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To Hold Onto

FRI 14:00 | Waschhaus Kino 2
What Remains?

Was bleibt?

Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 30’
Running for
Best Documentary Film
Outstanding Artistic Achievement in a Documentary Film

Resort

United Kingdom 2024 / Short Film / 20’
Running for
Best Fiction Film
Outstanding Artistic Achievement in a Fiction Film

This Must Be The Place

Germany, Kyrgyzstan 2025 / Documentary Feature / 45’
Running for
Best Documentary Film
Outstanding Artistic Achievement in a Documentary Film
Main Programme

To Hold Onto

25. April 14:00 – 16:00 | Waschhaus Kino 2

We cling to people, routines or memories – anything that promises stability. But what happens when the foundations begin to crumble? Three films about holding on in times of change.

Was bleibt?
What Remains?

Was bleibt?

Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 30’

Despite increasing memory loss due to her Alzheimer’s dementia, 91-year-old Dosi sets off on a trip from Berlin to Lake Constance with her granddaughter to visit a place from her childhood.

Color GradingBernd Güßbacher
CinematographerMarvin Menné
DirectorMarvin Menné
EditingMarvin Menné
Graphic CreationBiarna Diegmüller
ProducerCarla Gumbrecht
Michael Schwarz
Sound DesignerBernd Thurig
Sound MixerDavid Rudolph
StoryCarla Gumbrecht
StillMarvin Menné
Resort

Resort

United Kingdom 2024 / Short Film / 20’

A dysfunctional family tries to relax at a vacation resort after the mother experiences a psychotic episode. Her daughters find their own ways to deal with the situation.

CastLucy Akhurst
Eloise Thomas
Anna Tolstoy
CinematographerJake Duncan
DirectorChanelle Eidenbenz
EditingYiwei Pu
MusicCharlie Mackie
Tarek Schmidt
ProducerBethany Cornelius
ScreenplayChanelle Eidenbenz
Alfie Flewitt
Sound DesignerAlex Lunney
This Must Be The Place

This Must Be The Place

Germany, Kyrgyzstan 2025 / Documentary Feature / 45’

Through a training program, young people from Kyrgyzstan are placed in a small town in Saxony as caregivers for German senior citizens. What drives them?

Color GradingPeter Schulz
Assistant CameraBayeqra Sajad
CinematographerLea Drescher
DirectorLea Drescher
EditingLea Drescher
Film SchoolM.A. Visual Anthropology Media University For Applied Sciences Berlin
MusicHenry Brandstetter
ProducerLea Drescher
Sound DesignerHenry Brandstetter