SUNNY
by Barbara Ott
Germany 2013 30 min. original version with English subtitles
tue 19 nov 10:15 pm Caligari Filmbühne
Script: Barbara Ott, DoP: Falko Lachmund, Editor: Gregory Schuchmann, Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Producers: Nicole Springstubbe, Simon Rühlemann, Cast: Vincent Krüger, Max Günther, Paula Kroh, Edin Hasanovic, Thorsten Merten, Vladisvlav Grakovskiy, Hagen Oechel, Benjamin Erdmann, Jan Bülow, Max Zabinski, Deborah Schneidermann, Christian Gaul, Viola Neumann
Hajo doesn’t think much before he beats the living daylight out of somebody. Hajo is 19 and very aggressive. Half a year ago he became a dad. He has to take care of his son instead of hanging out with his friends and having a good time. But Hajo has no desire to change diapers and give the mom. He wants to work and earn money. Hajo draws up a plan which, carried out, endangers his son.
"Thirty sweaty minutes we follow this young father in his attempts to handle child and job and impulses to beat. (…) This is being told with a virtually physical impact and in a pace reminding of the Dardenne brothers’ films. Very well written, staged, photographed and edited – and carried by the really breathtaking performance of lead actor Vincent Krüger." (jury citation FIRST STEPS Awards 2013)
Biography: Barbara Ott was born in 1983 in Tischreuth/Germany. After having lived in New Zealand and internships with several film productions she worked as a free-lance assistant director and interior prop master for numerous TV- and film productions domestically and abroad (2004–2006). From 2006 she studied directing/fiction film at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. SUNNY is her diploma film. She lives and works as free-lance screenwriter and director in Berlin.
Filmography (selection): 2005 DER VERLORENE SOHN, 2009 vogel.tot, 2010 BEELZEBUB (all short films); WIE ELEFANTEN IN DEN ALPEN, 2013 SUNNY
Awards:FIRST STEPS Award in the Category Fiction Film up to 60 Minutes (Berlin/Germany 2013), Lola for Best Short Feature Film between 7 and 30 minutes (German Short Film Award, Berlin/Germany 2013)
Contact:
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Eva Steegmayer
Akademiehof 10
71638 Ludwigsburg
Germany
Phone.: +49 (7141) 97 90
festivals@filmakademie.de
www.filmakademie.de
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