Mise à nu
Catching Birds

film type fiction Production Country France, Germany production year 2023 runtime 18'47 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Surround original-language French subtitles English

The natural physicality of two friends is called into question by their first sexual impulses. The boundaries between friendship and sexual desire blur in a male-dominated environment.

director Simon Maria Kubiena, Lea Marie Lembke Script Lea Marie Lembke, Simon Maria Kubiena DOP Leon Hörtrich, Wesley Salamone Editing Lucas Cantera Sound Design Bjarne Taurnier Szenenbild / Production Design Lise Lacoue-Labarthe Production Lotta Schmelzer, Lisa Purtscher Cast Anna Stanic, Fethi Aidouni, Marin Judas film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2023 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
2023 DIAGONALE - Festival des österreichischen Films, Graz, Austria
School
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
  • Cord Dueppe
  • Straßburger Str. 55
  • 10405 Berlin
  • Germany
  • +49 30 25942903
  • http://www.interfilm.de

Simon Maria Kubiena

Born 1998 in Vienna, Simon Maria Kubiena was introduced to filmmaking through acting and participated in several film and acting workshops. Since 2019 he has studied directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and attended La Fémis in Paris on an exchange semester.

Filmography
2019 Boy
2019 Mama
2021 Rain outside our window
2022 Blaues Rauschen
2023 Mise à nu
2025 At home I feel like leaving

Lea Marie Lembke

Lea Marie Lembke grew up in Berlin, where she studied philosophy and film. She gained her first experience in the film industry as an assistant director and casting coordinator. Since 2019 she has studied directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. In 2021, she completed an exchange semester at La Fémis in Paris.

Filmography
2019 Insular
2019 Fomo
2020 #Januhairy
2022 Fast nah
2023 Mise à nu
2024 Die lauteste Zeit