A young woman returns to her remote village in the foothills of the Alps following an incident where her childlike father was missing in the nearby forest. While the village prepares for the annual midsummer bonfire that night, she is torn between a responsibility towards her father and a deep longing for the closeness and ease she experiences with a childhood friend. Between the tension of her parents' home and the cheerful atmosphere of the village festivities, the young woman struggles to find her place.

20 minutes | fiction | 2025

Cast
Lisa Weber
Richard Schmidt-Wonisch
Katharina Loewert
Alexander Kienbichl
Martin Sommerauer

Screenplay: Simon Maria Kubiena, Nicola Jakobi
Director: Simon Maria Kubiena
Producer: Fabian Leonhardt, Lena Zechner
Director of Photography: Dennis Banemann
Editing: Jan Wollenschläger
Casting: Zorah Berghammer, Magdalena Steiner
Production Design: Emma Schaub
Costume Design: Elisa Berger
Hair&Make-up: Vicky Kirchner, Madeleine Baumann, Cori Menclik
Sound Engineer: Alexandre “Sacha” Gneouchev
Sound-Editing: Sam Krupke
Sound Mix: Jonathan Rösch
Sounddesign: Rachel Oker
Foley: Marc Lehnert, Vincent Egerter, Max Schieder
Music: Moritz Klock
Assistant Directors: Benno Hanke, Jana Alina Tausendfreund
Production Manager: Elli Leeb
Commissioning Editors: Brigitte Dithard (SWR), Laurence Rilly (ARTE)
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
In collaboration with: Filmakademie Wien
Co-Production: ARTE & SWR
Supported by: MA7 Wien Kultur, Come On Kulturvernetzung Niederösterreich, LBBW Stiftung

Screenings
Premiers Plans, Angers Film Festival 2025
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2025
20minmax Internationales Kurzfilmfestival
Diagonale 2025 – Festival of Austrian Film

Seventeen-year-old Toni spends the evening with his friends at the village pub. They are drinking, smoking and making fun of each other as usual. When he observes an elderly couple dancing, Toni starts to ask himself what he really wants.

8 minutes | fiction | 2023

German Short Film Award 2024 | Laudation of the jury:
“Belonging, provoking each other, trying to get closer, seeking distance, being casual. Being young and cool is hard work! With extraordinary ease, "Melodies of Barking Dogs" tells the story of a group of teenagers on their way to becoming adults. But in the details, there are sensitive and intelligent analyses of themes such as masculinity, hidden intimacy, loneliness and a general search for meaning. The original narrative, in combination with a strong ensemble and sensitive camera work, creates an atmospheric short film that draws us into the cinematic world from the very beginning and celebrates a very special sense of humour. "Melodies of Barking Dogs" is a quiet film that doesn't seem to want too much, but it succeeds in everything it intends to say.”

Cast
Elias Maria Burckhardt
Valentin Oppermann
Mieke Schymura
Mikke Rasch
Tristán López
Zlatin Stoychev

Screenplay: Nicola Jakobi
Director: Daniel Huss
Producer: Alexia Wallemacq
Producer: Rebecca Hartung
Director of Photography: Kim Hausner
Production Design: Martha Inés Brenner
Editor: Frederik Bösing
Sound Design: Timo Kleinemeier
Costume Design: Florian Hackenberg
1st Assistant Director: Judith Quast
2nd Assistant Director: Eva Wojas
3rd Assistant Director: Fanny Matena
Gaffer: Marcel Reiter
1er assistant Camera: Leslie Lopez Nsudila
2nd assistant Camera: Viktoria Polok
Best Girl: Muriel Wolf
Assistant Production Design: Bianca Bluhm
Constructions: Felicitas Puels
Constructions: Madeleine Badayei
Editing Assistant: Pia Van Den Bruck
Dialog Edit: Timo Klabunde
Color Grading: Jonas Thibaut
Music Supervisor: Joel Brüning
Composer: Robin Kallenberger
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Co-Production with ARTE & SWR

Awards
Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2024 FBW Prädikat "besonders wertvoll"
Lobende Erwähnung Kuki Interfilm Berlin 2024

Screenings
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2024 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2024 Kuki Interfilm Berlin 2024
Kurzfilmfestival Köln 2024 Kurz.Film.Tour. 2025
20minmax International Short Film Festival 2025 Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg 2025

A hot summer day. Zoe and her son Janosch clear out her father's flat, who has just moved into a retirement home. While Janosch wants to take a closer look at his grandpa's belongings, Zoe throws everything away. On the way to the garage, Janosch tries to break through to his mother, who is full of urgency to sell her father's car. When Zoe loses control of the vehicle, her relationship with her son starts to fall apart and she has to face a decision.

12 minutes | fiction | 2022

Cast
Mandy Fabian Béla Can Leon
Additional Cast: Heidi Deffner, Peter Stickel

Screenplay: Nicola Jakobi, Daniel Huss
Director: Daniel Huss
Producer: Luca Merkle
Producer: Nadia Zimmermann
Director of Photography: Anian Krone
Production Design: Martha Inés Brenner
Editor: Daniel Huss
Sound Design: Timo Kleinemeier
Sound Design: Marc Lehnert
Sound Design: Armin Biemel
Music: Peter Albrecht, Detmolt
Costume Design: Franziska Weil
1st Assistant Director: Kevin Koch
Props: Cecilia Ratibor
Production Assistant: Lorena Maunz, Fanny Chapuis
Production Assistant: Xenia Niernsee
Script Continuity: Nicola Jakobi
1st Assistant Camera: Andy Fiur
2nd Assistant Camera/DIT: Marius Macarei
Chief Lighting Technician: Joshua Winkler
Best Boy: Ferdi Speß
Lighting Technician: Julius Wieler
Color Grading: Anian Krone
Sound Recordist: Jonas Winkler
Boom Operator: Armin Biemel
Assist. Prod. Design: Isabelle Huss, Leon Harms
Hair & Makeup Design: Mona Varga
Assistant Costume Design: Nele Oehmichen
Base Management: Benita Koch
Runner: Amina Krami, Konstantin Münzel
Catering: Onucan Kargin
Driver: Jasper Heese
Trailer: Christopher Lohn
Special Thanks to Liv Felderer
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Screenings
Up-and-Coming Filmfestival Hannover
Exground Filmfestival Wiesbaden
Caminhos Filmfestival Portugal