THE CULPRIT

Production Country Germany production year 2015 runtime 3'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format DTS languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format DTS languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch

A young man is accused of a crime. He confesses and does not show a sign of regret. On the contrary - the young man seems to be proud and fully convinced of what he did.

director Michael Rittmannsberger Besetzung / Cast Ali Berber Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Iva Zabkar Tongestaltung / Sound Design Iva Zabkar Szenenbild / Production Design Dirk Behrend Schnitt / Editing Waldemar Obermann Bildgestaltung / DOP Felix Leiberg Produktion / Production Bernd T. Hoefflin, Lars Buechel Drehbuch / Script Michael Rittmannsberger
Festivals
2015 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2015 ASIF animation festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015 Shortynale Kurzfilmfestival Klosterneuburg, Austria
2016 Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
2016 Huesca International Short Film Festival, Spain (*FRANCISCO GARCIA DE PASO MENTION*)
2016 Odense International Film Festival, Denmark
2016 ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2016 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, Austria
2016 Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, Korea (Republic of)
2016 Fantasporto - Oporto International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
2016 filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany
2016 Konstanzer kurz.film.spiele, Germany
2016 Portobello Film Festival, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2016 FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos, Mainz, Germany
2016 Filmfest Osnabrück - Festival des Unabhängigen Films, Germany
2016 La.Meko Filmfestival Landau, Germany
2016 OderKurz-Filmspektakel, Oderaue, Germany
2016 filmzeitkaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
2016 Northern Wave International Film Festival, Snæfellsbæ, Iceland
2016 Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage, Trimstein, Switzerland
2016 Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria
Production
  • Element e Filmproduktion GmbH
Sales
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Michael Rittmannsberger

Born 1982 in Linz, Austria;
diploma in multimedia art at FH Salzburg;
numerous film festivals and awards for his short films;
is a Berlinale Talents alumnus, Slamdance participant and Nipkow Programme scholarship holder;
works as writer and director for film and advertising and currently prepares his debut feature project

Filmography
2008 VALENCIA
2010 SISTER
2012 ABGESTEMPELT