Wenn ich nicht geboren wäre
If I Wasn't Born

film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2012 runtime 7'00 colour
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

IF I WASN'T BORN takes a look inside the filmmaker's photo album. It's a journey through the last years of the GDR and the time of the Fall of the Wall. The film asks about chances in life and about "what could have been?"

director Hendrik Schäfer Animation Hendrik Schäfer Schnitt / Editing Hendrik Schäfer Bildgestaltung / DOP Hendrik Schäfer Produktion / Production Hendrik Schäfer, Charles Eric Breitkreuz Drehbuch / Script Hendrik Schäfer Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Ben R. Hansen Tongestaltung / Sound Design Ben R. Hansen film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
FEST International Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal
OpenEyes Filmfest, Marburg-Amöneburg, Germany (Gewinner Kategorie Experimentalfilm)
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
School

Hendrik Schäfer

Born 1981 in East Berlin;
2002-2011 freelancer for music videos and commercials;
since 2011 studying directing/documentary film at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg