Eisblumen (Ice Flowers)
2011 | fiction | 30 min. | HD Cam SR
Synopsis
Amir has no residence permit. When he loses his cleaning job, he takes on work as a carer. His new job entails looking after Mrs Osterloh, who is suffering from dementia. Mrs Osterloh’s illness presents Amir with an opportunity to toy with self-made realities. An encounter between two people on the edge who cling to each other for a moment, before losing themselves once more.
a NEUESUPER / Nominal Film Production in coproduction with Bayerischer Rundfunk & University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München)
Cast
Renate Grosser
Arnel Taci
Crew
written and directed by Susan Gordanshekan
DOP: Christiane Schmidt
Music: Sebastian Fillenberg
Dramaturgy: Annette Schönwälder
edited by Susan Gordanshekan & Bernd Handke
Producers: Max Plettau, Rafael Parente, Simon Amberger, Korbinian Dufter
Awards:
Alpinale Nenzing Austria 2011: best student film
Student Film Festival London 2012: Best Acting award
17. Festival Türkei / Deutschland 2012: Best shortfilm
Festivalscreenings:
Premiere at 61. BERLINALE, Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2011 // International Student Film Festival "Sehsüchte" Potsdam, Germany 2011 // Forum of European Cinema Cinergia Lodz, Poland 2011// MOLODIST Kyiv international Film Festival, Ukraine 2011 // Open-Air Film Festival Weiterstadt, Germany 2011// Unlimited - European Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany 2011 // FILMZ Mainz - Festival des Deutschen Kinos Mainz, Germany 2011 // International Film Festival Signes de nuit Paris, France 2011 // International Student Film Festival Munich, Germany 2011 // International Film Festival Alpinale Nenzing, Austria 2011 // International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands 2012 // Student Film Festival London, Great Britain 2012 // Ljubljana International Short Film Festival, Slowenia 2012 // Gulf Film Festival, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2012 // Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt 2012 // Festival Türkei/Deutschland Nürnberg, Germany 2012 // ENCOUNTERS International Film Festival Bristol, UK 2012 // SCENECS, The International Debut Film Festival, Netherlands 2012 // SKENA UP International Film Festival Prishtina, Kosovo 2012 // Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany 2013 // Cinématheque Française, Paris - „Cinema de poche“ 2013 // Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico 2014