INFO
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Director |
Kim Lêa Sakkal |
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Genre |
Fiction |
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Duration |
22’ |
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Year |
2024 |
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Nationality |
Germany, France |
SYNOPSYS
Derya is pregnant, but she hasn’t had sex. In the height of a dry summer, signs of the supernatural and the divine emerge, questioning the true origin of her mysterious pregnancy.
STILLS
CREDITS
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Director |
Kim Lêa Sakkal |
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Genre |
Psychological thriller |
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Runtime |
22′ |
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Year |
2024 |
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Screenplay |
Kim Lêa Sakkal |
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Nationality |
Germany, France |
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Producers |
Kim Lêa Sakkal |
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Co-production |
Solal Coutard |
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Director of Photography |
Paul Faltz |
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Editing |
Benedikt Strick |
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Music |
Caroline Kox |
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Colorist |
Nadia Khairat Gómez |
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Sound Editing & Mix |
Henning Hein |
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Cast |
Devrim Lingnau (Derya) Deleila Piasko (Rahel) Jan Bluthardt (Jakob) |
AWARDS AND SELECTIONS
2024
World Premiere
56. Quinzaine des Realisateurs - Directors' Fortnight Cannes
2024 - OSCAR ® / EFA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
32. Curtas Vila Do Conde - International Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
16. International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
32. Hamptons International Film Festival
2024 - EFA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
69. Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
2024
Official Selection
58. Hof International Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
18. Kurzfilmfestival Köln
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Best German Film 2nd Prize
40. Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival
2024 - BAFTA Cymru ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
34. Stockholm International Film Festival
2024
Student Jury Award
20. Augenblick
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
25. Izmir International Short Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
6. Castrovillari Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
15. Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife
2024
Official Selection
37. Festival Premiers Plans D'Angers
2024
Official Selection
18. Vilnius Short Film Festival
2025 - BAFTA, OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
47. Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
KIM LÊA SAKKAL
BIOGRAPHY
Kim Lêa Sakkal is a writer, director and producer based in Germany. After growing up in Lebanon, Germany and Spain, she graduated from the Academy of Media Art in Cologne. Her works have been screened at festivals such as Filmfestival Max-Ophüls Prize, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen and IndieLisboa. She is currently developing her first feature „A Paradise Lost“ funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.
FILMOGRAPHY
IMMACULATA
2024
INTERMEZZO
2021