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.
20min, short, fiction
Germany/ Austria
2025
Cast: Lisa Weber, Richard Schmidt-Wonisch, Katharina Loewert, Alexander Kienbichl, Martin Sommerauer
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
Supported by: MA7 Wien Kultur, Come On Kulturvernetzung Niederösterreich, LBBW Stiftung
Winner of the German Short Film Award 2025
Festivals:
Premiers Plans, Angers Film Festival 2025, France
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2025, Germany
20minmax Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Diagonale 2025 - Festival of Austrian Film, Austria
Filmfest Dresden 2025, Germany
Cinema Talks 2025, Austria - Regional Prize
Aswan International Women Film Festival 2025, Egypt
Vienna Shorts 2025, Austria
Shortynale Klosterneuburg 2025, Austria
Five Lakes Film Fest 2025, Germany
Jagran Film Festival 2025, India
International Cinematographers’ Film Festival MANAKI BROTHERS 2025, North Macedonia
Linz International Short Film Festival 2025, Austria
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2025, Germany - Special Mention for Best Cinematography (Dennis Banemann)
Aguilar Film Festival 2025, Spain
Zubroffka Short Film Festival 2025, Poland
