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sat 12 nov 3:00 pm Caligari FilmBühne

Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition

World premieres of seven short films by youths aged 12 to 18 from Wiesbaden and the surroundings area, all screened in German original versions.

For the opening of exground youth days on November 12, 2016, we will show short films by promising young local talents.

The first prize, endowed with EUR 500 by the Hessian Center for Political Education, will go to the film which receives the most votes from the audience. The runner-up will be awarded a gift certificate for the Apple Store valued at EUR 150.

[1] ATEMLOS
by Moritz Göbel and Joshua Kiefer 2016 10 min fiction

A passer-by is accidently mistaken for a secret agent. A parody of the spy film genre.

[2] THE SURVIVING
by Julian Leng 2016 7 min fiction

After the battle is over, a general is the last Englishman to survive and has to fight for his life against the French.

[3] BLUTLINDE
by a group of pupils of the Wolfram-von-Eschenbach-Schule 2016 18 min fiction

According to legend, the ancient linden tree at Frauensteiner church sprouted from a pool of blood from the fatal stab wound of a jilted lover. Is the site still haunted?

[4] WOODLAND WATCH
by Lin Berghäuser 2016 2 min fiction

It looks like it’s going to be a totally normal summer day, until a boy becomes a witness to a crime in the woods.

[5] ABDIRAHMAN’S FLUCHT NACH DEUTSCHLAND
by a youth group of Georg-Buch-Haus 2016 10 min documentary

Abdirahman tells the story of his dangerous escape from Somalia to Wiesbaden.

[6] WAKE UP
by Anthony Jole 2016 9 min fiction

A boy is trapped in a controlled world. Will he manage to recognize the truth in order to change his circumstances?

[7] ZERREISSPROBE
by Moritz Göbel 2016 5 min fiction

Sophie doesn’t go to the swimming pool like her friends, and she pays a lot of attention to her clothes. Is she hiding something?

[8] 4 IST EINER ZU VIEL
by Marie Slim 2016 5 min fiction

After an argument with her friends, Emma has to go and babysit. Unexpectedly this "girls’ night" with her friend Tammy turns into a real psycho-thriller of an evening.