Film and Discussion
New Short Films from Germany
Authors in Conversation
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We continue our series in support of artists and authors during the pandemic with a group of young filmmakers who have recently produced award-winning short films: Jannis Alexander Kiefer with Meeting, Daniel Theiler with Top Down Memory, and Borbala Nagy with Land of Glory. They will be joined by Brandeis alumn Benedikt Reynolds, ‘19, founder of Boston Student Film Festival.
Land of Glory
Director: Borbála Nagy
Germany, 2020, 27 min.
Hungarian with English subtitles.
Festivals: Max Ophüls Prize, Saarbrücken 2020, Filmfest Dresden 2020, Achtung Berlin 2020, Cologne Short Film Festival 2020, Poitiers Film Festival 2020, Premiers Plans Angers 2021.
Awards: Best Medium-Length Film, Achtung Berlin 2020; Third Jury Award & Audience Award, Cologne Short Film Festival 2020; German Short Film Award 2020
Meeting
Director: Jannis A. Kiefer, Germany 2020, 08:40 min
Awards: German Short Film Award / Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2020 - **Winner** Best Live Action Film under 10 minutes
Top Down Memory
Experimental Documentary Short, Germany, 2020, 12 min.
Director/Screenplay/Producer: Daniel Theiler
German with English subtitles
Festivals: Stuttgart Filmwinter 2021