Parzellen des Glücks
Pockets of Happiness

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2025 runtime 22'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.66:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language German subtitles English

Monique and Heiko encounter an uninvited guest in their allotment garden. The stranger has wings on its back and it seems as if it fell from the sky. As Heiko falls under its spell, his wife Monique has a thought: Don't we all want to believe in miracles?

director Konrad Schlaich Production Oscar Meyer-Ricks Script Lisa Polster DOP Marharyta Kurbanova Editing Juan Carlos Bautista Cast Hermia Gerdes, Mathias Hermann, Susanne Bredehöft Szenenbild / Production Design Laura Jacob, Margot Raynal Original Score Angela Boutro Sound Design Jonas Albani film school Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Festivals
2025 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
2025 Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
Distribution
  • 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
Production
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Oskar Meyer-Ricks
School
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de

Konrad Schlaich

Konrad Schlaich, born 1995, grew up in Berlin and initially worked in journalism. He took media studies and cultural anthropology at the FU Free University Berlin and in Beirut. Since 2020, he has studied at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. His graduation film premiered at the Max Opühls Preis film festival.

Filmography
2023 Goldener Reiter
2025 By Appointment only
2025 Parzellen des Glücks