Short Film | 23 min | 2020
West-Germany, 1971, Christmas Eve: Through the lens of seven-year-old Kimia’s Super 8 camera, we see her mother fight for emancipation from her family and her Iranian husband.
directed by Linda-Shiva Klinkhammer
produced by GuteZeit Film, BR, HFF
writer/ dop: Philipp Link
producer: Max Scherer
BR: Claudia Gladziejewski
editor: Sophie Oldenbourg
product design: Christina Mammes
hair & make up: Lea Reitberger, Eva-Maria Müller
costume design: Alicia Drodofsky
color grading: Tobias Blickle
music: Thomas Wörndl
sound design & mix: Andrew Mottl
AWARDS
BAFTA Student Award 2020 – Shortlist Best Life Action Short
Starter Filmpreis 2021 – Best Direction
Scanorama New Baltic Cinema – Special Mention
Festival du Filme Jeune de Lyon – Prix ON VOUS MENT
Big Shorts Awards 2020 – Nominated Best Cinematography
FESTIVALS
23rd Festival universitario de cine y audiovisuales EQUINOXIO, Colombia
45th Filmfestival Weiterstadt, Germany
69th Filmkunstwochen München, Germany
Future Cuts Festival Dresden, Germany
43rd Poitiers Filmfestival, France
filmfest exground 33, Germany
Scanorama New Baltic Cinema, Vilnius
19. FILMZ Festival des deutschen Kinos, Germany
Festival du Filme Jeune de Lyon, France
Bundesfestival Junger Film 2020, Germany
26. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
41. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany
BROADCASTS
BR – Kurzfilmnacht (Juli 2021)
arte – Kurzschluss (Oktober 2021)
arte – Kurzschluss (Juli 2023)
arte – Kurschluss (Mai 2024)
Listed in AG Kurzfilm Catalogue »German Short Films 2020«