MICKEY & MARIA

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2007 runtime 10'00 colour
screening format Super 8 aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Maria is at the birthday party of her friends son where the kids are going crazy. Close to a nervous breakdown she escapes the party. But she is followed by nine-year-old Mickey, who calls her the woman of his life. Without success, she tries to get rid of the boy. Only recently she broke up with her boyfriend and is fed up with love and childish men. Her life has become a nightmare - until Mickey offers Maria the most romantic proposal of her entire life.

director Steffen Reuter Besetzung / Cast Max Schmuckert, Stefanie Stappenbeck Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Eike Hosenfeld, Moritz Denis Schnitt / Editing Bernhard Wiessner Bildgestaltung / DOP Peter Przybylski Drehbuch / Script Laurent Daniels Tongestaltung / Sound Design Christian Riegel
Festivals
Sun Screen Festival, St. Petersburg, USA
FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Kinofest Lünen, Germany
Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival, Nenzing, Bludenz, Austria
International Short Film Festival Balchik, Bulgaria
Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney, Germany (2. Platz)
Cologne Conference, Köln, Germany (Bestes Drehbuch)
FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos, Mainz, Germany (1. Platz im Kurzfilmwettbewerb)
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany (1. Publikumsplatz)
Production
  • SCHMIDTz KATZE FILMKOLLEKTIV
  • Patrick Knippel
  • Kremmener Str.12
  • 10435 Berlin
  • +49 30 41716653
Distribution
  • SCHMIDTz KATZE FILMKOLLEKTIV
  • Patrick Knippel
  • Kremmener Str.12
  • 10435 Berlin
  • +49 30 41716653
Sales
  • SCHMIDTz KATZE FILMKOLLEKTIV
  • Patrick Knippel
  • Kremmener Str.12
  • 10435 Berlin
  • +49 30 41716653

Steffen Reuter

Before setting up SCHMIDTz KATZE FILMKOLLEKTIV, he worked for numerous cinema and TV productions;
his work at his company concentrates on acquisition, script - development and financing

Filmography
1995 MIRKOS WELT
1996 KINDERBROTBAUM
1999 GUTE KRIEGE SCHLECHTE KRIEGE
2002 STRELITZ
2003 PARTNER AKUT