screening format
35mm
aspect ratio
2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
sound format
Dolby Digital
original-language
German
subtitles
English
screening format
DigiBeta
aspect ratio
2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
sound format
Dolby Digital
original-language
German
subtitles
English
LIGHTS is the story of a small-town police officer with big dreams of being a hero. His only problem is that the peaceful village at the end of the world offers no opportunity for heroism. So he decides to take matters into his own hands.
director
Giulio Ricciarelli
Cast
Beat Marti, Johann von Bülow, Lisa Martinek, Sven Walser
Original Score
Alessandro Ricciarelli
Editing
Wolfgang Weigl
DOP
Max Penzel
Production
Sabine Lamby
Script
Soern Menning
Sound Design
Martin Frühmorgen
Festivals
shnit worldwide shortsfestival
FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
PROVINZIALE - Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany
Augsburger Kurzfilmwochenende, Germany
cellu l’art Kurzfilmfestival Jena, Germany
La Ciotat - Best of Short Films Festivals, France
FILMZ – FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN KINOS, Mainz, Germany
Miami Short Film Festival, USA
Hong Kong International Film Festival, China
EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, Japan
Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), Spain
Martovski Festival – Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia
(FIPRESCI Preis)
Diessener KurzFilmFestival, Germany
(Publikumspreis)
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan
(Student Jury Award)
Production
- naked eye filmproduction GmbH & Co. KG
- Sabine Lamby
- Dachauer Str. 233, c/o Alamode Film
- 80637 München
- +49 89 17999220
Distribution
- naked eye filmproduction GmbH & Co. KG
- Sabine Lamby
- Dachauer Str. 233, c/o Alamode Film
- 80637 München
- +49 89 17999220
Sales
- naked eye filmproduction GmbH & Co. KG
- Sabine Lamby
- Dachauer Str. 233, c/o Alamode Film
- 80637 München
- +49 89 17999220
Giulio Ricciarelli
Born in Milan, grew up in Munich;
after studying acting in Munich at the Otto Falckenberg School he works as an actor, director, writer and producer
Filmography
2005 VINCENT
2008 Love it like it is