Short Take

It was a pleasure to talk to DOP Tim Kuhn – about filmmaking as a collaborative process, his job in a penguin preserve, an intense experience watching The Passion of Christ with no way to escape and his love for exploring. And we bonded over a shared frustration of our missing green thumbs. Plus a bonus mention of Olivia Colman. We had a blast – Enjoy! Find out more about Tim and his latest work:...

If she wasn’t an actress, director & producer, radio/TV host creative multi-hyphenate Désirée Nosbusch might have become an architect or interior designer. She talks about her long-standing fascination of exploring the past by walking through cemeteries, her latest film as a director – Poison – and the terrific motto of her Italian grandmother. It was such a pleasure – Enjoy this episode! Find...

It was a pleasure to talk to director/writer Jan-Ole Gerster. About his new film – the vacation-noir ISLANDS, his former job as an ambulance driver, an intense experience watching SCHINDLERS LIST and his love for walking – and Mexican food. Enjoy! Find out more about Jan-Ole and his latest work: https://players.de/directors/jan-ole-gerster/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s...

We had a lot of fun talking to director Christian Zübert about his search for the perfect Spaghetti Aglio e Olio recipe, his Lord of the Rings obsession, one of his early jobs as a Sous Chef, the 90-ies film The Dark Crystal on kickstarting his film career and his fervent wish to be better at three point shots when playing basketball. Enjoy!  Find out more about Christian Zübert and his lates...

Actress Lea Drinda joined us in our latest Podcast episode to talk about the many things that make her happy, Paella, books and movies, her favorite project so far - “Becoming Charlie” and the pleasure to just be.  And on top she had some great talent recommendations – Enjoy! Find out more about Lea and her latest work: https://schlag-agentur.de/lea-drinda#!/1 You can find us on Instagram: ht...

We had the immense pleasure to talk to actress Thea Ehre – about the random happiness of cleaning one’s apartment, the regret of decaf coffee, the joy of doing short movies and her secret obsession with Trash TV. We had a blast – Enjoy! Find out more about Thea and her latest work: https://schlag-agentur.de/thea-ehre#!/1 You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Director Mala Reinhardt shared her love for mint-flavored TicTacs, Malaysian Curries and reenacting the Jungle book as a kid with us in our current #ShortTake episode. The “Second Attack” filmmaker is one of German Films’ Face to Face ambassadors 2025. Enjoy! Find out more about Mala and her latest work: https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/artikel/detail/abschlussfilm-familiar-places-von-ma-regie-stud...

Devrim Lingnau is the German Shooting Star 2025 – Congratulations! She has had a very busy past few years, with several projects under her belt as well as her art studies. We managed to catch up with her for a thoughtful and fun conversation for this #ShortTake episode. Enjoy! Find out more about Devrim and her latest work: https://spiel-kind.com/femaleactors/lingnau-devrim/ You can find us on Ins...

Oscar® Winner? Check! But actually getting paid for directing… Well, let’s just say Jens Kevin Georg has a bone to pick with the universe about that. We had great fun with the director in our latest #ShortTake episode, talking about his favorite pasta dish, impostor syndrome and his terrific pitch of who should play him in a film about his life. Enjoy! Find out more about Jens and his latest...

Actor Damian Hardung shares some interesting thoughts with us about the importance of truly connecting and understanding other people in our latest #ShortTake episode. But we also talk about his love for all things sport – especially if it entails a ball. He recounts a favorite memory from shooting and traveling in Italy as well as from his internship at a GP’s office. We had a lot of fun - Enjoy!...

Acting chameleon and creative powerhouse Christian Friedel talked to us about his love for rollercoasters, ice cream and music as well as his joy in the power of transformation when acting. And let’s not forget “Schichtkohl”! Christian named some great talents to watch out for. We had a blast with him in our latest #ShortTake episode. Enjoy! Find out more about Christian and his latest work: https...

Favorite antihero? Artemis Fowl or Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes) - Filmmaker/Animator/Illustrator Raman Djafari can’t quite decide. We had an extremely fun talk with the multi-hyphenate in our latest #ShortTake episode. About the weirdly great taste of multivitamin tablets, his favorite food – Ghormeh Sabzi, a terrific Toy-Story-Memory and we even had ourselves a wonderful Brit Marling and +TheO...

Loves filmmaking? Check. And Potatoes? Check. And No-Laugh-Challenges with her son? Check. Plus, she has the cool and unconventional idea of being portrayed by Rutger Hauer in a film about her life – AND she tells us about the random happiness brought by baby turtles. Find out more about director/writer Eva Trobisch in our latest #ShortTake episode. Enjoy! Find out more about Eva and her latest wo...

Don Quijote or Harry Potter? Max von der Groeben can’t quite decide. What he does know though is what his perfect day looks like! Find out more about the talented actor, like which random thing makes him happy, the theatre performance that lit his acting fuse in our latest #ShortTake episode. Enjoy! Find out more about Max and his latest work: https://agentur-lambsdorff.de/schauspieler/max-von-der...

Congratulations to writer/director/producer Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay and the Immaculata-team – their film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. Besides his deep love and passion for movies we talked to Mehmet about fast food vs. favorite food, the iconic series The Simpsons, his job as a wedding moderator for Turkish weddings - and a re-imagining of Klaus Mann’s Mephisto. Enjoy our conversati...

In a short and fun interview actress Helena Zengel talked to us about her love for spring, for acting – and her favorite project so far, Plato and horse-riding. And we discovered a mutual appreciation for the series Grace & Frankie. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake. Find out more about Helena and her latest work: https://www.abovetheline.de/de/schauspiel/details?id=58009 https://helenaze...

Director and writer Moritz Müller-Preisser and I discussed the strange pleasure of watching people, his love for pasta with fresh spinach and why a good team on set is EVERYTHING. The 2024 Face to Face ambassador also gives a shout out to Tom Schilling – and was just an overall terrific guest. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake. Find out more about Moritz and his latest work: https://muellerpr...

From teriffic and taltented multi-hyphenate Saralisa Volm we not only got great book and talent recommendations – we also talked about delicious food such as Aligot, why Hugs and Chocolate help achieving moments of happiness, cruel honest in friendships and how cool Zendaya is. Enjoy! Find out more about Saralisa and her latest work: https://saralisavolm.com/ https://www.ullstein.de/urheberinnen/s...

2024 Face to Face ambassador Jan Bülow took time out from his busy schedule and talked to us about why balance makes relationships great@ how he always has a room for dessert and a particular enamorizing scene in the original #Blade Runner. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake. Find out more about Jan and his latest work: https://players.de/actors/jan-buelow/ https://www.burgtheater.at/en/ensemb...

In a really fun interview 2024 Face to Face ambassador Mona Cathleen Otterbach talked to us about her love for le petit prince, artichokes, why she knows the dialogue of Indian Jones by heart and on top of that has some great recommendations of German filmmaking talent to watch out for. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake. Find out more about Mona and her latest work: https://www.crew-united.co...

Gummibears, reading to his daughter and working on a film about German children’s classic Struwelpeter: In our newest episode of Short Take prolific producer Fabian Driehorst talks to us about his work, his love of James Bond movies and why the Australian feature FROG DREAMING was a formative film for him. Fabian is the 2024 German Producer on the Move for the eponymous program of the European Fil...

If she wasn’t a writer & director, 2024 Face to Face ambassador and creative multi-hyphenate Soleen Yusef might have become a cash-strapped painter. She talks about her deep friendship with fellow filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt, Charles Bukowski and her new children’s film. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake. Find out more about Soleen and her latest work: https://players.de/directors/soleen-y...

For Benafshe Hourmazdi it’s all about acting. And maybe cake. And possibly #Titanic and #My Heart will go On by Celine Dion. It was a lot of fun talking to the actress, who is part of 2024’s #Face to Face with German Films campaign. Find out more in our newest episode of #ShortTake. Find out more about Benafshe and her latest work: https://players.de/actresses/banafshe-hourmazdi/ You can find us o...

In our brand-new #ShortTake episode we talk to Jane Chirwa – about being creative, The Color Purple and trying to do it all. After all her motto is: Just do it! Enjoy! Find out more about Jane and her latest work: https://zta-management.com/from-z-to-a/jane-chirwa/ Clashing Differences with Jane Chirwa just won the First Steps "Big audience" Award. You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagr...

Actress Katharina Stark is currently making waves in the series THE INTERPRETER OF SILENCE. And she’s the Germany EFP Shooting Star 2024. In this week’s #ShortTake episode we talk about everything from Greek poets, to the joy of a good bass drop and, of course, Emma Thompson. Enjoy! Find out more about Katharina and her latest work: https://schlag-agentur.de/katharina-stark#!/1 https://needberlin....