Short Films
Eisen
A foggy landscape with new buildings in Eisenhüttenstadt at the German-Polish border: „Eisen“, Iron, that’s how they call the town here. Portraits of asylum seekers from all over the world are set among impressions of a dreary life in a strictly composed sequence of images. A snapshot of a life on hold, somewhere in between hope and uncertainty.
Germany 2015, 18:19min, HD
English & German subtitles available
Writer, Editor, Director: Benjamin Kahlmeyer
Cinematography: Stefan Neuberger
Composer: John Gürtler
Sound & Mixer: Jonathan Schorr
Producer: Felix Eisele
Awards & Nominations:
Golden Dove – DOK Leipzig 2015
Miglior Film – Other Movie Lugano 2016
A38 Stipendium – Kasseler Dokfest 2016
Best Documentary- FILMZ Mainz 2016
Best Short Film – Humans FF Valencia 2016
Festivals & Screenings:
DOK Leipzig 2015
IKFF Landshut 2016
Int’l Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg 2016
Achtung Berlin 2016
Open Ohr Festival 2016, Mainz
EMAF Osnabrück 2016
Cellu l’art Jena 2016
Neiße Filmfestival 2016
Changing Perspectives 2016, Istanbul
OstAnders FF 2016, Nuremberg
Other Movie Filmfestival 2016, Lugano
Cinema Jove 2016, Valencia
Filmfest Emden-Norderney 2016
Clermont-Ferrand ISFF 2016
8. Solanin Film Festival 2016
Guimarães Cinema Som 2016
FILMZ Festival des Deutschen Films 2016, Mainz
5th Dublin Doc Fest, 2016
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival 2016
33. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest
Exground Filmfest 2016, Wiesbaden
40. Filmfest Weiterstadt 2017
Humans Fest VI 2017, Valencia
Lichter Filmfest 2017, Frankfurt