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Like Other People

new film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2025 runtime 17'04 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.66:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language English subtitles German, English, French

When a condom breaks, Nina and Danil wander through the night in search of a pharmacy and a decision. As they face a possible pregnancy, their undefined relationship forces a deeper question: is family a choice, a coincidence, or a privilege of the settled?

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director Luisa Nöllke, Leo Dzhyshyashvili Production Melissa Byrne Script Luisa Nöllke DOP Leo Dzhyshyashvili Editing Lea El Attal Cast Emma Suthe, Dawid Ptak film school Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
Festivals
2025 up-and-coming Internationales Film Festival Hannover, Germany
2026 Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland
2026 Watersprite Film Festival, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Best Screenplay)
2026 AIFVF Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA
2026 Courts d'un soir Festival Montreal - International Short Film and Series Festival, Canada
2026 SHORTS Trinationales Filmfestival Offenburg, Germany
2026 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
School
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • Germany
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Production
  • allergikerfilm
  • Melissa Byrne
Production
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Distribution
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Sales
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de

Luisa Nöllke

Luisa Nöllke is a writer and director. She studied screenwriting, production, and media economics at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). Her work examines how intimacy emerges, shifts, and is negotiated. In addition to her own films, she writes for television (ZDF, ARD).

Filmography
2022 An der Wand
2025 Like Other People

Portrait of Luisa Nöllke

Leo Dzhyshyashvili

Leo Dzhyshyashvili is a cinematographer and director. He studied at the Kyiv University of Arts and Culture and at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). During his studies, he directed and shot several short films. His work has screened at festivals including DOK Leipzig and the Tampere Film Festival.

Filmography
2025 The Birds are Silent
2025 Like Other People