Benidorm

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2006 runtime 19'00 colour Color
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby SR languages Englisch, Französisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Spanisch

The mediterranean city of Benidorm stands for all-inclusive tourism, permanent sunlight, booze for crash prices, and for a coast poured in concrete. During the winter its residents are almost exclusively pensioners. Benidorm is a film about age, dignity and lifes transience.

director Carolin Schmitz Original Score Andreas Schilling Sound Design Andreas Schilling Editing Carolin Schmitz Script Carolin Schmitz DOP Hajo Schomerus
Festivals
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada
docudays, Beirut, Lebanon
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
Production
  • unafilm
  • Titus Kreyenberg
  • Alteburger Str. 2
  • 50678 Köln
  • +49 221 3480280
Distribution
  • unafilm
  • Titus Kreyenberg
  • Alteburger Str. 2
  • 50678 Köln
  • +49 221 3480280

Carolin Schmitz

Born 1967 in Wiesbaden;
lives and works in Cologne

Filmography
1998 Die Dame hängt
1999 4 min 3 sec
2000 Ganz schön
2001 Sitzend überleben
2002 Paralleluniversen