UNTERROTENSTEIN

Director: Sophia Schiller
Producer: Filmwerk Kalliope
Short Fiction | 2022 |  Germany |  '25 | German with en subs, DCP

TEAM

Sophia Schiller - Director & Script
Filmwerk Kalliope - Producer
Marie Falke - Executive Producer
Jason Stewart - Cinematography
Leonie Falke - Costume Design
Nina Eberle - Set Design
Gerrit Kuge - Sound Design
Lucia Schiller - Original Music

 FESTIVALS

Augenblick Festival du cinéma germanophone 2023
FFDL in Bosco Chiesanuova 2023
Europe autor de l’Europe 2023
Midnight Soul 2022
KFFK, Short Film Festival Cologne 2022
PÖFF Shorts 2022
Bucharest Film Awards 2022
DocLisboa International Film Festival 2022 (World Premiere)

SYNOPSIS

Nine-year-old Moni experiences the hard and rough dynamics of a group of adolescents and the painful process of growing up. On weekends, a young family's farmhouse becomes the meeting place of a circle of friends. The impetuous group of children develops its own, childishly brutal dynamics. Power games and constant trials of strength drive them forward. Thus, they engage in war games, shoot at each other, trick each other and make fun of each other. Moni, as the youngest of the group, is at the bottom of the socio-dynamic food chain. The appeal to her older sister's friend and the question of whether her father is really Moin's father form the ground noise of a weekend that seems to stretch on for an eternity.  A film about the painful beauty of growing up.

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Die neunjährige Moni erfährt die rauen Dynamiken einer Gruppe Heranwachsender und den schmerzhaften Prozess des Erwachsenenwerdens.  Am Wochenende wird der Aussiedlerhof der jungen Familie zum Treffpunkt des Freundeskreises. Die ungestüme Kindergruppe entwickelt ihre eigene, kindlich brutale Dynamik. Machtspiele und ständiges Kräftemessen treibt sie voran. So wird sich ins Kriegsspiel vertieft, aufeinander geschossen, sich ausgetrickst und lustig gemacht. Moni steht als Jüngste der Gruppe am Ende der soziodynamischen Nahrungskette.  Die Anziehung zur Freundin ihrer älteren Schwester und die Frage ob ihr Vater wirklich ihr Vater ist bilden das Grundrauschen eines Wochenendes das sich über eine Ewigkeit zu erstrecken scheint. Ein Film über die schmerzvolle Schönheit des Erwachsenwerdens.

UNTERROTENSTEIN

Director: Sophia Schiller
Producer: Filmwerk Kalliope
Short Fiction | 2022 |  Germany |  '25 | German with en subs, DCP

TEAM

 FESTIVALS

SYNOPSIS

Nine-year-old Moni experiences the hard and rough dynamics of a group of adolescents and the painful process of growing up. On weekends, a young family's farmhouse becomes the meeting place of a circle of friends. The impetuous group of children develops its own, childishly brutal dynamics. Power games and constant trials of strength drive them forward. Thus, they engage in war games, shoot at each other, trick each other and make fun of each other. Moni, as the youngest of the group, is at the bottom of the socio-dynamic food chain.  The appeal to her older sister's friend and the question of whether her father is really Moin's father form the ground noise of a weekend that seems to stretch on for an eternity.  A film about the painful beauty of growing up.

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