I'm not the Enemy

film type experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2011 runtime 13'00 colour
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch

Is it possible to ever come back from war? For those who have tasted it, returning home does not signal peace but a self-destructive assault of the mind.

director Bjørn Melhus Besetzung / Cast Bjørn Melhus Schnitt / Editing Bjørn Melhus Produktion / Production Bjørn Melhus Drehbuch / Script Bjørn Melhus Bildgestaltung / DOP Ben Brix Tongestaltung / Sound Design
Festivals
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig, Germany
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris, Berlin, France
CURTA CINEMA - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
Production
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
Distribution
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
Sales
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  • Straßburger Str. 58
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Bjørn Melhus

Born 1966;
his work expands on the possibilities for a critical reception of cinema and TV;
Bjørn's practice of fragmentation, destruction and reconstitution of well-known figures, topics and strategies of the mass media opens up a network of new interpretations and critical commentaries

Filmography
1990 AMERICA SELLS
1991 DAS ZAUBERGLAS
1995 WEIT WEIT WEG
1997 NO SUNSHINE
1997 BLUE MOON
2001 THE ORAL THING
2003 AUTO CENTER DRIVE
2005 CAPTAIN
2007 THE MEADOW
2008 MURPHY
2009 HECHO EN MEXICO
2010 CENTER OF THE WORLD
2010 AFTERLIFE
2011 I’M NOT THE ENEMY
2011 DAS BADEZIMMER
2012 SUDDEN DESTRUCTION
2014 FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE
2017 MOON OVER DA NANG
2020 SUGAR
2022 HOMESICK