Art of Surviving
Escaping into art to avoid having to face reality. Two different films show how even great passion cannot save you from misfortune. Stigma and The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov show how creation can turn into destruction or even processing.
Stigma
A woman becomes the muse for the painters of a drawing class. The artists’ passion causes the walls to shake until the actual muse is forgotten and only becomes visible again through extreme suffering.
| Cast | Janne Pauline Böhm |
| Nele Holzmann | |
| Lasse Lehmann | |
| Melanie Nguyên Pietsch | |
| Louis Umbach | |
| Petra Weimer | |
| Cinematographer | Aljoscha Wuzella |
| Costume | Laura Mendoza Gleser |
| Director | Max Porstmann |
| Editing | Lahiru Senevirathna |
| Film School | Filmakademie-Baden-Württemberg |
| Music | Leon Brückner |
| Constantin Rinke | |
| Producer | Benita Koch |
| Tobias Meßenzehl | |
| Timon Wentz | |
| Production Designer | Sara Leonie Enslin |
| Janina Wesnigk | |
| Screenplay | Max Porstmann |
| Sound Designer | Leon Brückner |
| Constantin Rinke | |
| VFX Artist | Aaron Eisel |
| Sören Schmidt-Clausen | |
| Still | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov
Liebiadzinaja Piesnia Fiodara Ozierava
Fedor wants to start a band, find his lucky sweater again and escape the Third World War. The more reality constricts Fedor, the more he takes refuge in his music, which is supposed to save him from the chaos of this world.
| Cast | Viachaslau Kmit |
| Cinematographer | Siarhei Kavaliou |
| Sound Designer | Laura Matissek |