Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: German | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: BLACK COMEDY
Running Time: 29’07
Year of production: 2021

SYNOPSIS

After years of “therapy", Johannes hopes to finally be cured of his gayness and marries Marie from his community. But the wedding turns into a disaster, during which Johannes finally realizes that it is not he who needs healing.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Wunschkindfilm, Moving Angel GmbH
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Andreas Hammer, Jennifer Sabel, Dominique Horwitz, Robert Höller, Mignon Remé, Angelika Böttiger, Dirk Audehm, Christoph Götz, Marlene Eiberger, Sascha Grüb, Ruben Sabel

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Benjamin Kramme
Screenwriter: Jennifer Sabel, Andreas Hammer, Benjamin Kramme
Producer: Benjamin Kramme, Andreas Hammer
Director of Photography: Paul Raatz
Sound: Phillip Lehner
Editing: Jennifer Sabel, Benjamin Kramme
Sound Editing: Bernd Göbel
Music Composer: Artem Lauk

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: black comedy
Sub-genre: LGBTQ+
Language: German
Country of origin: Germany
Year of production: 2021
Total running time: 29.07min

AWARDS

Jury Award runners up OUTshine Miami, USA (2022)
Audience award runners up KONTRAST Filmfestival in Bayreuth (2023)
finals audience award Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (2023)
SUNRISE honorary award, Better World Film Festival, Munich (2022)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Filmfest Bremen (2022)
International Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen, MEXIKO (2022)
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, Hawai, USA (2022)
Better World Film Festival, München (2022)
Filmtage Oberschwaben, Ravensburg (2022)
QUEER-Streifen Regensburg (2022)
Filmkunstfest MV, Schwerin (2022)
SF Queer Film Fest, San Francisco, USA (2022)
Out & Loud - Pune International Queer Film Festival, INDIEN (2022)
OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina, USA (2022)
Out of Bounds Film Festival, Bari, ITALIEN (2022)
OUTSHINE LGBTQ+ Miami, USA (2022)
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, INDIEN (2022)
Taiwan International Queer Film Festival, Kaohsiung City, TAIWAN (2022)
Madrid Indie Film Festival, SPANIEN (2022)
Festival de Nouvelle Comédie, Villeurbanne, FRANKREICH (2022)
Moscow Shorts, RUSSLAND (2022)
Prague International Indie Film Festival, TSCHECHIEN (2022)
Louisiana Rainbow: LGBT+ Film Festival, USA (2022)
qFLIX Philadelphia, USA (2022)
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, USA (2022)
Los Angeles Queer Film Festival, USA (2022)
Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA (2022)
KONTRAST Filmfestival in Bayreuth (2023)
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (2023)
On Vous Ment Mockumentary Film Festival Lyon, FRANKREICH (2023)