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Page 1: agk-dvd-katalog-2020-web-1 · research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space. EUPHRAt Jelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary

This DVD is a preview compilation of selected short films accompanying the German Short Films 2020 catalogue. The purpose of this DVD is to supply additional visual information to the printed material and im prove the service provided to all those involved in the film industry, including film institutes, buyers, distributors, festival scouts and programme curators. More information on all the films contained on this DVD can be found in our catalogue. More short films from the 2020 catalogue and from previous editions are available for professionals through the Online Preview streaming service provided on our website. For further inquiries or preview copies of other short films from the catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

All rights reserved • Not for commercial use • Not for sale • Not for exhibition •This DVD is reserved for preview purposes only.

Additional service for industry professionals:

Online catalogue with extensive information on all films of our cataloguessince 2004 & online preview possibility for a large number of films on:ag-kurzfilm.de/en/katalog.html

Kurzfilm 2020

presented by

PUBLISHER

AG KurzfilmGerman Short Film AssociationFörstereistr. 3601099 Dresden • GermanyContact: Jutta Wille+49 351 [email protected]

German Films

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 1680331 Munich • GermanyContact: Martin Scheuring+49 89 [email protected]

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Cover: I Linh Nguyenlinh.nome.ioSUBdesign GmbHwww.subdesign.net

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REVoLVoFrancy Fabritz | Germany 2019 | 8’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Two women are kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician by elegantly stealing his car.What seems like a harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

nAcHt UEBER KEPLER 452B nIGHt UPon KEPLER 452BBen Voit | Germany 2019 | 14’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night,to bring out of the dark what could get lost in there.

UntItLED (A REFUSAL oF LEAVE to LAnD)Marian Mayland | Germany 2019 | 28’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

An essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from WWII, the arms industry in theRuhr area and the relations between individual and collective memory.

wHERE wE USED to SwImDaniel Asadi Faezi | Germany 2019 | 8’ | experimental documentary | Azerbaijani dialogue |English subtitles | German subtitles available

Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Today, 95% of the original lake is barren and covered by salt. This cinematic essay observes the places of present and past, and weaves a new narration with fragments of identity and memory.

wIR SPREcHEn HEUtE nocH DEUtScH wE StILL SPEAK GERmAn toDAyClara Winter, Miguel Ferráez | Germany 2019 | 17’ | experimental | German dialogue |English subtitles

Based on the integratation course “Living in Germany”, the film contrasts the transmitted values and jokes of the lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of Germany abroad.

DARK mAttERViktor Brim | Germany, Russia 2020 | 20’ | documentary | no dialogue

A thick veil of mist hangs over the tops of conifers. Dark earth is excavated and transported away. In DArk MATTEr, a visual friction surface is created by various pictorial elements joined together according to the situation, shaped by the forms of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

ASconAJulius Dommer | Germany 2019 | 15’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

ASCONA shows a place that seems to have fallen out of time, that has not changed sincethe 1950s but still exists. A miniature golf course becomes a social analysis analogy.

DER EnGEL DER GEScHIcHtE tHE AnGEL oF HIStoRyEric Esser | Germany 2019 | 11’ | experimental documentary | German dialogue |English subtitles | French, Spanish, Italian subtitles available

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film aboutyesterday and today and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.

DIE nAVIGAtoUR tHE nAVIGAtoURCarsten Knoop, Dorit Kiesewetter | Germany 2019 | 3’ | documentary fiction | German dialogue |English subtitles

Carl Friedrich Gauß is one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists ever. Without his research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space.

EUPHRAtJelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary | Arabic dialogue | German subtitles

Jabbar Abdullah flees Syria to Germany. He tells about his homeland, his origins and hisfamily. In Cologne he finds a new home.

Kurzfilm 2020

HAmmERtHAL DREI HAmmERtHAL tHREEOlaf Held | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Initially, carpenter Jan wanted to go to the property office, but then he gets into a drug deal, which is foiled by scrap dealer Axel. Private eye Erik and his client Ines are on the way to Randy, who does not want to pay for his son ...

FAcELIFtJan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Germany 2019 | 7’ | experimental fiction |English dialogue | German subtitles | French, Spanish subtitles available

The greatest influencer ever? Your own subconscious mind! A man talks about his everyday life while his head is developing a life of its own.

F FoR FREAKSSabine Ehrl | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

A world marked by temporal and spatial indefinition. If you pay the proper price, you will get anything here. Cheap back staff or slaves, surrogate babies and vital organs, everything is possible. The supposed dream of the eternal life is for sale along with human dignity.

GIVE UP tHE GHoStZain Duraie | Germany, Jordan, Sweden 2019 | 15’ | fiction | Arabic dialogue | English subtitles

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as she realises she has to make a choice.

nAcH zwEI StUnDEn wAREn zEHn mInUtEn VERGAnGEn AFtER two HoURS, tEn mInUtES HAD PASSEDSteffen Goldkamp | Germany 2019 | 20’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Time as punishment – of juvenile inmates and bodies that become heavy in prescribed spaces.

agk-DigiPak-kat20-6S-2.indd 1 07.01.20 15:43

Page 2: agk-dvd-katalog-2020-web-1 · research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space. EUPHRAt Jelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary

This DVD is a preview compilation of selected short films accompanying the German Short Films 2020 catalogue. The purpose of this DVD is to supply additional visual information to the printed material and im prove the service provided to all those involved in the film industry, including film institutes, buyers, distributors, festival scouts and programme curators. More information on all the films contained on this DVD can be found in our catalogue. More short films from the 2020 catalogue and from previous editions are available for professionals through the Online Preview streaming service provided on our website. For further inquiries or preview copies of other short films from the catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

All rights reserved • Not for commercial use • Not for sale • Not for exhibition •This DVD is reserved for preview purposes only.

Additional service for industry professionals:

Online catalogue with extensive information on all films of our cataloguessince 2004 & online preview possibility for a large number of films on:ag-kurzfilm.de/en/katalog.html

Kurzfilm 2020

presented by

PUBLISHER

AG KurzfilmGerman Short Film AssociationFörstereistr. 3601099 Dresden • GermanyContact: Jutta Wille+49 351 [email protected]

German Films

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 1680331 Munich • GermanyContact: Martin Scheuring+49 89 [email protected]

ARtwoRK

Cover: I Linh Nguyenlinh.nome.ioSUBdesign GmbHwww.subdesign.net

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REVoLVoFrancy Fabritz | Germany 2019 | 8’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Two women are kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician by elegantly stealing his car.What seems like a harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

nAcHt UEBER KEPLER 452B nIGHt UPon KEPLER 452BBen Voit | Germany 2019 | 14’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night,to bring out of the dark what could get lost in there.

UntItLED (A REFUSAL oF LEAVE to LAnD)Marian Mayland | Germany 2019 | 28’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

An essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from WWII, the arms industry in theRuhr area and the relations between individual and collective memory.

wHERE wE USED to SwImDaniel Asadi Faezi | Germany 2019 | 8’ | experimental documentary | Azerbaijani dialogue |English subtitles | German subtitles available

Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Today, 95% of the original lake is barren and covered by salt. This cinematic essay observes the places of present and past, and weaves a new narration with fragments of identity and memory.

wIR SPREcHEn HEUtE nocH DEUtScH wE StILL SPEAK GERmAn toDAyClara Winter, Miguel Ferráez | Germany 2019 | 17’ | experimental | German dialogue |English subtitles

Based on the integratation course “Living in Germany”, the film contrasts the transmitted values and jokes of the lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of Germany abroad.

DARK mAttERViktor Brim | Germany, Russia 2020 | 20’ | documentary | no dialogue

A thick veil of mist hangs over the tops of conifers. Dark earth is excavated and transported away. In DArk MATTEr, a visual friction surface is created by various pictorial elements joined together according to the situation, shaped by the forms of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

ASconAJulius Dommer | Germany 2019 | 15’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

ASCONA shows a place that seems to have fallen out of time, that has not changed sincethe 1950s but still exists. A miniature golf course becomes a social analysis analogy.

DER EnGEL DER GEScHIcHtE tHE AnGEL oF HIStoRyEric Esser | Germany 2019 | 11’ | experimental documentary | German dialogue |English subtitles | French, Spanish, Italian subtitles available

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film aboutyesterday and today and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.

DIE nAVIGAtoUR tHE nAVIGAtoURCarsten Knoop, Dorit Kiesewetter | Germany 2019 | 3’ | documentary fiction | German dialogue |English subtitles

Carl Friedrich Gauß is one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists ever. Without his research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space.

EUPHRAtJelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary | Arabic dialogue | German subtitles

Jabbar Abdullah flees Syria to Germany. He tells about his homeland, his origins and hisfamily. In Cologne he finds a new home.

Kurzfilm 2020

HAmmERtHAL DREI HAmmERtHAL tHREEOlaf Held | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Initially, carpenter Jan wanted to go to the property office, but then he gets into a drug deal, which is foiled by scrap dealer Axel. Private eye Erik and his client Ines are on the way to Randy, who does not want to pay for his son ...

FAcELIFtJan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Germany 2019 | 7’ | experimental fiction |English dialogue | German subtitles | French, Spanish subtitles available

The greatest influencer ever? Your own subconscious mind! A man talks about his everyday life while his head is developing a life of its own.

F FoR FREAKSSabine Ehrl | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

A world marked by temporal and spatial indefinition. If you pay the proper price, you will get anything here. Cheap back staff or slaves, surrogate babies and vital organs, everything is possible. The supposed dream of the eternal life is for sale along with human dignity.

GIVE UP tHE GHoStZain Duraie | Germany, Jordan, Sweden 2019 | 15’ | fiction | Arabic dialogue | English subtitles

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as she realises she has to make a choice.

nAcH zwEI StUnDEn wAREn zEHn mInUtEn VERGAnGEn AFtER two HoURS, tEn mInUtES HAD PASSEDSteffen Goldkamp | Germany 2019 | 20’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Time as punishment – of juvenile inmates and bodies that become heavy in prescribed spaces.

agk-DigiPak-kat20-6S-2.indd 107.01.20 15:43

This DVD is a preview compilation of selected short films accompanying the German Short Films 2020 catalogue. The purpose of this DVD is to supply additional visual information to the printed material and im prove the service provided to all those involved in the film industry, including film institutes, buyers, distributors, festival scouts and programme curators. More information on all the films contained on this DVD can be found in our catalogue. More short films from the 2020 catalogue and from previous editions are available for professionals through the Online Preview streaming service provided on our website. For further inquiries or preview copies of other short films from the catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

All rights reserved • Not for commercial use • Not for sale • Not for exhibition •This DVD is reserved for preview purposes only.

Additional service for industry professionals:

Online catalogue with extensive information on all films of our cataloguessince 2004 & online preview possibility for a large number of films on:ag-kurzfilm.de/en/katalog.html

Kurzfilm 2020

presented by

PUBLISHER

AG KurzfilmGerman Short Film AssociationFörstereistr. 3601099 Dresden • GermanyContact: Jutta Wille+49 351 [email protected]

German Films

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 1680331 Munich • GermanyContact: Martin Scheuring+49 89 [email protected]

ARtwoRK

Cover: I Linh Nguyenlinh.nome.ioSUBdesign GmbHwww.subdesign.net

DVD PRoDUctIon

Medienwerkstatt Dresdenwww.medienwerkstatt-dresden.deMK DiscPresswww.mkdiscpress.de

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REVoLVoFrancy Fabritz | Germany 2019 | 8’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Two women are kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician by elegantly stealing his car.What seems like a harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

nAcHt UEBER KEPLER 452B nIGHt UPon KEPLER 452BBen Voit | Germany 2019 | 14’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night,to bring out of the dark what could get lost in there.

UntItLED (A REFUSAL oF LEAVE to LAnD)Marian Mayland | Germany 2019 | 28’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

An essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from WWII, the arms industry in theRuhr area and the relations between individual and collective memory.

wHERE wE USED to SwImDaniel Asadi Faezi | Germany 2019 | 8’ | experimental documentary | Azerbaijani dialogue |English subtitles | German subtitles available

Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Today, 95% of the original lake is barren and covered by salt. This cinematic essay observes the places of present and past, and weaves a new narration with fragments of identity and memory.

wIR SPREcHEn HEUtE nocH DEUtScH wE StILL SPEAK GERmAn toDAyClara Winter, Miguel Ferráez | Germany 2019 | 17’ | experimental | German dialogue |English subtitles

Based on the integratation course “Living in Germany”, the film contrasts the transmitted values and jokes of the lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of Germany abroad.

DARK mAttERViktor Brim | Germany, Russia 2020 | 20’ | documentary | no dialogue

A thick veil of mist hangs over the tops of conifers. Dark earth is excavated and transported away. In DArk MATTEr, a visual friction surface is created by various pictorial elements joined together according to the situation, shaped by the forms of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

ASconAJulius Dommer | Germany 2019 | 15’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

ASCONA shows a place that seems to have fallen out of time, that has not changed sincethe 1950s but still exists. A miniature golf course becomes a social analysis analogy.

DER EnGEL DER GEScHIcHtE tHE AnGEL oF HIStoRyEric Esser | Germany 2019 | 11’ | experimental documentary | German dialogue |English subtitles | French, Spanish, Italian subtitles available

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film aboutyesterday and today and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.

DIE nAVIGAtoUR tHE nAVIGAtoURCarsten Knoop, Dorit Kiesewetter | Germany 2019 | 3’ | documentary fiction | German dialogue |English subtitles

Carl Friedrich Gauß is one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists ever. Without his research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space.

EUPHRAtJelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary | Arabic dialogue | German subtitles

Jabbar Abdullah flees Syria to Germany. He tells about his homeland, his origins and hisfamily. In Cologne he finds a new home.

Kurzfilm 2020

HAmmERtHAL DREI HAmmERtHAL tHREEOlaf Held | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Initially, carpenter Jan wanted to go to the property office, but then he gets into a drug deal, which is foiled by scrap dealer Axel. Private eye Erik and his client Ines are on the way to Randy, who does not want to pay for his son ...

FAcELIFtJan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Germany 2019 | 7’ | experimental fiction |English dialogue | German subtitles | French, Spanish subtitles available

The greatest influencer ever? Your own subconscious mind! A man talks about his everyday life while his head is developing a life of its own.

F FoR FREAKSSabine Ehrl | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

A world marked by temporal and spatial indefinition. If you pay the proper price, you will get anything here. Cheap back staff or slaves, surrogate babies and vital organs, everything is possible. The supposed dream of the eternal life is for sale along with human dignity.

GIVE UP tHE GHoStZain Duraie | Germany, Jordan, Sweden 2019 | 15’ | fiction | Arabic dialogue | English subtitles

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as she realises she has to make a choice.

nAcH zwEI StUnDEn wAREn zEHn mInUtEn VERGAnGEn AFtER two HoURS, tEn mInUtES HAD PASSEDSteffen Goldkamp | Germany 2019 | 20’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Time as punishment – of juvenile inmates and bodies that become heavy in prescribed spaces.

agk-DigiPak-kat20-6S-2.indd 107.01.20 15:43

Page 3: agk-dvd-katalog-2020-web-1 · research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space. EUPHRAt Jelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary

This DVD is a preview compilation of selected short films accompanying the German Short Films 2020 catalogue. The purpose of this DVD is to supply additional visual information to the printed material and im prove the service provided to all those involved in the film industry, including film institutes, buyers, distributors, festival scouts and programme curators. More information on all the films contained on this DVD can be found in our catalogue. More short films from the 2020 catalogue and from previous editions are available for professionals through the Online Preview streaming service provided on our website. For further inquiries or preview copies of other short films from the catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

All rights reserved • Not for commercial use • Not for sale • Not for exhibition •This DVD is reserved for preview purposes only.

Additional service for industry professionals:

Online catalogue with extensive information on all films of our cataloguessince 2004 & online preview possibility for a large number of films on:ag-kurzfilm.de/en/katalog.html

Kurzfilm 2020

presented by

PUBLISHER

AG KurzfilmGerman Short Film AssociationFörstereistr. 3601099 Dresden • GermanyContact: Jutta Wille+49 351 [email protected]

German Films

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 1680331 Munich • GermanyContact: Martin Scheuring+49 89 [email protected]

ARtwoRK

Cover: I Linh Nguyenlinh.nome.ioSUBdesign GmbHwww.subdesign.net

DVD PRoDUctIon

Medienwerkstatt Dresdenwww.medienwerkstatt-dresden.deMK DiscPresswww.mkdiscpress.de

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REVoLVoFrancy Fabritz | Germany 2019 | 8’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Two women are kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician by elegantly stealing his car.What seems like a harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

nAcHt UEBER KEPLER 452B nIGHt UPon KEPLER 452BBen Voit | Germany 2019 | 14’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night,to bring out of the dark what could get lost in there.

UntItLED (A REFUSAL oF LEAVE to LAnD)Marian Mayland | Germany 2019 | 28’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

An essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from WWII, the arms industry in theRuhr area and the relations between individual and collective memory.

wHERE wE USED to SwImDaniel Asadi Faezi | Germany 2019 | 8’ | experimental documentary | Azerbaijani dialogue |English subtitles | German subtitles available

Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Today, 95% of the original lake is barren and covered by salt. This cinematic essay observes the places of present and past, and weaves a new narration with fragments of identity and memory.

wIR SPREcHEn HEUtE nocH DEUtScH wE StILL SPEAK GERmAn toDAyClara Winter, Miguel Ferráez | Germany 2019 | 17’ | experimental | German dialogue |English subtitles

Based on the integratation course “Living in Germany”, the film contrasts the transmitted values and jokes of the lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of Germany abroad.

DARK mAttERViktor Brim | Germany, Russia 2020 | 20’ | documentary | no dialogue

A thick veil of mist hangs over the tops of conifers. Dark earth is excavated and transported away. In DArk MATTEr, a visual friction surface is created by various pictorial elements joined together according to the situation, shaped by the forms of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

ASconAJulius Dommer | Germany 2019 | 15’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

ASCONA shows a place that seems to have fallen out of time, that has not changed sincethe 1950s but still exists. A miniature golf course becomes a social analysis analogy.

DER EnGEL DER GEScHIcHtE tHE AnGEL oF HIStoRyEric Esser | Germany 2019 | 11’ | experimental documentary | German dialogue |English subtitles | French, Spanish, Italian subtitles available

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film aboutyesterday and today and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.

DIE nAVIGAtoUR tHE nAVIGAtoURCarsten Knoop, Dorit Kiesewetter | Germany 2019 | 3’ | documentary fiction | German dialogue |English subtitles

Carl Friedrich Gauß is one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists ever. Without his research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space.

EUPHRAtJelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary | Arabic dialogue | German subtitles

Jabbar Abdullah flees Syria to Germany. He tells about his homeland, his origins and hisfamily. In Cologne he finds a new home.

Kurzfilm 2020

HAmmERtHAL DREI HAmmERtHAL tHREEOlaf Held | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Initially, carpenter Jan wanted to go to the property office, but then he gets into a drug deal, which is foiled by scrap dealer Axel. Private eye Erik and his client Ines are on the way to Randy, who does not want to pay for his son ...

FAcELIFtJan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Germany 2019 | 7’ | experimental fiction |English dialogue | German subtitles | French, Spanish subtitles available

The greatest influencer ever? Your own subconscious mind! A man talks about his everyday life while his head is developing a life of its own.

F FoR FREAKSSabine Ehrl | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

A world marked by temporal and spatial indefinition. If you pay the proper price, you will get anything here. Cheap back staff or slaves, surrogate babies and vital organs, everything is possible. The supposed dream of the eternal life is for sale along with human dignity.

GIVE UP tHE GHoStZain Duraie | Germany, Jordan, Sweden 2019 | 15’ | fiction | Arabic dialogue | English subtitles

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as she realises she has to make a choice.

nAcH zwEI StUnDEn wAREn zEHn mInUtEn VERGAnGEn AFtER two HoURS, tEn mInUtES HAD PASSEDSteffen Goldkamp | Germany 2019 | 20’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Time as punishment – of juvenile inmates and bodies that become heavy in prescribed spaces.

agk-DigiPak-kat20-6S-2.indd 107.01.20 15:43

Page 4: agk-dvd-katalog-2020-web-1 · research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space. EUPHRAt Jelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary

This DVD is a preview compilation of selected short films accompanying the German Short Films 2020 catalogue. The purpose of this DVD is to supply additional visual information to the printed material and im prove the service provided to all those involved in the film industry, including film institutes, buyers, distributors, festival scouts and programme curators. More information on all the films contained on this DVD can be found in our catalogue. More short films from the 2020 catalogue and from previous editions are available for professionals through the Online Preview streaming service provided on our website. For further inquiries or preview copies of other short films from the catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

All rights reserved • Not for commercial use • Not for sale • Not for exhibition •This DVD is reserved for preview purposes only.

Additional service for industry professionals:

Online catalogue with extensive information on all films of our cataloguessince 2004 & online preview possibility for a large number of films on:ag-kurzfilm.de/en/katalog.html

Kurzfilm 2020

presented by

PUBLISHER

AG KurzfilmGerman Short Film AssociationFörstereistr. 3601099 Dresden • GermanyContact: Jutta Wille+49 351 [email protected]

German Films

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 1680331 Munich • GermanyContact: Martin Scheuring+49 89 [email protected]

ARtwoRK

Cover: I Linh Nguyenlinh.nome.ioSUBdesign GmbHwww.subdesign.net

DVD PRoDUctIon

Medienwerkstatt Dresdenwww.medienwerkstatt-dresden.deMK DiscPresswww.mkdiscpress.de

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REVoLVoFrancy Fabritz | Germany 2019 | 8’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Two women are kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician by elegantly stealing his car.What seems like a harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

nAcHt UEBER KEPLER 452B nIGHt UPon KEPLER 452BBen Voit | Germany 2019 | 14’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night,to bring out of the dark what could get lost in there.

UntItLED (A REFUSAL oF LEAVE to LAnD)Marian Mayland | Germany 2019 | 28’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

An essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from WWII, the arms industry in theRuhr area and the relations between individual and collective memory.

wHERE wE USED to SwImDaniel Asadi Faezi | Germany 2019 | 8’ | experimental documentary | Azerbaijani dialogue |English subtitles | German subtitles available

Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Today, 95% of the original lake is barren and covered by salt. This cinematic essay observes the places of present and past, and weaves a new narration with fragments of identity and memory.

wIR SPREcHEn HEUtE nocH DEUtScH wE StILL SPEAK GERmAn toDAyClara Winter, Miguel Ferráez | Germany 2019 | 17’ | experimental | German dialogue |English subtitles

Based on the integratation course “Living in Germany”, the film contrasts the transmitted values and jokes of the lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of Germany abroad.

DARK mAttERViktor Brim | Germany, Russia 2020 | 20’ | documentary | no dialogue

A thick veil of mist hangs over the tops of conifers. Dark earth is excavated and transported away. In DArk MATTEr, a visual friction surface is created by various pictorial elements joined together according to the situation, shaped by the forms of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

ASconAJulius Dommer | Germany 2019 | 15’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

ASCONA shows a place that seems to have fallen out of time, that has not changed sincethe 1950s but still exists. A miniature golf course becomes a social analysis analogy.

DER EnGEL DER GEScHIcHtE tHE AnGEL oF HIStoRyEric Esser | Germany 2019 | 11’ | experimental documentary | German dialogue |English subtitles | French, Spanish, Italian subtitles available

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film aboutyesterday and today and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.

DIE nAVIGAtoUR tHE nAVIGAtoURCarsten Knoop, Dorit Kiesewetter | Germany 2019 | 3’ | documentary fiction | German dialogue |English subtitles

Carl Friedrich Gauß is one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists ever. Without his research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space.

EUPHRAtJelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary | Arabic dialogue | German subtitles

Jabbar Abdullah flees Syria to Germany. He tells about his homeland, his origins and hisfamily. In Cologne he finds a new home.

Kurzfilm 2020

HAmmERtHAL DREI HAmmERtHAL tHREEOlaf Held | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Initially, carpenter Jan wanted to go to the property office, but then he gets into a drug deal, which is foiled by scrap dealer Axel. Private eye Erik and his client Ines are on the way to Randy, who does not want to pay for his son ...

FAcELIFtJan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Germany 2019 | 7’ | experimental fiction |English dialogue | German subtitles | French, Spanish subtitles available

The greatest influencer ever? Your own subconscious mind! A man talks about his everyday life while his head is developing a life of its own.

F FoR FREAKSSabine Ehrl | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

A world marked by temporal and spatial indefinition. If you pay the proper price, you will get anything here. Cheap back staff or slaves, surrogate babies and vital organs, everything is possible. The supposed dream of the eternal life is for sale along with human dignity.

GIVE UP tHE GHoStZain Duraie | Germany, Jordan, Sweden 2019 | 15’ | fiction | Arabic dialogue | English subtitles

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as she realises she has to make a choice.

nAcH zwEI StUnDEn wAREn zEHn mInUtEn VERGAnGEn AFtER two HoURS, tEn mInUtES HAD PASSEDSteffen Goldkamp | Germany 2019 | 20’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Time as punishment – of juvenile inmates and bodies that become heavy in prescribed spaces.

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This DVD is a preview compilation of selected short films accompanying the German Short Films 2020 catalogue. The purpose of this DVD is to supply additional visual information to the printed material and im prove the service provided to all those involved in the film industry, including film institutes, buyers, distributors, festival scouts and programme curators. More information on all the films contained on this DVD can be found in our catalogue. More short films from the 2020 catalogue and from previous editions are available for professionals through the Online Preview streaming service provided on our website. For further inquiries or preview copies of other short films from the catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

All rights reserved • Not for commercial use • Not for sale • Not for exhibition •This DVD is reserved for preview purposes only.

Additional service for industry professionals:

Online catalogue with extensive information on all films of our cataloguessince 2004 & online preview possibility for a large number of films on:ag-kurzfilm.de/en/katalog.html

Kurzfilm 2020

presented by

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German Films

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 1680331 Munich • GermanyContact: Martin Scheuring+49 89 [email protected]

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REVoLVoFrancy Fabritz | Germany 2019 | 8’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Two women are kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician by elegantly stealing his car.What seems like a harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

nAcHt UEBER KEPLER 452B nIGHt UPon KEPLER 452BBen Voit | Germany 2019 | 14’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night,to bring out of the dark what could get lost in there.

UntItLED (A REFUSAL oF LEAVE to LAnD)Marian Mayland | Germany 2019 | 28’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

An essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from WWII, the arms industry in theRuhr area and the relations between individual and collective memory.

wHERE wE USED to SwImDaniel Asadi Faezi | Germany 2019 | 8’ | experimental documentary | Azerbaijani dialogue |English subtitles | German subtitles available

Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Today, 95% of the original lake is barren and covered by salt. This cinematic essay observes the places of present and past, and weaves a new narration with fragments of identity and memory.

wIR SPREcHEn HEUtE nocH DEUtScH wE StILL SPEAK GERmAn toDAyClara Winter, Miguel Ferráez | Germany 2019 | 17’ | experimental | German dialogue |English subtitles

Based on the integratation course “Living in Germany”, the film contrasts the transmitted values and jokes of the lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of Germany abroad.

DARK mAttERViktor Brim | Germany, Russia 2020 | 20’ | documentary | no dialogue

A thick veil of mist hangs over the tops of conifers. Dark earth is excavated and transported away. In DArk MATTEr, a visual friction surface is created by various pictorial elements joined together according to the situation, shaped by the forms of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

ASconAJulius Dommer | Germany 2019 | 15’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

ASCONA shows a place that seems to have fallen out of time, that has not changed sincethe 1950s but still exists. A miniature golf course becomes a social analysis analogy.

DER EnGEL DER GEScHIcHtE tHE AnGEL oF HIStoRyEric Esser | Germany 2019 | 11’ | experimental documentary | German dialogue |English subtitles | French, Spanish, Italian subtitles available

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film aboutyesterday and today and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.

DIE nAVIGAtoUR tHE nAVIGAtoURCarsten Knoop, Dorit Kiesewetter | Germany 2019 | 3’ | documentary fiction | German dialogue |English subtitles

Carl Friedrich Gauß is one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists ever. Without his research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space.

EUPHRAtJelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary | Arabic dialogue | German subtitles

Jabbar Abdullah flees Syria to Germany. He tells about his homeland, his origins and hisfamily. In Cologne he finds a new home.

Kurzfilm 2020

HAmmERtHAL DREI HAmmERtHAL tHREEOlaf Held | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Initially, carpenter Jan wanted to go to the property office, but then he gets into a drug deal, which is foiled by scrap dealer Axel. Private eye Erik and his client Ines are on the way to Randy, who does not want to pay for his son ...

FAcELIFtJan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Germany 2019 | 7’ | experimental fiction |English dialogue | German subtitles | French, Spanish subtitles available

The greatest influencer ever? Your own subconscious mind! A man talks about his everyday life while his head is developing a life of its own.

F FoR FREAKSSabine Ehrl | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

A world marked by temporal and spatial indefinition. If you pay the proper price, you will get anything here. Cheap back staff or slaves, surrogate babies and vital organs, everything is possible. The supposed dream of the eternal life is for sale along with human dignity.

GIVE UP tHE GHoStZain Duraie | Germany, Jordan, Sweden 2019 | 15’ | fiction | Arabic dialogue | English subtitles

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as she realises she has to make a choice.

nAcH zwEI StUnDEn wAREn zEHn mInUtEn VERGAnGEn AFtER two HoURS, tEn mInUtES HAD PASSEDSteffen Goldkamp | Germany 2019 | 20’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Time as punishment – of juvenile inmates and bodies that become heavy in prescribed spaces.

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This DVD is a preview compilation of selected short films accompanying the German Short Films 2020 catalogue. The purpose of this DVD is to supply additional visual information to the printed material and im prove the service provided to all those involved in the film industry, including film institutes, buyers, distributors, festival scouts and programme curators. More information on all the films contained on this DVD can be found in our catalogue. More short films from the 2020 catalogue and from previous editions are available for professionals through the Online Preview streaming service provided on our website. For further inquiries or preview copies of other short films from the catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

All rights reserved • Not for commercial use • Not for sale • Not for exhibition •This DVD is reserved for preview purposes only.

Additional service for industry professionals:

Online catalogue with extensive information on all films of our cataloguessince 2004 & online preview possibility for a large number of films on:ag-kurzfilm.de/en/katalog.html

Kurzfilm 2020

presented by

PUBLISHER

AG KurzfilmGerman Short Film AssociationFörstereistr. 3601099 Dresden • GermanyContact: Jutta Wille+49 351 [email protected]

German Films

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 1680331 Munich • GermanyContact: Martin Scheuring+49 89 [email protected]

ARtwoRK

Cover: I Linh Nguyenlinh.nome.ioSUBdesign GmbHwww.subdesign.net

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Medienwerkstatt Dresdenwww.medienwerkstatt-dresden.deMK DiscPresswww.mkdiscpress.de

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REVoLVoFrancy Fabritz | Germany 2019 | 8’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Two women are kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician by elegantly stealing his car.What seems like a harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

nAcHt UEBER KEPLER 452B nIGHt UPon KEPLER 452BBen Voit | Germany 2019 | 14’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

Cold times, people are looking for a place to sleep. A car rambles through the night,to bring out of the dark what could get lost in there.

UntItLED (A REFUSAL oF LEAVE to LAnD)Marian Mayland | Germany 2019 | 28’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

An essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from WWII, the arms industry in theRuhr area and the relations between individual and collective memory.

wHERE wE USED to SwImDaniel Asadi Faezi | Germany 2019 | 8’ | experimental documentary | Azerbaijani dialogue |English subtitles | German subtitles available

Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Today, 95% of the original lake is barren and covered by salt. This cinematic essay observes the places of present and past, and weaves a new narration with fragments of identity and memory.

wIR SPREcHEn HEUtE nocH DEUtScH wE StILL SPEAK GERmAn toDAyClara Winter, Miguel Ferráez | Germany 2019 | 17’ | experimental | German dialogue |English subtitles

Based on the integratation course “Living in Germany”, the film contrasts the transmitted values and jokes of the lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of Germany abroad.

DARK mAttERViktor Brim | Germany, Russia 2020 | 20’ | documentary | no dialogue

A thick veil of mist hangs over the tops of conifers. Dark earth is excavated and transported away. In DArk MATTEr, a visual friction surface is created by various pictorial elements joined together according to the situation, shaped by the forms of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

ASconAJulius Dommer | Germany 2019 | 15’ | documentary | German dialogue | English subtitles

ASCONA shows a place that seems to have fallen out of time, that has not changed sincethe 1950s but still exists. A miniature golf course becomes a social analysis analogy.

DER EnGEL DER GEScHIcHtE tHE AnGEL oF HIStoRyEric Esser | Germany 2019 | 11’ | experimental documentary | German dialogue |English subtitles | French, Spanish, Italian subtitles available

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film aboutyesterday and today and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.

DIE nAVIGAtoUR tHE nAVIGAtoURCarsten Knoop, Dorit Kiesewetter | Germany 2019 | 3’ | documentary fiction | German dialogue |English subtitles

Carl Friedrich Gauß is one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists ever. Without his research, modern navigation would be impossible and we would be lost in time and space.

EUPHRAtJelena Ilic | Germany 2019 | 4’ | experimental documentary | Arabic dialogue | German subtitles

Jabbar Abdullah flees Syria to Germany. He tells about his homeland, his origins and hisfamily. In Cologne he finds a new home.

Kurzfilm 2020

HAmmERtHAL DREI HAmmERtHAL tHREEOlaf Held | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Initially, carpenter Jan wanted to go to the property office, but then he gets into a drug deal, which is foiled by scrap dealer Axel. Private eye Erik and his client Ines are on the way to Randy, who does not want to pay for his son ...

FAcELIFtJan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg | Germany 2019 | 7’ | experimental fiction |English dialogue | German subtitles | French, Spanish subtitles available

The greatest influencer ever? Your own subconscious mind! A man talks about his everyday life while his head is developing a life of its own.

F FoR FREAKSSabine Ehrl | Germany 2019 | 30’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

A world marked by temporal and spatial indefinition. If you pay the proper price, you will get anything here. Cheap back staff or slaves, surrogate babies and vital organs, everything is possible. The supposed dream of the eternal life is for sale along with human dignity.

GIVE UP tHE GHoStZain Duraie | Germany, Jordan, Sweden 2019 | 15’ | fiction | Arabic dialogue | English subtitles

Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as she realises she has to make a choice.

nAcH zwEI StUnDEn wAREn zEHn mInUtEn VERGAnGEn AFtER two HoURS, tEn mInUtES HAD PASSEDSteffen Goldkamp | Germany 2019 | 20’ | fiction | German dialogue | English subtitles

Time as punishment – of juvenile inmates and bodies that become heavy in prescribed spaces.

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