A young woman returns to her home village after her childlike father had gone missing in the surrounding woods. Throughout her day back home, she is torn between feeling responsible and a deep longing for connection and ease.

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20min, short, fiction

Germany/ Austria

2025

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Cast: Lisa Weber, Richard Schmidt-Wonisch, Katharina Loewert, Alexander Kienbichl, Martin Sommerauer

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Director: Simon Maria Kubiena

Screenplay: Simon Maria Kubiena, Nicola Jakobi

Producer: Fabian Leonhardt, Lena Zechner

Director of Photography: Dennis Banemann

Editing: Jan Wollenschläger

Casting: Zorah Berghammer, Magdalena Steiner

Production Design: Emma Schaub 

Costume Design: Elisa Berger

Production Manager: Elli Leeb 

Assistant Directors: Benno Hanke, Jana Alina Tausendfreund 

Hair&Make-up: Vicky Kirchner, Madeleine Baumann, Cori Menclik

Sound Engineer: Alexandre “Sacha” Gneouchev 

Sound-Editing: Sam Krupke 

Sound Mix: Jonathan Rösch 

Sounddesign: Rachel Oker 

Foley: Marc Lehnert, Vincent Egerter, Max Schieder

Music: Moritz Klock

Commissioning Editors: Brigitte Dithard (SWR), Laurence Rilly (ARTE)

Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

In collaboration with: Filmakademie Wien

Co-production: ARTE, SWR

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Supported by: MA7 Wien Kultur, Come On Kulturvernetzung Niederösterreich, LBBW Stiftung

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Winner of the German Short Film Award 2025

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Festivals:

1. ​Premiers Plans, Angers Film Festival 2025, France

2. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2025, Germany

3. 20minmax Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany

4. Diagonale 2025 - Festival of Austrian Film, Austria

5. Filmfest Dresden 2025, Germany

6. Regional Prize 2025, Austria - Cinema Talks

7. 2025, EgyptAswan International Women Film Festival 

8. Vienna Shorts 2025, Austria

9. 2025, AustriaShortynale Klosterneuburg

10. 2025, Germany​Five Lakes Film Fest 

11. 2025, IndiaJagran Film Festival​

12. ,North MacedoniaInternational Cinematographers’ Film Festival MANAKI BROTHERS 2025​

13. ​​Linz International Short Film Festival 2025, Austria

14. Special Mention for Best Cinematography (Dennis Banemann) 2025, Germany - Flensburger Kurzfilmtage​

15. 2025, Spain​Aguilar Film Festival

16. Zubroffka Short Film Festival 2025, Poland

17. Vienna Shorts 2026, Special Screening

18. Les Nuits en Or 2026, l’Académie des César