TSCHÜSS PAPA
GOODBYE PAPA

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2014 runtime 28'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

Benedict's life is in disarray after his father's death - his mother is unable to understand him. He is bullied at school and only feels strong when wearing his father's armour. When it is sold due to his aggressive behavior, his world falls apart.

Official Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeMSEHt3C08

director Hendrik Maximilian Schmitt Besetzung / Cast Markus Knüfken, Maximilian Beck, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Valentin Teufel Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Damian Scholl Szenenbild / Production Design Svenja Matthes Schnitt / Editing Hendrik Maximilian Schmitt, Thomas Förster Produktion / Production Hendrik Maximilian Schmitt Drehbuch / Script Hendrik Maximilian Schmitt, Matthias Krumrey Bildgestaltung / DOP Thomas Förster Tongestaltung / Sound Design Hartmut Teschemacher, Leonard Bahro film school Kunsthochschule Kassel
Festivals
2014 Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival GOLDENER SPATZ, Erfurt, Gera, Germany (Best Shortfilm)
2014 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), Providence, Newport, USA (Directors Coice Award)
2014 International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (ISFVF), China (Audience Award)
2014 Shanghai International Filmfestival, China
2014 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
2014 CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary
2014 Austin Film Festival, USA
2014 Seagate Foyle Film Festival, Derry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2014 Zubroffka International Short Film Festival, Bialystok, Poland
2014 International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan, Poland
2014 Sommerwerft, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 Shorts at Moonlight KurzFilmFestival, Hofheim, Germany
2014 Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
2014 Golden Orchid - International Animation Festival, Pennsylvania, USA
2014 Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival, USA
2014 filmzeitkaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
2014 Sedicicorto - International Film Festival Forli, Italy
2014 PROVINZIALE - Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany
2014 Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival, Kolkata, India
2014 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes, Lima, Peru
2014 Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
2014 Roshd International Film Festival Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Awards
2014 Best Shortfilm Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis 2014
Production
  • HemaxFilm
  • Hendrik Maximilian Schmitt
  • Wasserburgstr. 22
  • 36100 Petersberg
  • +49 178 7248539
Sales
  • HemaxFilm
  • Hendrik Maximilian Schmitt
  • Wasserburgstr. 22
  • 36100 Petersberg
  • +49 178 7248539
School
  • Kunsthochschule Kassel

Hendrik Maximilian Schmitt

Born 1985 in Fulda;
2005-13 film studies at the School of Art and Design Kassel;
graduation film GOODBYE PAPA;
since 2013 freelance director, cinematographer and editor

Filmography
2010 Hinter dem Vorhang

2011 Ferngesteuert