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The Heroes of Bern

Germany 2002, 11 minutes in 35 mm/DVD/Beta SP
Screen ratio 4:3 (1,33:1)
Directed by Florian Plag, Martin Seibert, Ingo Dominik Steidel
Voice Herbert Zimmermann
Genre Animation, Comedy, Short, soccer
Film tags bern finale fussball lego ungarn weltmeisterschaft wunder zimmermann

The Heroes of Bern - these are the best scenes from the soccer World Cup Final of 1954, performed with LEGO figures and accompanied by Herbert Zimmermann?s original commentary.

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The Ball is Damned Round

Germany 2000, 20 minutes in 35 mm/DVD/Beta SP
Screen ratio 1,66:1
Directed by Jakob Ziemnicki
Script Alex Steimle, Jakob Ziemnicki
Music Stefan Schulzki
Actor Lino Ciriello, Carolin Conrad, Anya Fischer
Camera Anja Jacobs
Cut Jakob Ziemnicki
Produced by Sascha Verhey
Genre Comedy, Short, soccer
Film tags borussia champions league dortmund fan finale fussball juventus nachbarn turin

Anna can?t believe it: her favourite soccer club Borussia is in the finals against Juventus Turin. Stupidly on this day she has her birthday too. She has to get rid of her boyfriend and cancel her birthday party. But then the boy?s TV upstairs breaks down...

Festivals
2001
Max Ophüls Preis Festival, Saarbrücken;
?kurz & gut aus Ludwigsburg" im Kommunalen Kino, Stuttgart;
Filmtage Tübingen;
Sehsüchte Potsdam;
Filmfest Emden;
Open Eyes Filmfest Maarburg;
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt;
Schwenninger Kurzfilmtage;
Die 24 Stunden von Nürnberg;
Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden;
Kontrast - Das Bayreuther Filmfest;
Dynamo Kurzfilmfestival Landshut;
Lost High Tapes, München - Berlin - Hamburg - Köln

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Eight

Great Britain 1998, 13 minutes in 35 mm/DVD/Beta SP
Screen ratio 1,85:1
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Script Tim Clague
Actor Jack Langan-Evans
Camera John Pardue
Produced by Jonathan Finn
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Short, soccer
Film tags englisch fussball Verlust
vorlage Film
A day in the life of a fanatical eight-year-old Liverpool supporter as he comes to terms with a strange new town and the loss of his father. The bitter sweet tale won the 1998 Jerwood Film Prize and marks the film directing debut of Stephen Daldry (THE HOURS, BILLY ELLIOT).


Awards
1998 winner of the JERWOOD FILMPREIS



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Oscar

Switzerland 2003, 9 minutes in 35 mm/DVD/Beta SP
Directed by Roberto Martinez
Actor Andres Algar, Domenico Pecoraio
Camera Marcell Erdélyi
Produced by Julie Forster
Genre Family, Short, soccer
Film tags fussball

While Oscar together with his father visits one of his son?s football games, Oscar remembers his own once successful football career and how his father was consistently conspicuous through his absence.

Festivals
2004
SehSüchte ? Internationales Studentenfilmfestival Potsdam

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The Cat of Altona

Germany 2002, 29 minutes in 35 mm/DVD
Screen ratio 1,85:1
Directed by Wolfgang Dinslage
Script Marc Blöbaum
Actor Jenny Marie Muck, Gerhard Olschewski
Camera Kai Rostásy
Produced by Sören Hüper
Filmschool Hamburg Media School
Genre Drama, Family, Short
FBW: besonders wertvoll
Film tags altona erste liebe fetisch fussball hamburg torwart vater kind beziehung
Life is horrible for the 17-year-old Rudi Esser. Ever since he was a little boy, his father, who is president of the 5th class soccer club Altona 03, wanted him to become a brilliant goalkeeper. But with little success. Rudi has got other interests. While his father and the club are preparing for the most important match of their history to stay in the league, the adolescent Rudi is thinking about what it must be like to wear womens’ clothes.


Awards (Selection)
2003 Mainprize for the Best Shortfilm, Augenweide, Film and TV-production
Audience Award, International Studentfilmfestival Sehnsüchte, Potsdam, Brandenburg

Honourable Mention of the Jury, Filmfestival Landshut, Bavaria
2002 Audience Award, Golden Lion, Internationales Studentfilmfestival, Taiwan

Nominated for the German Shortfilmprize

Nominated for the Upcoming Award, Studio Hamburg


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HEROES 06

Germany 2006, 16 minutes in 35 mm/DVD/Beta SP
Screen ratio 1,85:1
Directed by Daniel Müller, Florian Plag, Martin Seibert, Ingo Dominik Steidl
Voice Hans- Jürgen Schupp
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Short, soccer
Film tags ballack Beckenbauer berlin Calmund delling finale fußball Italien Klinsmann lahm lego Löw netzer podolski weltmeisterschaft wm zidane
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In the new Lego- football film there is a match between the German National Team and a team of the world’s best. The Lego doubles of Ronaldinho, Zidane, Beckham, Ballack, Kahn and many other stars show off their skills. At halftime the Legofigures of Gerhard Delling und Günter Netzer comment on the game and Waldemar Hartmann interviews experts such as Franz Beckenbauer, Rainer Calmund und Giovanni Trappatoni.
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