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Grimm’s Cuckoo
2012 | 15 min | Shorts
Joachim suffers from hallucinations. Suffers? Not really, because the “patrulls“, little paper men, entertain him fabulously; and his stay in the psychiatric clinic finally offers him peace and quiet, away from the turbulences of the outside world, that is until Alma enters his life, whose fairy-like appearance turns everything upside down.
The Sleeper
2018 | 17 min | Shorts
This documentary portrays the biographies of two women who slowly disappear behind the role of housewife until they snap and become aggressors. Two newspaper articles, ten years apart, two different women, the same wording. Up to the moment of the appearance in these newspapers, both women were invisible as individuals, concealed by their roles as wives and homemakers. It was only through acts of violence that, for a brief moment, did they claim visibility. THE SLEEPER revolves around the time ...
Rosa
2004 | 2 min | Shorts
Eduard is afraid of the color pink. Sabine likes Robert and the color pink. Will that work out? Malte Wirtz is a German filmmaker and theater director known for his experimental and independent work. With a background in theater studies and directing, Wirtz's works often combine socio-critical topics with unconventional aesthetic approaches. His style is characterized by a clear handwriting that combines minimalism and intense character studies. In addition to feature films, he has also made short ...
Rot
2004 | 3 min | Shorts
A woman who has a penchant for the color yellow loves a man who only has eyes for the color red. To win him over, she comes up with a few ideas to convince him of her merits. Will her love be reciprocated? Malte Wirtz is a German filmmaker and theater director known for his experimental and independent work. With a background in theater studies and directing, Wirtz often combines socio-critical topics with unconventional aesthetic approaches in his works. His style is characterized by a clear handwriting ...
Ready to Assemble
2017 | 20 min | Shorts
In the shop, their relationship meets bigger ordeals than they ever would have imagined. Is this really how a relationship works, or are they the subjects of a capitalist conspiracy?
Warten (Waiting)
1990 | 4 min | Shorts
The pastoral setting of WARTEN (Waiting) belies the main character's inner turmoil as she wonders if what or who she's waiting for will ever come. Freese succeeds at showing the woman's state of mind through minimal means. WARTEN was Freese's application film for Berlin's prestigious German Film and Television Academy (dffb), which accepted her. WARTEN (Waiting) by Maren-Kea Freese is a rediscovered gem of the 1980's Super 8 underground in West Berlin.
Hinter der Tür
2004 | 16 min | Shorts
Based on a true story, it tells the story of a Turkish woman living illegally in Germany who becomes the target of a police detective who goes after illegal aliens in Berlin. Alexander Kamensky's Chief Inspector of the Police Directorate 4 in Berlin-Kreuzberg. His job: foreigners. For fifteen years he has been scanning the neighborhood to find illegal aliens. If a suspect can't produce a residency permit, Kamensky starts deportation proceedings. Last year alone, he donated free flights to over over ...
Robin
2008 | 21 min | Shorts
The film was shot on the "Kölnberg" high-rise complex in Cologne-Meschenich, which is considered a social hotspot. Hanno Olderdissens's graduation film from the International Film School Cologne was awarded more than ten prizes internationally. Robin is eight when his mother Sabine becomes pregnant again. Because Sabine is overwhelmed with child, new boyfriend and pregnancy, Robin has to go to a foster home. When he returns after three months, the situation has not improved at all. The mother's new ...
Treffpunkt Er + Sie
1984 | 8 min | Shorts
Maren-Kea Freese movie is a rediscovered gem of the Super 8 underground in 1980's West Berlin. The short film is a two-hander showing the absurdities of modern relationships. A man and woman alone in a room with just a boardgame between them. What's the next move?... TREFFPUNKT ER + SIE experiments with wordless acting, editing and ironic use of music to create an offbeat variation of romantic comedies.
Zoe
1992 | 15 min | Shorts
Zoe is an elevator girl at the TV tower on Alexanderplatz and lives in a cramped bathroom. Maren-Kea Freese shows the everyday life of a woman in a city in transition who is searching for herself. ZOE was made in 1992, not long after the reunification of Berlin. The film shows in poetic black and white and 16mm images East Berlin districts like Mitte before many buildings were modernized or have vanished. ZOE captures a moment in Berlin's history and paints a sensitive portrait of "Generation X" ...