Andrea Schumacher is a filmmaker from Essen (Germany) whose work has been particularly influenced by her collaborations with other artists such as Kay Voges, Helge Schneider, and Werner Nekes. She works as a co-writer, assistant director, and editor.
Born in Düsseldorf (Germany), Kay Voges is a director of film, theatre, and opera. He has won numerous awards for his theatrical works – e.g., NRW-Theatertreffen, Artodocs International Film Festival (St-Petersburg). He was the Artistic Director of Schauspiel Dortmund for ten years, then in 2019 became the Artistic Director of the Volkstheater in Vienna. He is engaged in a search for the potential, possibilities and forms of performance that lied hidden in modern technology, because theatres are machines that always present people in relation to technology. In 2025, he becomes the Artistic Director of Schauspiel Köln.
Tracks is a contemplative short film which, in a world governed by speed and efficiency, proposes to rethink our relationship with reality and travel. Using an on-board camera, Arne Körner takes the viewer on a journey by rail or boat, through the senses, from the landscapes of Asia to South America, via Europe, Africa and Oceania.
Caught in the grip of a love triangle, Dobrina is indecisive : swept away by temptation, she hesitates between fidelity and the call of the unknown. The film unfolds as a choreography of doubt, a graphic exploration of the internal struggle between loyalty and freedom. In this animated short, desire burns as intensely as the desert sun, while the musical score heightens the tension between passion and jealousy.
Telemach Wiesinger is a German filmmaker and photographer whose work is based on the idea of travel. On his many travels, he collects and captures images with his 16mm camera. Bordering on documentary filmmaking, his stunningly beautiful black-and-white films are sometimes accompanied by soundtracks, the fruit of his collaboration with composers and musicians such as Alexander Grebtschenko and Adrian Belew. Graduating in 1995 from the University of Kassel with a degree in arts and visual communication, his analog films have been presented and awarded several times as part of individual programs or performances, and at numerous international festivals and venues linked to experimental cinema or the visual arts, such as Chicago, Hong Kong, Geneva, Mexico and Cannes.
Hannah senses that war is imminent in Europe. Amidst chaos and anxiety, the young woman returns to her childhood village to visit a friend.
Pascal Bauer is a German director who soon started filming with the family camcorder. At 16 years old, Pascal made his first short film, disguised as a school project and went on to form a creative collective with two friends for the production of music videos in 2016. From 2018 to 2021 he visited Screen & Filmschool in Brighton, UK, to further study film theory. In 2022 he moved to Berlin, first working as a producer, mainly on commercial campaigns and since then focused on the creation of music videos as well as narrative film projects.
Holle is a spiritual healer who has to cope with her parents' ageing and her brother's schizophrenia. Torn between the need to remain mentally healthy and the urgent desire to help her family, Holle struggles to keep her head above water when she no longer belongs to herself.
Tim Ellrich studied philosophy, theatre, film and media in Vienna before pursuing filmmaking studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His short films have earned him international recognition and numerous awards, including the Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. His first feature-length documentary, My Vietnam, won the First Steps Award in 2021. In My Parents' House is Tim Ellrich's graduation film and celebrated its world premiere in the prestigious Tiger competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2023, he received the Wim Wenders Grant for his new feature film project, Uncanny Valley.
Sönke and Vivian are expecting a baby. While Vivian is in intense pain, the midwife's phone call isn’t coming. The anxiety caused by the uncertainty of the situation and Sönke's difficulty in finding his role as a father cause tension in the couple's relationship.
