Allen Zweifeln zum Trotz
Against All Odds

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2022 runtime 14'59 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Dolby A original-language German subtitles English

Younus does not give up... despite all the doubts! Fascination is glued to the strange but familiar father figure and mixed up with a growing longing for real intimacy. Cautiously testing and expanding boundaries, Younus is playing a risky game. When the tension finally unloads, Younus questions the deeper foundation of the fragile relationship.

director Laurenz Otto Production Laurenz Otto, Alexander Conrads Script Laurenz Otto Editing Antonia-Marleen Klein DOP Mathis Hanspach Sound Design Maximilian Rodegra Szenenbild / Production Design Karla Stindt, Luna Grüsgen Cast Daniel Michel, Johannes Degen film school ifs internationale filmschule köln
Festivals
2022 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (WDR Westart-Zuschauerjury Preis)
2022 San Sebastian Festival, Spain
2022 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2022 Warsaw International Film Festival, Warschau, Poland
2022 BOGOSHORTS Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia
2022 International Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers, Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
2022 KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany (Audience Award "Kölner Fenster")
2022 Kinofest Lünen, Germany
2023 filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany
2023 Bundes.Festival.Film., Remscheid, Germany
2023 Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
2023 Mecal Pro - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Spain
2023 SHORTS Trinationales Filmfestival Offenburg, Germany (Special Mention "Best Sound")
Production
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School

Laurenz Otto

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia;
grew up in a suburb of Cologne;
graduated with a BA in Film Directing in 2021;
works as a projectionist at the Filmpalette Köln cinema;
the script for his debut feature film DEAD BODIES DON´T RUN was funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

Filmography
Refugium (2018)
Pulau Seribu (2019)
Zu Ende ist es erst am Schluss (2020)
Allen Zweifeln zum Trotz (2022)
Arschschießen (2024)