
Somebody Else
By Laurent King
2016 | 15 min | Shorts
A car valet pretends to be a golden boy to charm a beautiful socialite.


By Laurent King
2016 | 15 min | Shorts
A car valet pretends to be a golden boy to charm a beautiful socialite.

2016 | 11 min | Shorts
LIKE A SUMMER SONATA consists of four parts named after the classical structure of a sonata. In timeless black and white, it's a surreal, modern-day morality fairy tale. Paloma shares a dark secret with Stephen and she uses it to play with him according to her rules. Torn between being attracted to and being scared of him, she follows him everywhere he goes, trying to find out more about him. LIKE A SUMMER SONATA by Natalie McMahon celebrated its premiere at the Cannes Short Film Corner and played ...

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 ...

2012 | 98 min | Documentary
Biene Pilavci deals with the question to what extent the hostility between her parents and the frequent outbreaks of violence influenced her and her four siblings. Although she had already distanced herself from her family at the age of 12, she comes to the realization in the course of her film that you can't go anywhere without taking your past with you. In her moving and very personal DFFB graduation film, Biene Pilavci gives us an intimate insight into the world of a complex family structure ...

2012 | 21 min | Shorts
Award winning short by Swiss-Turkish director Esen Isik, who graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts and has been winning prizes for her film work since. YOU & ME is a modern short about two girls navigating their teen years. Different cultural backgrounds and the sterile apartment building in the suburbs are not Linda and Sevilay’s problem. The problem for these two 15-year-old friends is their messed up parents. What the two teenagers really want to do is run away. Things come to a head ...


2015 | 17 min | Shorts
Everyday words and moments play out under the eyes of their visitor and and tension surrounding the ambiguity of their intimate friendship and their sexual encounters ensue. In the final act, in the wake of Monique’s absence, Maryam and Frida try to continue with their routines while getting ready for a double date.

2023 | 18 min | Shorts
Set in the deserted off-season on the Italian coast, caregivers Anca and Zoya meet at a bus stop shortly before returning home and decide to visit a client's abandoned beach house. A brief vacation turns into a moment of solidarity and tenderness that challenges the structural norms that govern their daily lives. “The discourse on the inner-European class question has never been more present and at the same time more repressed. As a German-Romanian, I encounter these socio-economic conditions every ...

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 ...

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 ...

2013 | 21 min | Shorts
Fifteen year old Tomáš finds himself in the hospital after a house party.