Der Nachtmahr
Filmfest 2015
Germany 2015
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: German, English)
World Premiere
Director: AKIZ
Section: New German Cinema
It's summer. One endless, sexy party under the open sky. Tina and her friends are living the dream of a whole generation of decadent Berlin-party-kids. But after one excessive night she's haunted by a mysterious ugly creature in nightmares she has. The only person she talks about her fears to is her psychologist. His advice is to confront her fears and to reach out to the creature. At first Tina refuses but after she hears about her parents' plans to put her in a mental hospital she starts talking to the creature.
She slowly realizes that the creature is an incarnation of her fears and that it has the same feelings she does. Afraid of being called a freak she starts hiding the creature in her room. After a while she even gets close to it. It's almost like a relationship with a wild stray animal. For the first time in her life, it almost seems as if Tina has the courage to be herself. But then her parents and her friends see the creature…
OOO-Films
Cast: Carolyn Genzkow, Kim Gordon, Julika Jenkins, Arnd Klawitter, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
Credits
Screenplay: AKIZ
Director of Photography: Clemens Baumeister
Film Editor: AKIZ, Philipp Virus
Composer: Steffen Kahles & Christoph Blaser
Production Designer: Vera Koch, Anne Schlaich
Costume Design: Laura Büchel
Sound: Leo Brunnsteiner, Manfred Mvié Bauche, Florian Holzner
Producer: Amir Hamz, Christian Springer, AKIZ, Simon Rühlemann
Production Company: OOO-Films GbR
Co-Production Company: Bon Voyage
World Sales: K5 International GmbH
Director: AKIZ
