I Knew You Were My Kind
2023 | 18 min | Shorts
Two caregivers go to a client's empty beach house on the Italian coast. There, work and leisure become blurred.
Vanessa Gunesch
DirectorVanessa Gunesch is a talented actress known for her work in independent films such as "The Silent Revolution" and "The Innocents". She has received critical acclaim for her performances and has been nominated for several awards for her work in the film industry. Gunesch is known for her versatility and ability to portray a wide range of characters with depth and emotion.
Films
The Smoothness of Our Teeth
By Vanessa Gunesch, Oliver Adam Kusio
2021 | 28 min | Drama
A family visit and a broken tooth raises universal questions about identity, origins and life choices.
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The Smoothness of Our Teeth
2021 | 28 min | Drama
A young Romanian woman visits her uncle, who emigrated to the United States many years ago to build a new life as a baker. What begins as a happy reunion soon turns into a trial of strength, when a broken tooth that the uncle refuses to have treated raises questions about identity, origins and life choices. Editor Note Anna-Lena Engelhardt: THE SMOOTHNESS OF OUR TEETH is my Master of Arts graduation film at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. Poetry, subtlety and a kind of softness mixed ...
Ella
2014 | 15 min | Shorts
Ella is a Polish migrant worker who works in Germany to finance her daughter's studies in Poland. Due to illness, her job seems to be in jeopardy. When her daughter decides to come to Germany and faces the same fate as Ella, the mother decides to blackmail her boss for severance pay. The film ELLA deals with social tensions and dependencies that recur in many European migration biographies. The short film focuses on family responsibility, structural exploitation, and the tension between origin and ...
Europa Passage
2022 | 89 min | Documentary
EUROPA PASSAGE is a profound documentary film by Andrei Schwartz that follows the lives of a group of Romanian Roma over five years. These families commute between their home village of Namaiesti in Romania and Hamburg to earn a living by begging, as there are no job opportunities available to them at home. The film shows the constant challenges and difficulties they face, from discrimination and exclusion from urban emergency programs to the simple living conditions in their village. The story ...
Exit Right
2015 | 3 min | Shorts
Look away or intervene? When a man is victim of unfounded abuse in a packed bus, there is only one passenger who doesn't ignore the situation like everyone else. How do you best confront xenophobia? Is it right to stand up for the one abused or is it too great a risk of becoming a victim too? When a black man is abused by a stranger for no reason in a packed bus, there is only one passenger who doesn't ignore the situation like everyone else. He has the courage to step up and intervene. This doesn’t ...
Tomorrow I Leave
2024 | 75 min | Documentary
Torn between two worlds: Maria regularly leaves her home in Romania to work as a 24-hour caregiver in Austria. Her sons grow up in Ibănești while she cares for a woman in need of nursing care in Vienna. Every goodbye is difficult, every return is marked by joy, but also by the certainty that she will soon have to leave again. MÂINE MĂ DUC – TOMORROW I LEAVE by Lukas Schöffel and Maria Lisa Pichler is an intimate documentary about the reality of life for many Eastern European caregivers who balance ...
Disappearing
2022 | 98 min | Documentary
In the heart of Southern Carinthia, a story unfolds that is deeply rooted in a century-old decision. In 1920, like many in the Slovenian community of Carinthia, filmmaker Andrina Mracnikar's grandfather voted for Carinthia to remain within the Republic of Austria, an act of self-determination expected to herald a new era of coexistence for the Slovenian minority. However, the reality that unfolded was starkly different, marking the beginning of a century-long struggle against discrimination. Andrina ...
Breakthrough Stage
2023 | 80 min | Documentary
Lucy and Yulia are two talented and determined actresses with disabilities who have made it into the professional theater world despite numerous obstacles. Lucy and Yulia's determination, energy and courage radiate on stage and screen and have an impact on many levels of social perception. Their successful entry into professional German theater is a profound statement against the accepted norms of a world in which fashion, profit and sexism dictate the aesthetics of the female body. Lucy, who already ...
So bright the night
2019 | 14 min | Documentary
As night advances and the darkness overtakes the light, tranquility reigns. But when most peolpe are drifting off to sleep, others are awaken by the ringing of their alarm clocks. Night workers are on the job from sunset to sunrise. SO BRIGHT THE NIGHT is both a short documentary and a 5-minute piano piece. "A beautiful and lovingly crafted documentary that focuses on various professional groups who work night shifts. The film provides an insight into a strange world in the dark that silently masters ...
Lockbuster
2015 | 9 min | Shorts
When all his colleagues leave the office for exciting holidays, office clerk Joost locks himself in the storage room. The only way to escape is to unleash the hero within himself.
Meeting
2020 | 8 min | Shorts
In his short film, which is also being shown at interfilm, Jannis Alexander Kiefer highlights the absurdities of online work culture: The home office comedy of 2020! Three minutes before the online meeting: the opening gag has been carefully thought out, the bottle is securely tucked into your underwear, and the internet connection is premium—what could possibly go wrong? MEETING was made in 2020, directed by Jannis Alexander Kiefer, and quickly became one of the most striking German short films ...