LEIB
BODY

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2020 runtime 17'38 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Surround languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

In the body of a silent sunburnt labourer, a mysterious creature is summoned into an old widow’s life to help out on the farm. However, things take a turn when the creature starts to develop feelings of its own.

https://www.dffb.de/films/leib/

director Marijana Verhoef Besetzung / Cast Dustin Schanz, Susanne Bredehöft Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Benedikt Schiefer Szenenbild / Production Design Zoë Agathos Schnitt / Editing Marijana Verhoef, Marina Palma Drehbuch / Script Marijana Verhoef Bildgestaltung / DOP Leyla Hoppe Produktion / Production Elena Zurbuch, Elisabeth Köller Tongestaltung / Sound Design Inge Olmheim, Mladjan Matavulj film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
2020 Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya, Spain
2020 Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
2021 Trieste Film Festival, Italy
2021 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
Production
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de

Marijana Verhoef

Born 1986 in Belgrade, Serbia;
is a Berlin-based screenwriter, playwright and director from Serbia and the Netherlands;
her plays premiered at numerous theatres such as the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Augsburg Theatre and Maxim Gorki Theatre;
is currently studying film directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)

Filmography
2019 COMMON SOUND
2020 OPERA FOR SALE