A PRODUCTION BY FILMBETRIEB AND KUNSTHOCHSCHULE FÜR MEDIEN KÖLN

2024 | DCP | 1:1.85 | Dolby Digital 5.1. | 21 min

Synopsis | After an argument with his mother, 12-year-old Dan looks for love and intimacy with Anna. When his mother leaves for the night shift, Dan and Anna cross set boundaries.

National Premiere | International Short Film Festival Dresden
Television broadcast | ARTE 2024 & WDR 2025

Filmfestivals | Aesthetica Short Film Festival / Boston Short Film Festival / Hong Kong Arthouse Festival / Ghent Int. Short Film Festival / Lee Strasberg Film Festival / Pillusion Film Festival / Venice Film Week / International Festival Signs of the Night / Shortynale Filmfestival Klosterneuburg / Rome Independent Film Festival

Awards | Best Narrative Short at Verona International Film Festival / Special Mention at International Short Film Festival Landshut / Best Narrative Short at Pillusion Film Festival

Directed and written by LAURA ENGELHARDT

with

SABINE TIMOTEO

LILA REDLICH

JASPER BARTELS

DoP SABINE PANOSSIAN

Costume MARIE-LUISE WOLF

Production Management LISA DOMIN

Production Design RENATE MIHATSCH, ANDREAS ZUHR

Producers FLORIAN DEDEK, LAURA ENGELHARDT