Freies Land
Free Country

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2008 runtime 24'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Beta SP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Summer 1983, GDR: Uwe, a parish priest from Mecklenburg, dares to openly express his ideals of freedom - and increasingly jeopardises his family and himself by doing so. When his wife breaks down under pressure from the communist state, Uwe has to face a conflict that will prove to be a crucial test for the whole family.

director Hannes Treiber Besetzung / Cast Ada Labahn, Katrin Heller, Martin Vischer, Max Soltwedel, Oliver Breite, Stephan Baumecker, Till Favier Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Sonic Brothers Schnitt / Editing Mark Heizmann Bildgestaltung / DOP Florian Kirchler Produktion / Production Andrea Schütte Drehbuch / Script Agnieszka Piwowarska Tongestaltung / Sound Design Rolf Manzei film school Hamburg Media School
Festivals
Sleepwalkers International Student Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
BRNO SIXTEEN - International ShortFilmFestival Brno, Czech Republic
CAMERIMAGE International Film Festival, Lodz, Poland
Beginning - Open St. Petersburg Film Festival, Russian Federation
U.Frame - Internacional Academic Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival, Nenzing, Bludenz, Austria (Goldenes Einhorn)
Kinofest Lünen, Germany (Publikumspreis Erster Gang)
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany
cellu l’art Kurzfilmfestival Jena, Germany (3. Platz Internationaler Wettbewerb)
Awards
2008 Bester Absolventenfilm/Spielfilm Babelsberger Medienpreis 2008
Distribution
  • Anja Schmuck
  • Finkenau 35
  • 22081 Hamburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 40 41346862
  • http://www.hamburgmediaschool.com
Sales
  • Anja Schmuck
  • Finkenau 35
  • 22081 Hamburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 40 41346862
  • http://www.hamburgmediaschool.com
School

Hannes Treiber

2001 to 2006, studied audio-visual media at the Stuttgart Media University;
several internships at different TV stations and film production companies;
2006 to 2008, postgraduate film studies in directing at the Hamburg Media School

Filmography
2006 ZERBROCHENE FLÜGEL
2007 TEMBUR
2007 LOST LOVERS
2008 EINSICHT