German Shorts

This series features an eclectic mix of four films that are at once whimsical, gripping and inspiring.
BABYLON 2084
Germany / 2009 / 30 min
Director: Christian Schleisiek
Producers: Björn Frieling, Christian Schleisiek, Yvonne Albert
Screenplay: Björn Frieling, Christian Schleisiek The year is 2084. The world has sunk into the sea. Some of mankind live in two towers which underlie a self-destructing constraint to grow higher and higher.
SCISSU
Germany / 2009 / 27 min
Director & Screenplay: Tom Bewilogua
Producer: Alex Beier Scissu tells a chronologically split story about a lonely cop and an addicted couple.

LIGHTS
Germany / 2009 / 15 min
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
Producer: Sabine Lamby
Screenplay: Soern Menning

‘Lights’ is a tragicomedy about a small-town police officer who dreams of being a hero. As his peaceful village offers no opportunity for heroism, he decides to take matters into his own hands. He puts up a traffic light on a rarely used bridge in the middle of nowhere, and the fight begins.

SPIELZEUGLAND ENDSTATION (LAST STOP TOYLAND)
Germany /2009 / 30 min
Director, Producer & Screenplay: Daniel Stieglitz

A silent, old and lonesome assassin is caught off guard by a little girl, who thinks he is Santa Claus and wants to be put to bed. Yet his job is to kill her father. The more he wants to get rid of the girl, the deeper he gets implicated in her world.