STILLE POST
Fiction | 2021 | 94 min
Khalil, an elementary school teacher from Berlin, receives war footage from his Kurdish hometown of Cizre. He believes to have seen his sister, who was presumed dead, in the videos. His orderly life is thrown out of kilter, and at all costs, he tries to bring his sister to safety and inform the public about the brutal war. His existence in Berlin teeters on the brink, and he is forced to question where he belongs.
Cast: Hadi Khanjanpour, Kristin Suckow, Aziz Capkurt, Vedat Erincin, Jeanette Hain, Ferhat Keskin, Jacob Matschenz, Barbara Philipp, Konrad Singer, Sesede Terziyan, Zübeyde Bulut
Screenplay and Director: Florian Hoffmann
Production: Chromosom Film
Co-Production: ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie
Cinematography: Carmen Treichl
Editor: Marco Rottig
Original Sound: Adel Gamehdar
Sound Mix: Martin Steyer
Sound Design: Jakob Mäsel
Production Design: Winnie Christiansen
Costume Design: Laura Kirst
Producer: Anna Werner
Produced by: Roxana Richters, Alexander Wadouh
Commissioning Editor: Jörg Schneider (ZDF)
Festivals:
Hof, Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2021
Thessaloniki, Internationales Filmfestival Thessaloniki 2021
Tallinn, Black Nights Film Festival 2021
Berlin, Achtung Berlin 2022
Awards:
Internationales Filmfestival Thessaloniki 2021 – Publikumspreis
Black Nights Film Festival 2021 – Publikumspreis
