FIRE DRILL

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 21'45 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2:1 (univisium) sound format Dolby A original-language English, Ukrainian subtitles German, English

A young Ukrainian dreams of working on a container ship and protecting his mother from the war in their homeland. As he adapts to the harsh life at sea and bonds with the diverse crew, he feels a sense of belonging. However, a serious mistake puts everything at risk: endangering his position within the ship's crew, his future and finally his hopes of protecting his mother from war.

director Maximilian Villwock Script Maximilian Villwock DOP Marco Müller Editing Anna-Lena Engelhardt Production Cleo Campe film school Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Festivals
2024 Torino Film Festival, Italy
2024 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Awards
2024 Nominierung für Michael-Ballhaus-Preis FIRST STEPS - Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis 2024
2024 Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis Kategorie Spielfilm von mehr als 10 bis 30 Minuten Laufzeit Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2024
School
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Distribution
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Production
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Sales
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de

Maximilian Villwock

Maximilian Villwock is a director and writer who studied at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLFand lives in Berlin. His films focus on universal stories set in unseen worlds. His project A PASSAGE received a student BAFTA nomination. Other works have been shown at various top name film festivals.

Filmography
2016 PANDA III
2018 PENTHESILEA
2021 DATING IS IN CHINA
2022 A PASSAGE
2024 FIRE DRILL