Freie Weihnachten
Free Christmas

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2004 runtime 8'00 colour Color
screening format Beta SP aspect ratio 1.37:1 sound format Mono languages Deutsch, Russisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

In Germany, the Christmas market is an old tradition. Only in Russia it is not. But this can be changed!

director Sylvie Hohlbaum Editing Mark Liedtke, Sylvie Hohlbaum Script Sylvie Hohlbaum DOP Nina Werth Sound Design Bernd Zimmermann film school Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Festivals
Filmschau FrankfurtRheinMain, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg, Germany
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
PROVINZIALE - Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
Production
  • Sylvie Hohlbaum
  • Amandastr. 50
  • 20357 Hamburg
  • +49 40 30963469
Distribution
  • Sylvie Hohlbaum
  • Amandastr. 50
  • 20357 Hamburg
  • +49 40 30963469
School

Sylvie Hohlbaum

Studied art education and art history from 1989 to 2001;
from 1996 to 2004 studied visual communication with a focus on documentary film at the HfG Offenbach;
since 2006 freelance artist and filmmaker.

Filmography
2002 Wenn der Eisberg kalbt
2002 Billy
2004 Freie Weihnachten
2012 Beige
2015 Rocca, das All und Schwermetall
2017 Operation Bratek
2025 Kutte