I Want to Return Return Return

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2020 runtime 29'50 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.66:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Swedish, Wolof Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 1.66:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Swedish, Wolof Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch

While waiting for a long-distance friend, a lonely young woman navigates through a Berlin neighbourhood populated by talkative souls whose existence is often dominated by memories of their past lives.

director Elsa Rosengren Cast Ellen Edmar, Elpiniki Saranti, Katarzyna Pacura, Maria Kalach, Ramses Komuro Boubaker, Robert Hamill, Stefan Keuneke Szenenbild / Production Design Tatiana Bastos Editing Elsa Rosengren, Esteban Alfaro Script Elsa Rosengren DOP Giulia Schelhas Production Margarita Amineva Sound Design Frank Behnke film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
2020 Festival de Cannes - Internationale Filmfestspiele von Cannes, France (3. Prize Cinéfondation)
2020 San Sebastian Festival, Spain
2020 STIFF Student International Film Festival, Rijeka, Croatia
2020 Belgrade Auteur Film Festival (Festival Autorskog Filma), Serbia
2021 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
Production
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Friedrich-Krause-Ufer 19
  • 13353 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de

Elsa Rosengren

Born 1989 in Gothenburg, Sweden;
started making films while attending Rhode Island School of Design in the USA;
graduated from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) in 2020;
currently lives and works in Berlin

Filmography
2012 Maria and the Globe
2012 Marionette
2014 Krivoklát – A Beautiful Place for a Wedding
2016 Elpiniki Plays the Accordion
2017 News 23/06/2016 – Zeit der Unruhe