Best of Festival of Future Storytellers 2024
The Festival of Future Storytellers presents a selection of the award-winning films of the 43rd festival edition. As a celebration of international and German young films, the festival takes place annually at the University of Television and Film Munich.
Passarinho
Olivia and Laura are only interested in the Brazilian football player Passarinho. On the day of a match an unpleasant incident occurs. Luckily, the two are travelling with Olivia’s quirky mother.
| Author | Natalia García Agraz |
| Gerardo Lechuga | |
| Cinematographer | José Grimaldo |
| Director | Natalia García Agraz |
| Music | Sebastián Antón Ojeda |
| Tomás García Agraz | |
| Producer | Daniela Mosca Steinhauer |
| Sound Designer | Christian Giraud |
Paul en Paul
61-year-old Paultje is released from prison with the bitter realisation that he will not live much longer. But there are still a few things to work through.
| Cinematographer | Hugo Van Roosmalen |
| Composer | Gregory Ney |
| Director | Hugo Drechsler |
| Editing | Coen Hagenaars |
| Film School | Netherlands Film Academy |
| Producer | Joey Jansen |
| Thijmen Knook | |
| Sound Designer | Pim Stoltz |
| Sound Mixer | Mark Dijkstra |
The end of vacation
La fin des vacances
In the Tunisian tourist centre of Yasmine Hammamet, the 4-star Hotel Eden is one of many. But here the ground floor is reserved for residents of retirement homes.
| Cinematographer | Antoine Guerci |
| Sound Designer | Raphaël Venayre |
Fish River Anthology
Mereneläviä
There’s always a lot going on in the frozen food section. This animated film lets the seafood, arranged appetizingly on ice, have its say in a shanty chorus that comments on consumerism and reflects on life’s end.
| Cinematographer | Arttu Liimatta |
| Composer | Iiti Yli-Harja |
| Costume | Tuuni Jacobs |
| Director | Veera Lamminpää |
| Film School | Aalto University |
| Producer | Janne Vanhanen |
| Screenplay | Veera Lamminpää |
| Sound Designer | Samuli Ala-Lahti |
| Voice | Heikki Kujanpää |
| Mari Rantasila | |
| Mika Rättö | |
| Elsi Sloan | |
| Iiti Yli-Harja |
Crevette
Strange things are happening in the fridge. In the completely frozen freezer compartment, a shrimp turns into an embryo. Pickled beans are multiplying like cells. Something seems to want to hatch from the eggs…
| Animation | Sven Bachmann |
| Elina Huber | |
| Noémi Knobil | |
| Jill Vágner | |
| Film School | Hochschule Luzern – Design Film Kunst |
| Music | Noah Loos |
| Sound Designer | Laura Kohler |
| Noah Lüthi | |
| Sound Mixer | Thomas Gassmann |