starring Ruby Commey as Germania
Director Specter Berlin
DOP Armin Franzen
2nd DOP Adrian Langenbach
Production MMAATTCCHH & DRKSND
Score Hell Yes
VFX Storz & Escherich
Color Jan Schöningh
Production Design Merlin Ortner
Costume Design Dorota Budna
Styling Diana Nagler
Director Mackenzie Sheppard
Agency droga5
Production Bonaparte
Co-Production Prod.Co
Edit David Gesslbauer & Andras Guti
Post Production The Mill
Director Sinan Sevinç
DOP Christopher Behrmann
Production Filmakademie BW
Edit David Gesslbauer
Music Alexander Wolf David & Stefan Benz
Sound Berg&Dahl Audio
Color Marina Starke
VFX Katalyst, 27km, Spellwork, Dried Mango
Awards
SPECIAL JURY AWARD - Young Directors Award 2023
3x GOLD - Young Directors Award 2023
Director Mackenzie Sheppard
Shot on iPhone
Director Salomon Ligthelm
Production Truffle
DOP Christopher Collette
Edit David Gesslbauer
Color Julien Alary
VFX Untold
Director Specter Berlin
DOP Khalid Mohtaseb
Production Dissidence
Edit David Gesslbauer
Sound Capitaine Plouf
VFX Machine Molle
Color Arthur Paux
“24 February 2022, Russia has started the war in Ukraine and my life flipped upside down. More heartbreaking images were coming from every corner of the Internet and snowballed into an avalanche of paralysing pain.
During the following weeks my wife Julija and I tried to do everything to help: sending donations, protesting, emotionally supporting our Ukrainian friends. No matter how much we helped, it did not feel enough.
Shortly our Ukrainian friends started fleeing to Europe. Every loud noise reminded them of bombing, every hard flash of light brought back the heavy war memories. The PTSD subject felt so important to bring attention to. I wanted to cast real refugees with their own stories to tell of how they fled the war.
Despite all the pain, we pray for a bright future. The film's ending is all about hope and unity. The refugee crisis is global and the only way to help people is to unite and stay together in dark and bright moments.
I want to say thank you to everyone who participated and helped to make our film possible. Never in my life have I seen such a unity from people across the globe.” - Andzej Gavriss
Director Andzej Gavriss
Written by Andzej Gavriss, Konstantin Koval, Rick Dodds
Creative Director Rick Dodds
Production Stink
Producer Blake Powell, Thomas Bartl
Production Design Julija Fricsone Gavriss
DOP Albert Salas
Edit David Gesslbauer
Music Mavka
Sound Julian Holzapfel
Color Lewis Crossfield
»LGBTQI+ people in Russia are faced with contempt, harassment, violence and threats to life from the society, including even close relatives, on a daily basis.
People are forced to stay “in the closet” and keep relationships with their loved ones a secret — in order just to stay alive«
AWARDS
GOLD - Direction, Editing - Golden Drum Awards 2021
GOLD - Editing - Big Picture Awards 2021
SILVER - Public Awareness - Kinsale Shark Awards 2021
Shortlist - Best International - UKMVA 2021
Shortlist - Camerimage 2021
Official Selection - Aesthetica Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - St. Louis International Filmfestival 2021
Official Selection - Hollyshorts Filmfestival 2021
VIMEO Staff Pick
Director Andzej Gavriss
DOP Andrey Nikolaev
Editor David Gesslbauer
Production Daddys Film, Spot Film
Agency Voskhod
Production Design Julija Fricsone Gavriss
Music Sansara
Sound Raja Seghal, Markus Ffitch
Color Matt Osborne
Based on a true story. Huwe Burton was wrongfully convicted of killing his own mother at the age of sixteen. With the help of the INNOCENCE PROJECT he was exornerated - after spending 19 years innocently in prison.
with Ben Andrews Rumler
Director Sinan Sevinç
DOP Christopher Behrmann
Production Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg,
The Sweetspot, Kojotenfilm
Executive Producer Felix Antretter,
Michael Hessenbruch & Stefanie Gödicke
Edit David Gesslbauer
Music Alexander Wolf David
Sound Berg&Dahl
Color Mike Bothe
VFX Supercontinent, Sehsucht Hamburg
“Why watch a video of Gordon Ramsay cooking when you can learn directly from the man himself? That's the journey this young woman takes as she is whisked between Ramsay's pasta-pulling class, a city cruise with Alicia Keys and tennis taught by none other than Serena Williams! She has no need to be intimidated by crossing paths with Anna Wintour in the elevator, or by the plethora of performing arts personages in her audience, as long as she follows Dame Helen Mirren's advice to "own who you are." MasterClass then puts the ball in your court, prompting learners everywhere to express themselves and pursue their passions with its catalogue of online courses”
with Gordon Ramsay, Lewis Hamilton, Alicia Keys, Anna Wintour, Helen Mirren, Simone Biles, Ru Paul, Ringo Starr, Ron Howard, Issa Rae, Martin Scorsese & Serena Williams
Director Hauke Hilberg
Production Logan & Sons
Agency Anomaly
DOP James Blann
Editor David Gesslbauer
“‘Dark Red’ tells the story of a 12-year old boy tragically becoming a vampire, despite his good heart, only to realise that the true reason for his transformation is his powerlessness.“
Director Eugen Merher
DOP Mortimer Hochberg
Production Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Producer Philipp Chrobot, Gerrit Klein
Music Alexander Wolf David
Sound Robin Harff
Color Marina Starke
VFX Acht
Awards
GOLD “Filmschool” - Young Directors Award 2019
GOLD “Charity Ad” - Young Directors Award 2019
GOLD “Filmschool” - Andy Awards 2019
GOLD “Jury Award” - spotlight 2019
WINNER & SHORTLIST “New Director - New Cinematographer - New Editor - New Composer” - D&AD Awards 2019
SILVER “Personal Work” - onepointfour, 2021
SILVER “Junior” - ADC Deutschland 2019
SILVER “Audience Award” - spotlight 2019
STAFF PICK - vimeo 2019
A one-hit wonder Ivan Dorn in the deep state of a creative crisis is signed to a rehab program at the highly protected, isolated Sanatorium that promises a lifetime warranty for endless inspiration. A bourgeois setting with welcoming stuff slowly creeps into a violent cult that tortures artists in the name of inspiration, where Ivans greatest hit becomes his darkest nightmare.
with Ivan Dorn
Director Andzej Gavriss
Screenplay Andzej Gavriss & Elnara Ialaltdinova & Bulat Karipov
DOP Jacob Møller
Producer Anna Bokina
Production 2332 Films
Editor David Gesslbauer
Production Design Julija Fricsone Gavriss
Sound Julian Holzapfel
Music Raphaël Dargent
Color Matt Osborn
“Forget all about UK’s football history, all that matters is now”
aired during Football World Cup 2018
Director Hauke Hilberg
DOP Nick Morris
Production Agile Films
Music Leftfield / DE FALCON
Sound LOFT Berlin
Color MPC London
Director Hauke Hilberg
DOP Nick Morris
Production CZAR.DE
Agency Grey
Music Supreme Music
Color Marina Starke
Director Specter Berlin
DOP Armin Franzen
Production DRKSND
Edit David Gesslbauer
VFX/Animation Hedi Xandt, Florid Imeraj, NEW FORMAT, Atlas VFX, FORMLOS, CBBB
Color Jan Schöningh
[ UNUM ] (lat."one") discovers the singularity of life. Beginning with a carnal prologue between man and woman, the figurative journey continues with a lone huntsman at a cave. Accompanied by his loyal dog the huntsman delivers delicate honey to a shady merchant - as a single drop of the sweet nectar releases the furies of fate.
with Boris Noir, Milo Moiré etc
Director David Gesslbauer & Michi Lange
Production Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg
Producer Michaela Edl & Veith Unger
DOP David Iskender Dincer
Production Design Marta Magdalena Jeszke
Sound Lena Beck & Robin Harff
Music Tobias Lilja & Paul Brenning
Editor David Gesslbauer
VFX Michi Lange
Color Marina Starke
Awards
GOLD Video Art - Young Directors Award 2019
BEST Direction International - Kinsale Shark Awards 2018
BEST Foreign Film - Experimental - New York Indie Film Fest 2018
BEST Cinematography - Experimental - New York Indie Film Fest 2018
BEST Production Design - Experimental - New York Indie Film Fest 2018
Dj, Designer, Creative Director - the life of Inan Batman is a fast one. Berlin, Paris, Istanbul - there and back again.
with Inan Batman
Director Sinan Sevinç & Dominik Ströhle
DOP Wesley Salamone
Editor David Gesslbauer
Production Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Music Alexander Wolf David
Sound Marco Dahl
Color Manuel Portschy
