Beige

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2012 runtime 14'00 colour Color
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format DigiBeta aspect ratio 1.85:1 languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

There seems to exist a clandestine dress code for German best agers: They all wear beige! Filmmaker Sylvie Hohlbaum had to find answers: Is there a connection between wearing beige and growing old? And, will we all beigify one day?!

Audio Description German
Sign Language Inserts German
Closed Captions German
Contact: Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg, Anne Jagemann
http://verleih.shortfilm.com +49 40 39106318
director Sylvie Hohlbaum Animation Henning Christiansen Cast Ferenc Hohlbaum, Sylvie Hohlbaum Script Sylvie Hohlbaum Original Score Ralf Junker (Thin Ice Stompers) Editing Kerstin Helfer, Nina Schley DOP Mark Liedtke Production Andrea Schütte Sound Design Rolf Manzei
Festivals
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival, Lüchow, Germany
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
AISFF Asiana International Short Film Festival, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany (1. Preis)
Production
  • Tamtam Film GmbH
  • Dirk Decker
  • Bahrenfelder Str. 229 f
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 38089999
  • http://www.tamtamfilm.com
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anne Jagemann
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 39106318
  • http://verleih.shortfilm.com
Sales
  • Tamtam Film GmbH
  • Dirk Decker
  • Bahrenfelder Str. 229 f
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 38089999
  • http://www.tamtamfilm.com

Sylvie Hohlbaum

Studied art education and art history from 1989 to 2001;
from 1996 to 2004 studied visual communication with a focus on documentary film at the HfG Offenbach;
since 2006 freelance artist and filmmaker.

Filmography
2002 Wenn der Eisberg kalbt
2002 Billy
2004 Freie Weihnachten
2012 Beige
2015 Rocca, das All und Schwermetall
2017 Operation Bratek
2025 Kutte