The natural physicality of two friends is called into question by their first sexual impulses. The boundaries between friendship and sexual desire blur in a male-dominated environment.

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18min, short, fiction

Germany/ France/ Austria

2023

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Cast: Anna Stanic, Fethi Aidouni, Marin Judas

Written and Directed by: Simon Maria Kubiena and Lea Marie Lembke

Production: Lisa Purtscher and Lotta Schmelzer

Cinematography: Leon Hörtrich and Wesley Salamone

Editing: Lucas Cantera 

Production-Design: Lise Lacoue-Labarthe

Costume-Design: Clara Leclerc 

Sound: Alexandre Gneouchev

Casting: Constance Demontoy and Anouk Abolnik 

Dialogue Edit: Samuel Krupke

Sound Design: Bjarne Taurnier

Mixing: Frederic Hellmann

Production Company: La Fémis and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg 

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Supported by: MA7 Wien Kultur, Baden-Württemberg Stiftung

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Festivals:

1. Berlinale Generation (Germany, January, 2023)
2. Diagonale - Festival des österreichischen Films (Austria, March 2023)
3. Cinema Talks (Austria, May 2023)
4. Vienna Shorts (Austria, June 2023)
5. Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Mo&Friese (Deutschland, Juni 2023)
6. Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 2023)
7. Young Film Fest (Czech Republic, September 2023)
8. Reykjavík International Film Festival (Iceland, October 2023)
9. Kaohsiung Film Festival (Taiwan, October 2023)
10. FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Spain, October 2023)
11. Cinemagic Short Film Festival Belfast (Ireland, October 2023)
12. Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival (Hungary, October 2023)
13. Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece, November 2023)

14. KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°17 (Germany, November 2023)
15. Festival Tous Courts International de Courts métrages d'Aix-en-Provence (France, November 2023)
16. Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine, November 2023)
17. DIALOGUES- Calcutta LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival (India, November 2023)
18. Beijing International Short Film Festival (China, December 2023)

19. Usak Film Festival (Turkey, December 2023)
20. Minimalen Kurzfilmfestival (Norway, January 2024)
21. Kustendorf Film and Music Festival (Serbia, January 2024)
22. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (Germany, March 2024)
23. Vilnius Internation Film Festival Kino Pavasaris (Lithuania, March 2024)