Fluid Border

A political satire about the absurdity of borders

In the middle of the Schaalsee runs the bureaucratically precisely defined "fluid border" between the FRG and the GDR. One night, a storm shifts a buoy of the borderline. While the border and measuring troops from East and West meticulously try to restore order, two surveyors throw their prejudices overboard and briefly tear down the border between them.

The film was shot on original locations at the Schaalsee.

Awards
2021: European Short Film Audience Award (Nomination)
2021: Großer BMW Preis, 21. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival
2021: Audience Award, 19. Norddeutsche Kurzfilmtage Kunstgriffrolle
2021: 1st Jury Award, 19. Norddeutsche Kurzfilmtage Kunstgriffrolle
2020: Best German Film, 36. Interfilm Internationale Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
2020: Audience Award, 36. Interfilm Internationale Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
Festivals
2019: Int. Hofer Filmtage
2020: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
2020: Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg
2020: Internationales Kurzfilmfestivals Kiew
2021: Interfilm Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
2021: Motovun Filmfestival
2021: Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival
2021: Pizen Film Festival
2021: Kurzfilmfestival Brüssel
2021: Martovski Festival Belgrade
2021: Curtas Vila do Condo
2021: Alcioné - Festival Cine Alcalá de Henares
2022: Tampere Film Festival
2022: GoShort-International Short Film Festival
2022: Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival
Feature Film
Completed
17 minutes
Director
Joana Vogdt
Script
Joana Vogdt
Director of Photography
Jana Marsik
Sound
Michael Manzke
Anders Wasserfall
Cinema Sound Mix
Andreas Hellmanzik
Post Production
Cine Complete GmbH
Title design
Janine Pusch
Visual Effects
Janine Pusch
Stefan Otterpohl
Color Grading
Andreas Hellmanzik
Barrier-free version
Kathy Hellmanzik
Mastering
Cine Complete GmbH
Cast
Uwe Preuss
Leon Ulrich
Hannes Hellmann
Patrick von Blume
Production
Matthias Greving
Joana Vogdt
Co-Production
Miko Film
Line producer
Janina Sara Hennemann
Broadcaster
Bayrischer Rundfunk
Funding
BKM - Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Board of Trustees for Young German Film
Film Funds Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Workshop Kiel
Nordmedia Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen / Bremen mbH
Saxon State Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship
Bavarian broadcasting
NISI MASA European Short Pitch
Creative Europe Desk Hamburg
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