Dir. CADENZA ZHAO

Director: Cadenza Zhao
Producer: Anna Maria Pürthner
DOP: Richard Greif
Composer: Max Van Dusen
Editor: Ilya Gavrilenkov
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Kassandra Wedel, dancer, actress and all around artist, roams the city picking up sounds and movements from her surroundings to compose her very own music and dance. We explore what sound and music mean to her and witness the process of translating dance into music. She challenges our current perception and understanding of sound and music. Her only advantage? Her deafness.
22. Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst: Edimotion / Cologne 2022 - Winner for best editing
International Premiere: Hot Docs CIDF / Toronto 2022 - Best Short Documentary Nominee
World Premiere: Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival / 2022 - Official Selection
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival / Berlin 2022 - Best Short Documentary Nominee

Dir. GRETTA GAROLIINA SAMMALNIEMI

Director: Florian Rudolph
Producer: Lukas Richter
DOP: Richard Greif
Editor: Ilya Gavrilenkov
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
A portrait of man who learned himself to cook. A simple story about a “simple” man with a whole universe behind him.

Director: Gretta Sammalniemi
Producers: Natalie Hölzel, Sandra Hölzel
DOP: Georg Nikolaus
Editor: Ilya Gavrilenkov
Elfenholz Film GmbH
Heavy Metal Dancers is a documentary about Finnish pole sports – it is about accepting own imperfections and striving for perfection on stage. The dancers are Finnish but their stories universal. Their passion for an unusual sport let them come to terms with their bodies, lifes and their sometimes difficult past.
With: Henna Nurmi, Nita Saarenpää, Olavi Heino, Tintti Mikkonen, Oona Antinjuntti
44th Paladino d'Oro Sport Film Festival
Great Lakes International Film Festival 2024
Honourable mention at Dubai International Film Festival 2024
Berlin Indie Film Festival 2024
International Premiere: 55th Hof international film festival / 2021

Dir. FLORIAN RUDOLPH

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