DER JUNGE IM MEER
THE BOY IN THE OCEAN (ENG)
Fiction l 15 min. l Denmark l 2016 l Zentropa Productions
TRAILER
SYNOPSIS
Der 12 jährige Mathias entdeckt auf einem Segelboot das Bedürfnis nach sexuellen Erfahrungen. Von Wasser umgeben, gefangen auf einem Boot mit seinen Eltern, die ihn wie ein Kleinkind behandeln, ist sein einziges Ziel ein Mädchen auf trockenem Land.
SYNOPSIS (ENG)
12 year old Mathias discovers his first sexual experience on a sailing boat. Surrounded by water and trapped at sea with his parents who still treat him like a child, he decides to explore these new and confusing sensations on dry land.
AWARDS / FESTIVALS (Selection)
WINNER - Deutscher Jugendfilmpreis 2017
WINNER for BEST EDITOR, BEST ACTOR, BEST DIRECTOR - „Filmkraft“ Aalborg Filmfestival 2016
NOMINATED for BEST DIRECTOR - „Grand OFF“ World Independent Film Awards 2016
37. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, GERMANY
27. Sao Paulo Int. Short Filmfestival, BRAZIL
Reykjavik Int. Film Festival, ISLAND
Buster Int. Filmfestival for Children and Youth, DENMARK
58. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, GERMANY
Rio de Janeiro Int. Short Film Festival 2016, BRAZIL
IFF Golden Anteaters 2016, POLAND
14th In The Palace Int. Short Film Festival, BULGARIA
IndieLisboa 2017, PORTUGAL
38. Durban Int. Film Festival, SOUTH AFRICA
Odense Int. Filmfestival 2016, DENMARK
BUFF - International Film Festival, SWEDEN
IndieJunior Allianz - Int. Film Festival, PORTUGAL
NexT International Film Festival, ROMANIA
16. Euganea Film Festival, ITALY
Artfools International Film Festival 2017, GREECE
16. Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, GERMANY
Leiden Int. Short Film Experience, NETHERLANDS
Watersprite Cambridge Int. Student Film Festiva, UK
31. AMANDUS Lillehammer Int. Studentfilmfestival, NORWAY
21. Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY
Bundes.Festival.Film 2017, GERMANY
17. Filmfestival Münster, GERMANY
Super8000 Film Festival Aarhus, DENMARK
Copenhagen Short Film Festival, DENMARK
up-and-coming - Int. Film Festival Hannover, GERMANY
7th CINERAMABC - International Film Festival, BRAZIL
NFFTY Int. Youth Film Festival 2017, USA
NUFF - Nordic Youth Filmfestival Tromsø, NORWAY
YOUKI Int. Youth Media Festival 2016, AUSTRIA
CREDITS
Cast:
Mika Seidel
Barbara Philipp
Andreas Nickl
Fie London
Mikkel Jacobsen
Anders Khayat
Crew:
Director - Friedrich Tiedtke
Producer/Screenwriter - Ida Åkerstrøm Knudsen & Friedrich Tiedtke
Line Producer - Anne Falkesgaard Hansen
Director of photography - Nicholas Bluff
Production Design - Johanna Tiedtke
Editor - Daniel Brinck
Sounddesign/Mix - Johannes Rose
Music composer - Nikolaj Hess, Friedrich Tiedtke
Produced by Zentropa Productions2
Fundings:
Filmworkshop of the Danish Film Institute
String Short Film Competition
Filmwerkstatt Kiel der Filmförderung Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein
PRESS
Cineramafilm
Shadows on the wall
Deutscher Jugendfilmpreis (Jury-Statement)
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung
BUY FILM
Available on NQV Media
Language: german, danish
Subtitles: English, Deutsch, 日本語
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