JUNGER FILM 1
#1 The Search | The Search
Superhero | Advertising | Action | Romance | West | ASMR | Children’s series, 2019, 14:43 min
recommended for ages 6 and older | English Q & A
Every film starts with an idea… Or not? In “The Search”, the two protagonists Dennis Lehner and Tobias Mundigl are looking for a suitable idea for their school film project, and immerse themselves in the experience of various film genres.
Regie | director | Dennis Lehner, Tobias Mundigl 17 years old, Regensburg diobesproductions@gmail.com |
Kamera | d.o.p | Jonathan Market |
Montage | editor | Dennis Lehner, Tobias Mundigl |
#2 Liebe im Schlamm | Love of Mud
Animation, 2018, 02:00 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
Love of mud is an animated shortfilm, set to serene piano music by johannes brahms. in bittersweet scenes we see a lovestruck young man thoughtlessly capturing and killing animals in order to impress his lady.
Regie | director | Petra Stipetic 26 years old, Kassel petra.stipetic@gmx.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Petra Stipetic |
Montage | editor | Petra Stipetic |
Web | www.fishyfilms-animation.de |
#3 Tanz mit der Angst | Dancing with Fear
Drama, 2020, 05:02 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
“Marie?” “Yes?” “Am I hiding too often?” A young woman comes home, frustrated that she didn’t speak her mind, again. When she discovers a bolder, more confident version of herself in her closet, the line between what she is and what she desires to be starts blurring.
Regie | director | Anna Leah Bolln 20 years old, Dieburg anna.bolln@alice.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Nadine Habash |
Montage | editor | Nadine Habash |
#4 VR oder ( trugbilder einer familie ) | VR or ( mirages of a family )
Experimental, Independent, Drama, Art House, 2019, 10:05 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
The interface between opposing realities is torn apart. Passions and fears of unbelievable strength connect and separate siblings. What remains: the search for love — an escape to another reality?
Regie | director | Jonas Erler | asymmtry collective 19 years old, Mittweida asymmtry@gmx.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Marian Röder |
Montage | editor | Marian Röder |
Web | www.instagram.com/asymmtry |
#5 ZMS – Frissy | ZMS – Frissy
Music video, 2019, 03:06 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
ZMS addresses sexism in the German rap community. While the lyrics consist of YouTube comments discrediting female rap artists, the music video sarcastically reproduces male rap stereotypes.
Regie | director | Elisabeth Peuckert, Franziska Weber 25 years old, Radolfzell lissy.peukert@icloud.com franzi2894@web.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Elisabeth Peukert, Franziska Weber |
Montage | editor | Elisabeth Peukert, Franziska Weber |
#6 In den Binsen | Rushes
Comedy, 2020, 06:04 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
After a long night of partying, Christoph accompanies his mother on a hunting trip. He is already at the end of his strength upon arrival, and half-drunk, he decides to spontaneously come out of the closet. During the most important sentence, his mother shoots a deer.
Regie | director | Clara Zoe My-Linh von Arnim 24 years old, Berlin clara.arnim@live.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Raban Jakob Friedrich |
Montage | editor | Simon Adegbenro |
Web | www.dffb.de/films/in-den-binsen/ |
#7 Tomorrow Maybe – a film about you and me | Tomorrow Maybe – a film about you and me
Short Fiction, 2019, 03:38 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
Temperatures constantly rising due to greenhouse gases, and evergrowing plastic islands in the sea. This is the status quo, that is how we live. “Tomorrow Maybe” is a short film questioning our habits and their influence.
Regie | director | Anna Fechtig 23 years old, Berlin hello@annafechtig.com |
Kamera | d.o.p | Anna Fechtig |
Montage | editor | Anna Fechtig |
Web | www.vimeo.com/annafechtig |
#8 My Finest Work Yet | My Finest Work Yet
Drama, 2019, 15:00 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
One statue, two friends, and a rainy working day. Two teenagers killing time together.
Regie | director | Pablo Koenig 17 years old, Tuttlingen pablo@koenigsreich.com |
Kamera | d.o.p | Philipp Merkel |
Montage | editor | Pablo Koenig, Philipp Merkel |
#9 Darauf Reimt Sich Tütiti | It Rhymes With Tütiti
Documentary, 2019, 05:33 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
The king of Augsburg is not a social dropout. Because in order to drop out, you have to get in first. He seeks for naturalness, revolutionises time, rearranges letters and crowns himself. A film about a man who doesn’t fit in, who never wanted to fit in.
Regie | director | Maximilian Glas 20 years old, Berlin mail@maximilianglas.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Maximilian Glas |
Montage | editor | Maximilian Glas |
Web | www.maximilianglas.de |
#10 DISSOZIATION | DISSOCIATION
Experimental, 2019, 03:14 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
“We should run. They told me to run and I ran. With the goal constantly in mind.”
Regie | director | Robert Emil Tappe 16 years old, Lage hi@tapperobert.com |
Kamera | d.o.p | Robert Emil Tappe |
Montage | editor | Robert Emil Tappe |
Web | www.tapperobert.com |
#11 Look Me in the Eyes | Look Me in the Eyes
Documentary, 2019, 07:46 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
“Look Me in the Eyes” is a documentary about the life of a young girl reflecting on her provocative behaviour on one night and the following hangover-induced day. She poses the question of how would it be possible to get out of the vicious circle of choosing the wrong men, and discovers the origin of the problem.
Regie | director | Celia Dahrendorf 19 years old, Hamburg celiad@gmx.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Rollo van Wijk |
Montage | editor | Celia Dahrendorf |
#12 Becky’s weightloss palace | Becky’s weightloss palace
Comedy | Satire, 2019, 07:59 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
Anorexia. What we see in the media are undernourished and breastless female skeletons who pull out their hair in tufts and suck one slice of cucumber after another. That doesn’t help anyone. Becky has another answer.
Regie | director | Bela Brillowska 14 years old, Hamburg belaelektra@gmx.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Bela Brillowska |
Montage | editor | Bela Brillowska |
#13 Gucke Her | Looky Here
Musicvideo, 2019, 04:01 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
Roy and Ali want to make a great Instagram Story. In order to do this, they first have to define their muscles.
Regie | director | Konrad Jackisch 26 years old, Leipzig jo@moinis.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Laila Uhl |
Montage | editor | Alexander Zenker |
Web | www.moinis.de |
#14 Moderne Liebe | Modern Love
Romance | Avant-Garde, 2020, 30:54 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
What happens to love when the human face is replaced by a screen? Ian experiences the consequences of this social fragmentation first-hand. He is rapidly sliding into alienation. The only ray of hope in his bleak existence is Sofia, a young woman that Ian has never met.
Regie | director | Leonard Geisler 24 years old, Berlin leonardgeisler1@gmail.com |
Kamera | d.o.p | Mirko Hans |
Montage | editor | Hoang Quynh Nguyen |
Web | www.vimeo.com/schattenspieltheater |
#15 Dein André | Yours, André
Drama, 2019, 01:46 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
André runs a podcast to help battered souls to find the way to themselves. But this path contains at least as many obstacles as our everyday life. This is not only for the young Nadine to realise…
Regie | director | Malte Pell 22 years old, Hamburg maltepell@yahoo.de |
Kamera | d.o.p | Malte Pell, Nico Rüter |
Montage | editor | Malte Pell, Nico Rüter |
Web | www.hermelinfilm.de |
#16 SHEELA | SHEELA
Essay film, 2019, 9:47 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
A group of hobbyists are puzzled by three mysterious stone figures with their vulvae unabashedly exposed. The reflection of a woman breaks free. A deity makes her way through the forest.
Regie | director | Alma W.Bär 26 years old, Dresden malerwabe@gmail.com |
Kamera | d.o.p | Joey Arand |
Montage | editor | Monika Kostrzewa |
Web | www.vimeo.com/meisenfilm |
#17 Captain Gaza | Captain Gaza
tragic-comedy, 2019, 12:55 min
recommended for ages 12 and older | English Q & A
The 16-year-old Yara is too German for her father and too foreign for the Nazis in the village. She is caught in the middle and therefore wants to become the superheroine Captain Gaza. In search of heroic deeds and opportunities to prove herself, she only finds bike thieves and knocked-over trash cans. But then her brother gets beaten up.
Regie | director | Mario Möller 25 years old, Lemgo moeller.mario@icloud.com |
Kamera | d.o.p | Max Ruploh |
Montage | editor | Mitja Hantke |