessian provinces and he is not allowed to leave the region. A radical, minimalistic portrait.
English/Original Title: THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER. Writer: Zuniel Kim. Camera: Christoph Neugebauer. Sound: Christian Wittmoser. Editing: Zuniel Kim. Production: Zuniel Kim. Producer: Zuniel Kim. International Sales: Kunsthochschule Kassel Distribution: Kunsthochschule Kassel
