THE UNKNOWN PAINTING

INFO

Director

Niklas Poweleit

Genre

Documentary, Experimental

Duration

12’

Year

2025

Nationality

Germany, Italy

SYNOPSYS

In the stairwell of a pizzeria hangs an unknown painting. As one of hundreds of props in a First-Person Shooter video game, it receives no attention from the players. But its story reveals an unrecognized privilege.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Niklas Poweleit

Genre

Documentary, Experimental

Duration

12′

Nationality

Germany, Italy

Production

Il Varco Cinema

With

Dr. Silke Gatenbröcker & Prof. Dr. Friedrich Weltzien

Video Game

Counter-Strike 2 (Valve – 2023)

Sound Design and Mix

Tommaso Barbaro

Sound Editing

Luca Canzano

Post Audio

Fullcode

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2025
World Premiere
64. Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival – FICCI
2025
Official Selection
65. Zlín FIlm Festival - International Film Festival for Children and Youth

NIKLAS POWELEIT

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BIOGRAPHY

Niklas Poweleit is a film editor, motion designer and teacher. He was bornin 1995 in Germany and studied Virtual Design (B.A.) and Design (M.A.).He completed his master thesis in 2023 with his film “Andromeda – Whodestroyed Nord Stream?”, supervised by Prof. Christian Mahler and Prof.Dr. Stephan Schwingeler. The films of Niklas Poweleit focus on therelationship between images and reality.

FILMOGRAPHY

THE UNKNOWN PAINTING

2025

 

MY FIGURATIVE SELF

2023

 

ANDROMEDA – WHO DESTROYED  NORTH STREAM?

2023

 

REZYKLIERUNG

2022

 

STUDIES, YOU HAVE CHANGED.

2022