Sehnsucht nach dem ganz Anderen
1981 | 13 min | Shorts
A young woman roams through the night. On a train, she rummages through other people's luggage, seeking closeness to them in an unusual way.
Pia Frankenberg
ActorDirectorPia Frankenberg is a German director known for her innovative and experimental approach to filmmaking. She has directed several short films and has received critical acclaim for her work. Some of her notable films include "The Reunion" and "Between the Colors." As for awards, Frankenberg's work has been recognized at various film festivals for its artistic merit and unique storytelling.
Films
Ain't Nothin' Without You
1985 | 88 min | Comedy
The German realities of the 80s, spontaneously captured with sarcastic wit and occasionally parodied to the point of absurdity.
Burning Beds
1988 | 83 min | Comedy
Hamburg's housing shortage forces car inspector Gina and British pyromaniac Harry to move into the same apartment.
Never Sleep Again
1992 | 92 min | Drama
After a wedding party, three friends from Hamburg are stranded Berlin. A fast-paced odyssey through the urban wasteland of this once divided city.
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Der Anschlag
1984 | 9 min | Shorts
A woman and a man clash in a bar in Hamburg, when she slaps him (almost) out of nowhere. The response is completely unexpected. It ignites a series of liberating slaps that spread through the city like wildfire. "Someone can't just smack me and declare it art." This statement by the then West German Minister of the interior was the starting point for Pia Frankenberg's second film.
Burning Beds
1988 | 83 min | Comedy
It is well known that a German man's love of cars comes before his interest in the opposite sex. Gina wages a two-front war against this state of affairs: as a vehicle inspector at the TÜV, she lovingly seizes her opportunities to take revenge on man and machine, while in her private life she devotes herself to the previously missed sexual revolution with unreserved exploratory fury. What Gina does is done with German thoroughness. Harry, a Brit, values self-control, discretion and restraint. Qualities ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ain't Nothin' Without You
1985 | 88 min | Comedy
Martha lives in Hamburg with her young son. She makes films. " She moves in with a Portuguese family "to be closer to the pulse of society". Teresa helps immigrants deal with administrative formalities. Meanwhile, Martha tries to find romance with Alfred, who doesn't really have a handle on things. In his late thirties, he is still studying architecture, and he won't let go of Martha either. The everyday lives of the three of them reflect the realities of West Germany, captured spontaneously and ...
Never Sleep Again
1992 | 92 min | Drama
An episodic story of encounters that three friends - Rita, Lilian and Roberta - experience as they travel to a wedding in Berlin by boat. Rita's unexpected encounter with a past lover forces the premature end to the festive trip. Marooned in the sands of the Brandenburg countryside, they embark on a wild odyssey, full of euphoric drifting and challenging situations. A blissful feeling of homelessness. The car's tires are stolen, hotels and guesthouses are full. There is no turning back "And what ...
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 ...
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" ...
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 ...
Only One Blink
2020 | 10 min | Shorts
Bastian meets Isabell by chance in an elevator and secretly writes his phone number on one of her cigarettes. But she accidentally smokes it and loses that chance to contact him. Isabelle goes to a radio station she knows Bastian likes and goes on the air to give an 'I'm searching for' call, but the very second she is live on the radio, which he is listening to, he gets a phone call and doesn't hear her. She waits for him but of course he won't appear, or is there a chance of a replay, a chance ...