Blind Audition

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 17'30 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

For a few years the violinists Ari and Ron have been a couple. When they both receive an invitation to audition for the solo part of an orchestra they suddenly become competitors. Their mutual trust is put to a hard test when Ron gets a tempting offer from the conductor of the orchestra.

director Andreas Kessler Besetzung / Cast Han Nguyen, Simon Kluth Szenenbild / Production Design Carla Sure, Lara Scherpinski Schnitt / Editing Maximilian Merth Drehbuch / Script Linda Kokkores Produktion / Production Oliver Krause, Joachim Weiler Bildgestaltung / DOP Manuel Meinhardt Tongestaltung / Sound Design Lena Beck film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2017 Ringerike International Youth Film Festival, Hønefoss, Norway (Best Directing Award)
2017 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
2017 Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2017 Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany
2017 Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal
2017 filmzeitkaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
2017 Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan
2017 Barcelona International Film Festival, Spain
Awards
2017 Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2017
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Sigrid Gairing
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • +49 7141 96982193
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
School

Andreas Kessler

Started making films at the age of 14;
his films have been screened and awarded at national and international festivals;
currently studying film directing at the Film Academy Baden-Wuettemberg

Filmography
2007 HANNA
2011 RASUMOWSKY
2014 CAMOUFLAGE
2015 MADAMA BUTTERFLY
2015 MITFAHRER
2017 BLIND AUDITION