Die Ballade von Ella Plummhoff
The Ballad of Ella Plummhoff

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2015 runtime 28'59 colour Color
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby SR languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby SR languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

While Ella faces a decisive math exam, which determines if she will be promoted to next grade, she dreams of last summer: love lessons given by her ballet teacher, private tutoring by a 7th grader, her first kiss, and always annoying parents ...

director Barbara Kronenberg Cast Gabriele Schulze, Inga Dreger, Jessica Kosmalla, Lia Huybrechts, Lotta Teufel, Sascha Tschorn, Stefan Lampadius Original Score Sebastian Haßler Szenenbild / Production Design Carsten Maier, Tabea Nitzsche Editing Fiona Brands DOP Tilo Hauke Production Barbara Kronenberg Script Barbara Kronenberg Sound Design Dominik Leube, Holger Buff, Yana Höhnerbach film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
Filmfestival Münster, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
video/film tage – screening, Mainz, Germany (1. Preis)
Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
Windrider International Student Film Festival, Eagle, USA (Special Mention)
MixBrasil Festival of Cultural Diversity, São Paulo, Brazil
Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, China
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, USA
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Ickle Film Fest, Dundee, United Kingdom
Konstanzer kurz.film.spiele, Germany
Perlen - Queer Film Festival Hannover, Germany
International Festival of Cinema and Women, Florenz, Italy
Florence Queer Festival, Florenz, Italy
Europäisches Kurzfilmfestival Köln UNLIMITED, Germany
Sguardo Nuovo – Sardinia Queer Film Expo, Cagliari, Italy
Filmfest Düsseldorf, Germany
Awards
Nominierung FIRST STEPS - Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

Barbara Kronenberg

Born in Bochum, Germany;
she worked as a software developer and studied Media Production, followed by postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne with special emphasis on screenwriting and directing

Filmography
2008 LIKÖRCHEN
2008 MAGNUS
2010 NICHT HEUTE
2012 KLEINE WÜNSCHE
2012 BRUNOS BARBER SHOP