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Allen Zweifeln zum Trotz
Against All Odds

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2022 runtime 14'59 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Dolby A languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Younus does not give up... despite all the doubts! Fascination is glued to the strange but familiar father figure and mixed up with a growing longing for real intimacy. Cautiously testing and expanding boundaries, Younus is playing a risky game. When the tension finally unloads, Younus questions the deeper foundation of the fragile relationship.

https://www.filmschule.de/de/showcase/allen-zweifeln-zum-trotz

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director Laurenz Otto Produktion / Production Laurenz Otto, Alexander Conrads Drehbuch / Script Laurenz Otto Schnitt / Editing Antonia-Marleen Klein Bildgestaltung / DOP Mathis Hanspach Tongestaltung / Sound Design Maximilian Rodegra Szenenbild / Production Design Karla Stindt, Luna Grüsgen Besetzung / Cast Daniel Michel, Johannes Degen film school ifs internationale filmschule köln
Festivals
2022 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (WDR Westart-Zuschauerjury Preis)
2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain
2022 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2022 Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland
2022 BOGOSHORTS Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia
2022 International Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers, Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
2022 KFFK - Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany (Audience Award "Kölner Fenster")
2022 Kinofest Lünen, Germany
2023 filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, Germany
2023 Bundesfestival junger Film, St. Ingbert
2023 Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
2023 Mecal Pro - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Spain
2023 SHORTS – Trinationales Filmfestival am Oberrhein, Offenburg, Germany (Special Mention "Best Sound")
Production
  • Laurenz Otto
  • http://@amatusazzt
Distribution
  • ifs internationale filmschule köln
  • Monika Bremen
  • +49 221 920188202
  • http://www.filmschule.de
Sales
  • ifs internationale filmschule köln
  • Monika Bremen
  • +49 221 920188202
  • http://www.filmschule.de
School

Laurenz Otto

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia;
grew up in a suburb of Cologne;
graduated with a BA in Film Directing in 2021;
works as a projectionist at the Filmpalette Köln cinema;
the script for his debut feature film DEAD BODIES DON´T RUN was funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

Filmography
Refugium (2018)
Pulau Seribu (2019)
Zu Ende ist es erst am Schluss (2020)
Allen Zweifeln zum Trotz (2022)
Arschschießen (2024)