MARS CLOSER

film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2015 runtime 16'12 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Englisch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Englisch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch

In 2024 a private organization plans to send a group of four people to Mars. Paul Leeming and Pauls Irbins are both shortlisted candidates for the planet’s first human settlement. The mission is going to be a one-way-trip.

director Vera Maria Brückner, Annelie Boros Original Score Cico Beck, Florian Kreier Editing Frank Müller DOP Julian Krubasik Production Fabian Halbig, Florian Kamhuber Script Annelie Boros, Vera Maria Brückner Sound Design Annelie Boros, Vera Maria Brückner film school Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
Festivals
2015 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada
2015 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Honorary Mention German Short Film)
2015 Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
2015 Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München, Germany
2015 Science New Wave Festival, New York, USA
2015 CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Denmark
2015 Festival International Signes de Nuit, Paris, France (Honorary Mention Lisbon)
2015 DOKUart, Bjelovar, Croatia
2015 Faito Doc Festival, Naples, Italy
2015 Contact - International Student Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey
Production
  • Nordpolaris
  • Florian Kamhuber
  • Siegfriedstr. 19
  • 80803 München
  • http://www.nordpolaris.com
Distribution
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Sales
  • Nordpolaris
  • Florian Kamhuber
  • Siegfriedstr. 19
  • 80803 München
  • http://www.nordpolaris.com
School
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • Germany
  • http://www.hff-muc.de

Vera Maria Brückner

2012 Bachelor of Arts in Photography, Munich;
since 2012 Student at University of Television and Film Munich, Documentary Directing and TV Journalism

Filmography
2012 What happens when the heart just stops

Annelie Boros

Born 1991 in Munich;
since 2012 studies documentary and TV-journalism at the University of Television and Film Munich

Filmography
2013 Zweieinhalb Zimmer
2015 MARS CLOSER
2016 FUCK WHITE TEARS