Hof International Film Festival
Summer 2019 in Berlin. Above the rooftops of the city, Aimee and Anissa reflect on their lives: When is one actually an adult? How does good sex work? And what's the plan after high school? The same questions are also on Lea's mind. Similarly disoriented about her future, she first graduates from high school and works in a supermarket while at school. The 18-year-old only feels really free on the dance floor.
The documentary accompanies Aimee, Anissa and Lea to the Späti, to the lake and through the streets of Berlin, providing intimate insights into the minds of the three young women on the threshold of adulthood.
CREDITS:
Director of Photography: Moritz Fehlder
Director / Producer: Marlena Molitor (Mara Cuja)
Camera Assistant(s): Esra Tanrıverdi, Nano Rodriguez
Edit: Jana Briesner
Sound: Vanessa Heeger
Music: CEEYS, MONKYMAN, Julius Ripperger & Markus Dröse
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Hof International Film Festival 2021
We are delighted to be able to award the first Jury Short Film Award donated by the City of Hof at the 55th Hof International Film Festival 2021. Philipp Budweg (producer), Sylke Gottlebe (co-director Filmfest Dresden) and Olaf Held (director, author, dramaturge) form the jury, which has now decided on a winning film after viewing all 41 short films submitted from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The prize is endowed with 2,500 euros.
The Jury Short Film Award 2021 goes to
SORT OF GROWN UP by Marlena Molitor.
The jury's statement:
The film portrays Aimee, Anissa and Lea in the phase of transition from puberty to adulthood. A successful selection of episodes and unobtrusive camera work overcome the distance between the screen and our cinema seats, so offering us an immediate experience of the protagonists' everyday life. In this way, the director succeeds in opening up a cinematic space for three young women in which they can speak openly and surprisingly directly about sexuality, Instagram and the future.
Mayor Eva Döhla presented the short film award to Moritz Dehler, cameraman of the winning film SORT OF GROWN UP, on behalf of director Marlena Molitor.
