MANNSCHAFT
Germany 2023 – Director: Tobit Kochanek – Original language: English, German – Subtitles: English – Length: 71 min.
A group of keen football players looking for fellowship meet every Monday evening on a pitch in Görlitzer Park, the drug dealers’ mecca. The “pack of men with the same mindset” reflect on masculinity, heartbreak and midlife crisis and seem so likeable that you want to go and cheer them on from the side-lines yourself. Ina Borrmann
Biography
Tobit Kochanek studied Scenic Arts in Hildesheim and worked as an assistant director and in casting after graduating. He has been studying at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2019.
Filmography (selection)
UNTER ANDEREN UMSTÄNDEN, DE 2021, 10 min.
EGLOSHEIM, DE 2020, 20 min.
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
With supporting film: 33' 66°
No FSK youth rating
English/Original Title: MANHOOD. Writer: Tobit Kochanek. Camera: Dennis Banemann. Sound: Rachel Oker. Editing: Tim Kraushaar. Music: Philipp lust. Production: Filmakademie Baden Württemberg. Producer: Tobit Kochanek, Britt Abrecht.
