East-Berlin 1987. Nico and Kai meet and wander around the night together. In the park, at a party and on the streets of the city they find out that they are very similar and still want different things from life. This night will be the beginning of something new for each of them.
Jan-Peter Horstmann (*1987) studied Theatre Directing at the Zurich University of the Arts and in various cooperations at the School of Visual Arts (New York), Aalto University (Helsinki) and De Theaterschool (Amsterdam). Prior to this he worked as an assistant director in various Off-Theatres in Hamburg and at Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. During his studies he produced and directed different short films, plays (e.g. THE WILD DUCK, THE MISANTHROPE, KASIMIR AND KAROLINE) and performances. More and more he shifted his artistic focus towards immersive and performative/installational works, like the theatrical installation FORDLANDIA. In 2016 together with the performer Christoph Bovermann he co-created and produced the Audio-Choreography A BLACK BOX | A DARK ROOM at Theaterhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt a.M.). Since October 2016 he is a student of Film Directing at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. His first-year film RICK has been screened at festivals throughout Europe and North-America, was nominated for the 2018 IRIS Prize and won the Audience Choice Award at Leeds Queer Film Festival 2018.
Filmography
2013 TICKET
2017 RICK
2018 FAR OUT
2019 FARAGH/LEERE