Film Archive
Gaining Ground (Land gewinnen)
Scene from "Gaining Ground" (photo courtesy of Hamburg Media School)
Andrei has been living illegally in Germany for seven years. When the time comes for his son to start attending school, Andrei realizes that he cannot go on living this clandestine existence. Mischa's future is at stake.
Marc Brummund was born in 1970. He studied Psychology and Journalism in Hamburg from 1991-1996, and Documentary Filmmaking in Bolzano from 1996-1999 and has directed numerous award-winning commercials. Since 2004, he has been studying Directing at the Hamburg Media School. His films include: the shorts Home (Heim, 2005), Outside (Draussen, 2005), Cow Tipping (Kuehe schubsen, 2005), and Gaining Ground (Land gewinnen, 2007).
Genre Children and Youth, Drama, Society
Category Short
Year of Production 2007
Director Marc Brummund
Screenplay Fabian Wiemker
Director of Photography Bettina Herzner
Editors Ulf Albert, Magdolna Rokob
Music by Carsten Rocker
Producer Yildiz Oezcan
Production Company Hamburg Media School/Hamburg
Principal Cast Radik Golovkov, Olga Kolb, Andreas Schust, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Jan Peter Heyne, Hannah Riederer
Casting Silke Koch Susann Reitz Casting/Berlin
Length 20 min, 585 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Dubbed Versions English
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby Digital 5.1
Festival Screenings Berlin 2007 (Generation/Kplus), Odense 2007, Divercine ICFF Montevideo 2007, Bergamo 2007, Taipei IFF Taiwan 2007, Hamburg 2007, European Short Film Biennale Ludwigsburg 2007, Movement Erfurt 2007, Golden Knight Moscow 2007, International Women's FF Dortmund 2007, Giffoni 2007, Molodist Kiev 2007, Tel Aviv 2008, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival 2008, MedFilm Festival 2008, Kolkata 2008
Awards Special Mention & Special Prize for Best International Short German Kinderhilfswerk Berlin 2007, Studio Hamburg Upcoming Award (Best Director) 2007, Honorable Mention Dortmund 2007
With backing from FilmFoerderung Hamburg
World Sales (please contact)
Hamburg Media School
Anja Schmuck
Finkenau 35
22081 Hamburg/Germany
phone +49-40-41 34 68 62
fax +49-40-41 34 68 60
email: a.schmuck@hamburgmediaschool.com
http://www.hamburgmediaschool.com
Category Short
Year of Production 2007
Director Marc Brummund
Screenplay Fabian Wiemker
Director of Photography Bettina Herzner
Editors Ulf Albert, Magdolna Rokob
Music by Carsten Rocker
Producer Yildiz Oezcan
Production Company Hamburg Media School/Hamburg
Principal Cast Radik Golovkov, Olga Kolb, Andreas Schust, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Jan Peter Heyne, Hannah Riederer
Casting Silke Koch Susann Reitz Casting/Berlin
Length 20 min, 585 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Dubbed Versions English
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby Digital 5.1
Festival Screenings Berlin 2007 (Generation/Kplus), Odense 2007, Divercine ICFF Montevideo 2007, Bergamo 2007, Taipei IFF Taiwan 2007, Hamburg 2007, European Short Film Biennale Ludwigsburg 2007, Movement Erfurt 2007, Golden Knight Moscow 2007, International Women's FF Dortmund 2007, Giffoni 2007, Molodist Kiev 2007, Tel Aviv 2008, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival 2008, MedFilm Festival 2008, Kolkata 2008
Awards Special Mention & Special Prize for Best International Short German Kinderhilfswerk Berlin 2007, Studio Hamburg Upcoming Award (Best Director) 2007, Honorable Mention Dortmund 2007
With backing from FilmFoerderung Hamburg
World Sales (please contact)
Hamburg Media School
Anja Schmuck
Finkenau 35
22081 Hamburg/Germany
phone +49-40-41 34 68 62
fax +49-40-41 34 68 60
email: a.schmuck@hamburgmediaschool.com
http://www.hamburgmediaschool.com