The day turns into a living nightmare for Sarah when her daughter Nelly locks her out of the house on her ninth birthday. Barricading herself, Nelly starts posting videos of Sarah on the internet. As Sarah’s attempts to get back into the house or to communicate with her daughter fail repeatedly, the content of the videos grows more and more threatening. Emergency services arrive and the situation seems to escalate.
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Production Sarah Mathis, Julie Stempelová
Cinematography Konstantin Johann
Editing Leyla Jaff
Scene design Laura Huber
Assistant director Emil Kaschka
PA Juliana Sautner
Set cook Luca Schneider
Interior props Klara Meindl
1st camera assistant Zara Zankl
2nd camera assistant Laura Huber
Gaffer Simon Mück
Best Boy Valentin Maurer
Lighting technicians Leon Philipp, Stephan Alexander Grabenbauer, Sophie Gollegger
Sound design/mixing Ramin Abousedgh
Sound engineer Julian Schönberger, David Graudenz
Boom Tibor Pilz
Costume Damla Ilhan
Make-up Elise Barnard, Christine Becher
Funding Kim Filmkiosk, State of Vorarlberg, PAZZ, Film Academy Vienna
Cast Lilith Häßle, Luise Spiegel, Karin Eva Meisel, Björn Büchner, Thomas Kasten, Sebastian Egger, Tom Hanslmaier, Nils Strunk
Screenplay/Director Jonas Steinacker

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Awards

‘Goldener Spitz’ (SPITZiale Filmfestival Espelkamp, April 2023, Germany)
‘Best Short Film v-shorts’ (Alpinale Short Film Festival, August 2023, Austria)
‘Camgaroo Award “Emotions” ’ (Camgaroo Awards, 2023, Germany)
‘Best Actress’ (GOSH Film Festival, 2023, France)
‘Best German Short Film’ (20minmax, 2024, Germany)

Festival participations

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, January 2023 (Germany)
Landshut Short Film Festival, March 2023 (Germany)
Crossing Europe Film Festival, April 2023 (Austria)
Karlsruhe International Film Festival, April 2023 (Germany)
SPITZiale Film Festival Espelkamp, April 2023 (Germany)
Workshop of the Young Film Scene, May 2023 (Germany)
International Film Festival Emden-Norderney, June 2023 (Germany)
FEST - New Directors I New Films Festival, June 2023 (Portugal)
Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, June 2023 (Spain)
Bundesfestival Junger Film, June 2023 (Germany)
Rüsselheimer Filmtage, June 2023 (Germany)
Coastica 21st International Shortfilm Festival Bilbao, June 2023 (Spain)
Camgaroo Awards, June 2023 (Germany)
70th Pula Film Festival, July 2023 (Croatia)
Kitzbühel Film Festival, August 2023 (Austria)
Alpinale Short Film Festival, August 2023 (Austria)
Weiterstadt Open Air Film Festival, August 2023 (Germany)
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, August 2023 (USA)
Festivals of Nations, September 2023 (Austria)
KO:SH Film Fest, September 2023 (Albania)
Münster Film Festival, September 2023 (Germany)
Biberbach Film Festival, November 2023 (Germany)
Brest European Short Film Festival, November 2023 (France)
Eat my shorts Hagen, November 2023 (Germany)
short film festival fh-kufstein, November 2023 (Germany)
Kulturgut Ost Saarbrücken, December 2023 (Germany)
20minmax, April 2024, (Germany)
Emergency Exit Freefsze, April 2024 (Hungary)
Cinema Talks Festival, April 2024 (Austria)
27th Detours en Cinecourt, June 2024 (France)
Week of German Speaking Film, July 2024 (USA)
EuroAsia Film Festival DC, July 2024 (USA)
Shots Film Festival, August 2024 (Slovenia)

(c) 2023