After a young apprentice turns away from his father out of disappointment, he seeks paternal closeness with his instructor. He crosses a boundary and gets to know himself a bit better.

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16min 30sec, short, fiction

Germany/ Austria

2022

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Cast: Marvin Nando Nenning, Rainer Sellien, Lou von Gündell,
 Mathias Herrmann, Alexander Srtschin, Dorothea Förster, Vincenzo Bonelli

Director: Simon Maria Kubiena


Screenplay: Simon Maria Kubiena, Malgorzata Zglinska

Producer: Tristan Schneider, Anja Jule Harig

Cinematography: Dennis Banemann

Sound recording: Roman Trost

Sound design: Mladen Boskan, Stefan Erschig

Editor: Jan Wollenschläger

Music Composer: Jonathan Lietzow, Moritz Klock

Casting: Judith Quast, Juliane Voigtländer, Jessica Layher

Production design: Melanie Grubitsch

Costume design: Lea Zipf, Violeta A. Nagel-López

Make-up artist: Elena Mayer

Sound Mix: Stefan Erschig

Color correction: Benedict Uphoff

Poster design: Lara Langner

Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

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Supported by: MA7 Wien Kultur

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PRÄDIKAT BESONDERS WERTVOLL of the FBW

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Festivals:

1. Berlinale Generation (Germany, February 2022) - Special Mention of the international jury
2. Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film (Austria, April 2022)
3. Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium, April 2022)
4. Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg (Germany, April 2022)
5. SHORTS - Trinationales Filmfestival Hochschule Offenburg (Germany, April 2022)
6. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Germany, April 2022)
7. Pink Apple Film Festival (Switzerland, May 2022)
8. Vienna Shorts (Austria, May 2022)
9. Mo&Friese Young Shortfilm Festival Hamburg (Germany, June 2022)

10. Comète Film Festival Paris (France, June 2022)
11. OFF - Odense International Film Festival (Denmark, August 2022)
12. Filmfestival Kitzbühel (Austria, August 2022)
13. Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brasilia, August 2022)
14. Minikino Film Week (Indonesia, September 2022)
15. Ale Kino! Film Festival (Poland, September 2022)
16. Filmzeit Kaufbeuren (Germany, September 2022)
17. Festival of Nations (Austria, September 2022)
18. Bolton Film Festival (United Kingdom, October 2022)
19. Cinemagic Short Film Festival Belfast (United Kingdom, October 2022)
20. Linz International Short Film Festival (Austria, October 2022)
21. QFFOL | Queer Film Festival Oldenburg (Germany, October 2022)
22. Queer Film Festivals München (Germany, October 2022)
23. Reykjavík International Film Festival (Iceland, October 2022)
24. Seoul Yeongdeungpo International Extreme-short Image & Film Festival (Korea, October 2022)
25. interfilm Berlin (Germany, November 2022)
26. KUKI interfilm Berlin (Germany, November 2022)
27. KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°16 (Germany, November 2022)
28. STIFF – Student International Film Festival (Croatia, November 2022)
29. Aesthetica Short Film Festival (England, November 2022)
30. Beijing International Short Film Festival (China, November 2022)
31. Linz International Short Film Festival (Austria, November 2022)
32. Festival Cortos en Grande (Chile, November 2022) - Jury Price
33. Usak Film Festival (Turkey, December 2022)
34. LGBT Film Festival Ljubljana (Slovenia, December 2022)
35. Aguilar Film Festival (Spain, December 2022)
36. Filmschau Baden-Württemberg (Germany, December 2022)
37. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (Germany, March 2023)
38. 52nd Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival (Germany, April 2023)
39. Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival (USA, April 2023)

40. IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (Bulgaria, June 2023)
41. DIALOGUES- Calcutta LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival (India, November 2023)
42. Queer Shorts Vienna (Austria, December 2023)