short fiction, HD, 16:9, 30min, Germany, 2011
Directing : Susan Gordanshekan
Script: Susan Gordanshekan, Annette Schönwälder
Assistant Director: Pary El-Qalqili
Protagonist: Arnel Taci, Renate Grosser, Denis Mehicic, Butz Ulrich Buse
DoP: Christiane Schmidt
Sound: Peter Kautzsch, Marco Olbrich
Editing: Susan Gordanshekan & Bernd Handke
Music: Sebastian Fillenberg
Production: a NEUESUPER / Nominal Film Production in coproduction with Bayerischer Rundfunk & University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München)
Synopsis:
Amir has no residence permit. When he loses his cleaning job, he takes on work as a carer. His new job entails looking after Mrs Osterloh, who is suffering from dementia. Mrs Osterloh’s illness presents Amir with an opportunity to toy with self-made realities. An encounter between two people on the edge who cling to each other for a moment, before losing themselves once more.
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Festivals: Premiere at 61. BERLINALE (2011) // International Student Film Festival “Sehsüchte” Potsdam, Germany 2011 // Forum of European Cinema Cinergia Lodz, Poland 2011// MOLODIST Kyiv international Film Festival, Ukraine 2011 // Open-Air Film Festival Weiterstadt, Germany 2011// Unlimited – European Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany 2011 // FILMZ Mainz – Festival des Deutschen Kinos Mainz, Germany 2011 // International Film Festival Signes de nuit Paris, France 2011 // International Student Film Festival Munich, Germany 2011 // International Film Festival Alpinale Nenzing, Austria 2011 // International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands 2012 // Student Film Festival London, Great Britain 2012 // Ljubljana International Short Film Festival, Slowenia 2012 // Gulf Film Festival, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2012 // Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt 2012 // Festival Türkei/Deutschland Nürnberg, Germany 2012 // ENCOUNTERS International Film Festival Bristol, UK 2012 // SCENECS, The International Debut Film Festival, Netherlands 2012 // SKENA UP International Film Festival Prishtina, Kosovo 2012 // Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany 2013 // Cinématheque Française, Paris – „Cinema de poche“ 2013 // Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico 2014
Streaming: https://vimeo.com/664828360?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
Awards: Alpinale Nenzing Austria 2011: best student film, Student Film Festival London 2012: Best Acting award, 17. Festival Türkei / Deutschland 2012: Best shortfilm