Pete Ohs
DirectorPete Ohs is an American filmmaker whose work is regularly showcased at renowned festivals such as SXSW. His films *Jethica* (2022), *Youngstown* (2021), and *Olympic Dreams* (2019) all premiered there. His feature film *Everything Beautiful Is Far Away* (2017) won the award for Best Cinematography in a U.S. Fiction Film at the Los Angeles Film Festival. As early as 2013, he was recognized by Filmmaker Magazine as one of its "25 New Faces of Independent Film".
Films
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Young, Fragile
2020 | 25 min | Drama
Leonid (Jonathan Berlin) is still mourning an old relationship. His friends, the couple Max (Rafael Gareisen) and Toni (Svenja Jung) are supportive, but he longs for a different kind of closeness. On a date he meets Leyli (Larissa Sirah Herden), who is older and more self-confident and they end up spending the night together. Leonid begins to explore his own definition of masculinity ... A modern reflection on love, sexuality and role models.
The Massacre of Anroechte
2021 | 60 min | Comedy
Inspector Konka and his assistant Walter have to solve the mysterious case of a headless corpse, decapitated by a Hun rider, in the small town of Anröchte. At first, the mayor claims to know nothing about the murders. He does not want to endanger Anröchte's reputation as a haven for tourists. Despite several arrests, there are no clues to the Hun riders. Director Hannah Dörr transforms Wolfram Lotz's lovingly satirical original into a West German fever dream: "An anti-social romantic comedy that ...
Corporeal
2024 | 72 min | Horror
Carolina lives with her absent husband Hugo in an old, dilapidated mansion where it is quiet, the rooms are empty, and some doors are always locked. But one evening, everything goes wrong. When she comes home, there is a strange woman standing there with a gift: a sealed, mysterious box. As soon as she opens the box, the house comes alive... and something inside is watching her. Director Cristian Bidone stages a psychological thriller that explores the disintegration of an identity through dense ...
Therapie
2016 | 120 min | Thriller
Alia is fresh out of prison and has to undergo therapy and keep a video diary. But her therapist doesn't seem to have the best of intentions. Felix Charin, co-author for the series 4 Blocks, worked for six months in a youth detention center in Berlin to research his feature film debut THERAPIE. In this gripping psychothriller, the boundaries between normality and illness blur. Alia (Taneshia Abt) is released from prison after five years of juvenile detention. However, she must undergo a court-prescribed ...
Gender Crisis
2021 | 80 min | Comedy
Samson is blessed with magical hair that gives him inhuman strength and hypnotically attracts women and men. The cunning femme fatale De seizes his mane and thereby acquires seductive powers herself. However, De's happiness is also short-lived and her new powers arouse desire. Lilah, too, has her sights set on the magical mane. "Malte Wirtz gives the Old Testament fairy tale about faith, masculinity and mother complexes a new twist in his variant." (kino-zeit) "A successful film experiment that ...
Islands in the City
2021 | 23 min | Comedy
In the calm expanse of the Elbe, where the evening sun bathes the decommissioned cruise ships in a soft light, a story of longing and waiting begins. A young man, played by Marian Freistühler, finds himself on the banks of this mighty river, surrounded by strolling couples gazing into the sunset. His thoughts drift to an uncertain message that could determine his future destiny. The melancholy scenery becomes the setting for an inner drama as he imagines embarking on a journey himself – a journey ...
Quiet On Set
2016 | 12 min | Shorts
World War II circa 1940. Soldiers are scattered in the snow - some are freezing, bleeding, or dead. Suddenly, a cut, and we find ourselves on a Norwegian film set in 2016. Petter S. Holmsen's metafictional short film QUIET ON SET deals with a romantic encounter at the bottom of the film world ladder.
Good German Work
2020 | 14 min | Shorts
In Jannis Alexander Kiefer's short film, which is also being shown at interfilm, two craftsmen, Uli and Didi, In their workshop somewhere between rural idyll and village dreariness, are building a swastika and puzzling over the strange newcomers to the village. GOOD GERMAN WORK (orignal title: KOLLEGEN) by Jannis Alexander Kiefer was produced in 2020 and shows how everyday routines can give rise to moral conflicts. The film celebrated its festival debut at the Interfilm Festival Berlin, among others, ...
visitation
2015 | 53 min | Documentary
Berlin based film maker Henrike Meyer visits the house of her family after her grandmother past away. A survey of the proximity and distance between the author and her family. The old farmhouse lies in North Germany. Surrounded by fields and sheep. A place, that appears intimate and mysterious at the same time. Children are running through the house. A dinner service on the table. Grandmother Lulu has died. Her belongings are given out, the bed room is being painted. A barking dog. The nightingale ...
Lichter der Stadt
2020 | 102 min | Drama
The conversations with his chance encounters give deeper and deeper insights into Joscha's past and his chaotic life. When he's finally alone and takes the pill, his journey finally begins and he wonders if it was the right decision. The film was shot in a single take, with no cuts. The camera follows Joscha through a winter night on the banks of the Rhine in Cologne.