Feature Film

Language

German, English (English subtitles)

Production Company
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Cast
Barbara: Freya Kreutzkam
Fleur Uffner: Henny Reents
Steffie: Patrice Grießmeier

Barbara's Father: Jörn Hentschel
Director Film Art School: Steffen C. Jürgens
Deputy Director Film Art School: Cosima Shaw
Film Art School Professor: Anna Schönberg
Ben: Daniel Popat
Jodi: Anna Suzuki Lee
Rosie: Flora Pauer
Erdar: Ugurcan Düzgün
Heart of Berlin Film Festival Host: Roy Hughes
Lawyer: Markus Majowski
TV Editor: Hans-Jürgen Schatz
TV Editor: Petra Friedrich
Steffie's Mother: Sabine Vitua

Steffie's Father: Christoph Glaubacker
Therapist: Claudia Lietz
Therapist: Judith von Radetzky
Therapist: Jean Denis Römer
Therapist: Martin Clausen
Pia: Mattea Cavic
Maura: Sandra Bourdonnec
Henny Reents: Carole Marie Jachtmann
Henny Reents' Friend: Philipp Myk

Erik: Robin Meisner

Dirk: Aaron Otto

Synopsis

When film directing student Barbara sets out to produce a feature film for her graduation, she must not only raise the necessary budget but also get her own struggling life together, which is becoming increasingly entangled with her project. After a film producer gifts her a large sum of money, everything seems to take a turn for the better...

Festivals

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Team
DoP: Jan Fabi
Assistant Camera: Carsten Gadhimi
Original Sound: Steven Fietzek, Roy Hughes, Darwin Nicolás Silva Torres
Editor: Sabrina Mertens
Dialogue Editor: Anton Vertipolokh
Sound Design: Giulio Conversi
Foley Artist: Anton Vertipolokh
Music: Purwien und Kowa, Second Decay, Anton Vertipolokh
Audio Mix: Alex Siegl
Casting: Sabrina Mertens
Set Design: Sabrina Mertens
Assistant Costume: Sonya Kapanadze, Salome Stenchenkowa
Assistant Set Design: Niloufar Imanian, Sonnhild Schietzel, Sonya Kapanadze, Salome Stenchenkowa
Make-Up: Patrick Kaltenbach
Producer: Sabrina Mertens, Lorenzo Gandolfo, Jan Fabi
Assistant Producer: Freya Kreutzkam, Roman Pfeiffer, David Heedye Koren, Vera Paulmann
Line Producer: Thomas Lechner
Project Supervisor: Markus Schleinzer

Production Consultant: Gerard Tierney
1. Assistant Director: Flora Pauer
2. Assistant Director: Reihaneh Youzbashi Dizaji
Written and directed by: Sabrina Mertens