An old school theatre critic goes crazy when he has to face an ironic reinterpretation of Goethe’s Faust. Surrounded by hipsters, reality and stage collide.
With: David Zimmerschied, Butz Buse
Director: Marc Steck
Director of Photography: Moritz Tessendorf
Screenplay: Timo Baer, Henning Pulß, Marc Steck
Editing: Marc Steck
Production Design: Heiko Dietz
Costume Design: Anna Brandt
Makeup: Tatjana Bösch
Gaffer: Maximilian Wallstein
Sound: Patrick von Frankenberg, Orlando Wanninger
Sound Design: Simone Weber
Special Effects: Philipp Rathgeber, Katharina Grethlein
Producer: Julian Anselmino
Produced by: DREIFILM / HFF Munich
Awards + Festivals
- SHORTYNALE KURZFILMFESTIVAL KLOSTERNEUBURG 2014 (Official Selection, Austria)
- 30th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN – INTERFILM (Eject Competition, Germany)
- *BEST SHORT FILM STUDENT* 3rd MUMBAI SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, India)
- *KILLER PERFORMANCE (MALE) FOR BUTZ BUSE* – GENRENALE FILMFESTIVAL (Competition, Berlin, Germany)
- NW SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2015 (Shortlisted, Canada)
- *NOMINATION: DEADLINE AWARD* – 16th LANDSHUTER KURZFILMFESTIVAL (Competition, Germany)
- *SPECIAL JURY PRIZE* – 23rd FILMFESTIVAL CONTRAVISION (Competition, Berlin, Germany)
- CLUJ SHORTS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Romania)
- 17th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DETECTIVE FILMS „DETECTIVEFEST“ (Official Selection, Moscow, Russia)
- WEGIEL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Katowice, Poland)
- CELLU L‘ART SHORT FILM FESTIVAL JENA (Open Air, Germany)
- LEIDEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM EXPERIENCE (Official Selection, Netherlands)
- CORTISONICI 2015 – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Italy)
- CIRCOLO DEL CINEMA „SOGNI-ANTONIO RICCI“ (Official Selection, Italy)
- 21st KURZFILMTAGE THALMÄSSING (Competition, Germany)
- 17th TEL-AVIV INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Isreal)
- 35th FANTAFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Multisala Barberini, Rom, Italy)
- 11th GROSSMANN FANTASTIC FILM & WINE FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Ljutomer, Slovenia)
- LA GUARIMBA FILM FESTIVAL (Fiction Category, Italy)
- 11th BUDAPEST SHORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – BUSHO (Information Section, Hungary)
- 21st L’ÉTRANGE FESTIVAL (Int’l short-length Competition, Paris, France)
- 35th FANTAFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cinema Trevi, Rom, Italy)
- *WINNER* SWR TATORT EIFEL – DAS KRIMIFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Germany)