Two teenage hotel workers stumble upon a beguiling social-media shoot. One sees her shot at glory, the other senses a hidden threat. What begins as a fleeting temptation soon unravels into a quiet battle that will test the limits of their friendship – and the price of their convictions.
CAST
Sarah Goebel
Aya Zaghdoudi
Thomas Kaschel
Anaïs Urban
CREDITS
Director: Kevin Koch
Writer: Leonie Waschik
Producer: Louise Brunswic, Nicolai C.J. Otteni
Director of Photography: Fizzy
Editor: Emma Holzapfel
Casting Director: Greta Baumann
Production Design: Hélène Gigandet, Clara Le Roux
Costume Design: Luisa Holzapfel, Lene Lohrmann
Hair & Make-Up: Lucia Marie Schütz
SFX Supervisor: Jonas Kontauts
Location Sound Mixer: Muhammet Can
Sound Design & Mix: Frederic Hellmann (Resonanz Kollektiv)
Commissioning Editors: Brigitte Dithard (SWR), Barbara Häbe & Laurence Rilly (ARTE)
Colorist: Johannes Röckl (Basis Berlin Postproduction)
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, La Fémis Paris
Co-Production: SWR (Südwestrundfunk) & ARTE
FESTIVALS
47th Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2026 / Nebenreihe Atelier Ludwigsburg Paris
52nd Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg 2026
26th Landshut Short Film Festival 2026
25th Independent Days - Internationale Filmfestspiele Karlsruhe 2026
11th Spitziale Filmfestival Espelkamp 2026 Main Prize
9th Bundesfestival junger Film 2026
7th PrevYou Short Film Festival Berlin 2026
27th ShorTS Maremetraggio Trieste Short Film Festival 2026
33rd Rüsselsheimer Filmtage 2026
32nd Palm Springs International ShortFest 2026
51st Odense International Film Festival 2026
47th Manaki Brothers Cinematographer's Film Festival 2026
2nd Cine Bonn Bleu Kurzfilmfestival 2026
19th KuKi Young Short Film Festival Berlin 2026
41st Brest European Short Film Festival 2026
4th Kurzfilmwanderung Bonn 2026