| SUSPECT aka DER VERDACHT |
| Directed by |
Felix Hassenfratz |
| Produced by |
Mathias Casanova |
| Written by |
Felix Hassenfratz |
| Starring |
Anne Weinknecht, Heinrich Schmieder, Daniela Holtz |
| Music by |
Aylin Aykan |
| Cinematography |
Yoshi Heimrath |
| Editing by |
Barbara Toennieshen |
| Distributed by |
SWR / arte |
| Release date(s) |
Jan. 2008 |
| Running time |
26 min. |
| Country |
Germany |
| Language |
german with english subtitles |
The short feature SUSPECT (aka DER VERDACHT) is the final graduation project of director Felix Hassenfratz at the ifs Internationale filmschule köln. The story is set in southern German province with original “badisch” dialect. The film is a coproduction with the broadcast stations SWR & ARTE, supported by German film fund. The story of SUSPECT is inspired by true events, based on the documentary THE BAKER DID IT. The director quotes that despite its regional emphasis, SUSPECT is not a Heimatfilm. It’s a universal story, focussed on human behaviour, a story about love in the face of doubt.
[edit] Synopsis
What to do and whom to believe when you live in a small village and your husband (the baker) is suspected in an unresolved murder case? And that he’s not from the village? And that your mother still doesn’t accept him taking over the family business after the death the your father? And that you find a shirt stained with blood, and a gun kept in a locked cabinet? Above all he insists he’s innocent. Can love overcome doubt?
[edit] Festivals & Screenings
[edit] Germany
- 2008: Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis [1]
- 2008: Munich International Film Festival
- 2008: 24. Int. Berlin Film Festival Interfilm
- 2008: Festival of German Cinema [2]
- 2008: Landshut Short Film Festival (Award won)
- 2008: Sehsüchte int. student film festival Potsdam
- 2008: International Filmfest Emden
- 2008: Film Festival Shorts At Moonlight
- 2008: Wendland Shorts (Award won)
- 2008: New Talents Biennale Cologne
- 2008: Int. Film Festival Passau
- 2008: Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
[edit] International
- 2008: St. Petersburg White Nights Festival
- 2008: 32. Montreal World Film Festival [3]
- 2008: Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films [4]
- 2008: Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol
- 2008: Foyle Int. Film Festival, Ireland
- 2008: Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax
- 2008: Buenos Aires Film Festival
- 2008: Goethe Institute Paris - selection of contemporary german cinema
- 2008: Zagreb Film Festival
[edit] Awards
- 2007: The film rating agency FBW labeled the movie "of special merit" [5]
- 2007: short film of the month - German film rating agency
- 2008: BMW short film prize [6]
- 2008: Prize of the jury - Wendland Shorts
- 2008: Best Screenplay Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award [7]
- 2008: First Steps Award - nominee best German short film [8]
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