Vacuum
short fiction . 25 min . 2015
SYNOPSIS
Twelve-year-old Marcel doesn’t know where he belongs. In search of friendship, he believes that he has finally found the way to solve his problems. His plan works – but not in the way he expected.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Awarded the Special Jury Award / Special Mention at the 17th Landshut Short Film Festival
Awarded the label "especially worthwhile" by the German Film Rating Commission
Awarded the Student Jury Award for the Best Student Film of the International Competition at the 36th VGIK International Student Film Festival, Russia
Awarded the label "especially worthwhile" by the German Film Rating Commission
Awarded the Student Jury Award for the Best Student Film of the International Competition at the 36th VGIK International Student Film Festival, Russia
4th Montaz Film Festival, Lodz, Poland - Best Short Fiction Film Editing - in Competition
Nominated for the German Camera Award / Deutscher Kamerapreis 2016 in the category best short film cinematography
49th Hof International Film Festival - in Competition
43rd Huesca International Film Festival, Spain - in Competition
26th Film Festival Lünen - in Competition
17th Landshut Short Film Festival - in Competition
24th German Children`s Film Festival Goldener Spatz - in Competition
4th ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania - in Competition
13th Eberswalde Film Festival, Germany - in Competition
10th Wendland Shorts Film Festival, Germany - in Competition
4th Ruberoid Festival im Kunsthaus ACUD, Berlin, Germany - special screening
36th VGIK International Student Film Festival, Russia - in Competition
Nominated for the German Camera Award / Deutscher Kamerapreis 2016 in the category best short film cinematography
49th Hof International Film Festival - in Competition
43rd Huesca International Film Festival, Spain - in Competition
26th Film Festival Lünen - in Competition
17th Landshut Short Film Festival - in Competition
24th German Children`s Film Festival Goldener Spatz - in Competition
4th ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania - in Competition
13th Eberswalde Film Festival, Germany - in Competition
10th Wendland Shorts Film Festival, Germany - in Competition
4th Ruberoid Festival im Kunsthaus ACUD, Berlin, Germany - special screening
36th VGIK International Student Film Festival, Russia - in Competition
CAST AND CREW
edited by Michal Kuleba
written by Lucas Flasch & Felix Ahrens
directed by Felix Ahrens
director of photography Valentin Selmke
sound by Erik Petzold
music by Jens Heuler
production design by Isabelle Schnabel
costume design by Dorothea Mines
title design by Hagen Thiel
featuring Emil von Schönfels & Yuri Völsch
produced by Leonhard Hollmann & David Nienhold & Matthias Mayr
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
directed by Felix Ahrens
director of photography Valentin Selmke
sound by Erik Petzold
music by Jens Heuler
production design by Isabelle Schnabel
costume design by Dorothea Mines
title design by Hagen Thiel
featuring Emil von Schönfels & Yuri Völsch
produced by Leonhard Hollmann & David Nienhold & Matthias Mayr
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
