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Hotel Astoria

film type animated film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2020 runtime 28'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Digital languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Leipzig, GDR, 1986: The Hotel Astoria is a magical place. Business people, prostitutes, the elite of the Socialist Party and ordinary people meet here. But lobster and caviar are scarce, extravagance is also on ration. And the Stasi is always watching. The many truths from the everyday socialist life of a luxury hotel.

https://hotel-astoria.org/

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/468246746

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director Alina Cyranek, Falk Schuster Animation Alexander Schmidt, Falk Schuster, Julian Quitsch, Tim Romanowsky Bildgestaltung / DOP Falk Schuster Produktion / Production Falk Schuster, Alina Cyranek Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Florian Marquardt Tongestaltung / Sound Design Florian Marquardt Schnitt / Editing Alina Cyranek Drehbuch / Script Alina Cyranek
Festivals
2020 IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
Production
  • hug films GbR
  • Alina Cyranek
  • http://www.hug-films.com
Sales
  • hug films GbR
  • Falk Schuster
  • Schleiermacherstr. 1
  • 06114 Halle (Saale)

Alina Cyranek

Completed her double Master in Media Art at the Bauhaus University Weimar and the Tongji University Shanghai;
for her documentary work, she uses different media formats, technical approaches and narratives;
HOTEL ASTORIA is her first animated and VR documentary

Filmography
2012 fractured
2013 Familienessen
2014 Szenen eines Abschieds
2014 fading
2016 Ein Haufen Liebe
2016 In Darkness
2018 I love my carL

Falk Schuster

Born 1980 in Oschatz, former GDR;
2003 to 2009 studied at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle;
in 2008 attended European Animation Masterclass advanced training programme;
since 2009 working as an independent filmmaker for animated films

Filmography
2009 Laufende Geschäfte
2011 Ast mit Last
2013 A racers sketchbook
2015 Die Weite suchen
2018 Bei Nacht erwacht
2018 Die Tochter

Portrait of Falk Schuster