Short movie / dramedy
German with English subtitles
Cast:
Ute: Freya Kreutzkam
Jens: Jörg Hentschel
Camera: Farina Hasak
Music: Bastian Schick
Sound on set: Alexander Stadelbacher, Ralf Höckel
Postproduction: Sabrina Mertens
Written and directed by: Sabrina Mertens
Synopsis:
A lonely employment office worker, Ute, meets polygamous and jobless Jens at a cuddle party group.
Will this encounter between a shy official and a friend of the easy side of life have a happy ending?
A one-take dramedy about searching for an escape from loneliness – whatever the cost.
Screenings, exhibitions and awards:
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival
Landshut
Germany
March 16, 2017
World premiere
Kurzfilmfestival Gütersloh
Gütersloh
Germany
March 24, 2017
STOP Student Film Festival
Kaunas
Lithuania
May 5, 2017
Lithuania-Premiere
Best Foreign Movie
Nonplussed Fest
Los Angeles
United States
July 15, 2017
US Premiere
Honorable Mention
INN Kurzfilmfestival
Braunau
Austria
September 7, 2017
Int. low & no budget film-sharing Festival
Stuttgart
Germany
June 14, 2017
One of 18 winner movies
BENICIA Film Festival
Benicia
United States
September 2, 2017
6. Tuzla Film Festival
Tuzla
Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 21, 2017
Bosnia and Herzegowina Premiere
AKUT Amberger Kurzfilm Wettbewerb
Amberg
Germany
October 13, 2017
Super8000 Film Festival Aarhus
Aarhus
Denmark
October 27, 2017
Denmark Premiere
Interfilm Berlin
Berlin
Germany
November 24, 2017
Ei(n)fälle 2018: Die satirische KurzFilmNacht
Cottbus
Germany
January 13, 2018
Klappe Auf! Kurzfilmfestival
Hamburg
Germany
November 10, 2017
PURE LOVE Screening by WIZ-ART Festival
Lviv
Ukraine
February 15, 2018
Ukraine Premiere
SHORTS Film Festival Offenburg
Offenburg
Germany
April 13, 2018
Creativity Award
SHORTS ATTACK!
Short movie cinema tour by interfilm Berlin
Germany
May 2018
Orscheler Filmfest
Oberursel
Germany
August 10, 2018
Bašta fest
Bajina Bašta
Serbia
July 5, 2018
Serbia premiere
Wir sind Film Kurzfilmabend
Vienna
Austria
October 10, 2018
Austria premiere
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage
Flensburg
Germany
November 16, 2018
CineSlam
Tübingen
Germany
November 27, 2018
Sprengel Museum
Exhibition URBAN LIVING
Hannover
Germany
September 08, 2018 – January 06, 2019
Kinomorphia Film Festival
Sofia
Bulgaria
December 13, 2018
Bulgaria Premiere
Kurzfilmnacht im Kunsthaus Rhenania
Cologne
Germany
February 2, 2019