Axel Ranisch

Director

Born in Berlin in 1983, filmmaker and author Axel Ranisch completed his directing studies at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. His debut film *Dicke Mädchen* (2011) was made without a traditional screenplay and won several awards, including the German Short Film Award in Gold. With subsequent works like *Ich fühl mich Disco* (2013) and the improvised television crime drama *Tatort: Babbeldasch* (2017), he established his unconventional style in German cinema and television. He has received multiple awards for his television work, including the prestigious Grimme Prize. In addition to his filmmaking, Ranisch also directs operas and works as a novelist.

Films on Sooner

Orphea in Love

2022

107 mins

Music, Dance, Theater, Drama

Winner of the Grimme Prize 2025: A young call center agent falls in love with a petty criminal street dancer. She is Orpheus, he is Eurydice.

Reuber

2013

70 mins

Kids & Family

Robby is supposed to look after his little sister. While he goes to the supermarket to buy sweets for her, she and her baby carriage are snatched.

Heavy Girls

2012

75 mins

Drama, Queer

With a budget of 517 euros, Axel Ranisch created his debut, a tragicomedy in a warm-hearted, improvisational style.

Alky Alky

2015

108 mins

Drama, Comedy

Mumblecore maestro Axel Ranisch creates a fabulous tragicomedy about the madness of alcoholism.

Love Me!

2014

83 mins

Independent, Love & Sex

A German Mumblecore movie, an ode to the city of Berlin, a romantic comedy, father-daughter drama, and a portrait of a woman all rolled into one.

Papa Gold

2011

77 mins

Independent, Comedy

Denny lives in in the city, boozes and dances through the night, and sleeps with one girl after another.