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SHORT SHARP SHOCK (KURZ UND SCHMERZLOS)
SHORT SHARP SHOCK (photo courtesy of Wueste Film/Bavaria Film International)
Costa, a Greek; Bobby, a Serb; Gabriel, a Turk: they used to be a neighborhood gang in Hamburg Altona. One for all, all for one. But much has changed since Gabriel went to prison. He has decided to grow up, but his buddies are holding him back. Bobby, in particular, still has dreams of joining the mafia. Only Alice, Bobby's girlfriend, understands Gabriel - better than she understands her boyfriend.
Fatih Akin was born 1973 in Hamburg to Turkish parents and is one of Germany’s most internationally known and multi award-winning directors. He studied Film at the Academy of Fine Arts (HfbK) in Hamburg and graduated in 2000. From 1993 to 2004 he worked with WÜSTE Filmproduktion in Hamburg. In 2003 he founded his own film production company, corazón international. In 2005 he was a visiting professor at the HfbK Hamburg. He was a member of the juries at the Festival du Film International de Cannes (2005) and the International Film Festival Berlin (2001). A selection of his films includes: SHORT SHARP SHOCK (1998), IN JULY (2000), SOLINO (2002), HEAD-ON (2004), CROSSING THE BRIDGE – THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL (2005), THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2007), SOUL KITCHEN (2009), and POLLUTING PARADISE (2012).
Genre Drama
Category Feature
Year of Production 1998
Director Fatih Akin
Screenplay Fatih Akin
Director of Photography Frank Barbian
Editor Andrew Bird
Music by Ulrich Kodjo Wendt
Cast Adam Bousdoukos, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Mehmet Kurtulus, Regula Grauwiller, Idil Uener, Ralph Herforth
Producers Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel
Production Company Wüste Film/Hamburg, in co-production with ZDF/Mainz
Length 100 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French
Sound Technology Dolby SR
Festivals Locarano 1998 (in competition), Antalya 1998, Thessaloniki 1998, Strasbourg 1998, Berlin 1999 (German Films), Sofia 2008 (Retrospective), Gijon 2009, Plus Cameraimage 2011, Moscow 2012
Awards Bronze Leopard Locarno 1998, Bavarian Film Award 1998 for Best Young Director
With backing from Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
German Distributor Universal Pictures Germany/Hamburg
World Sales
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80331 Munich/Germany
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Category Feature
Year of Production 1998
Director Fatih Akin
Screenplay Fatih Akin
Director of Photography Frank Barbian
Editor Andrew Bird
Music by Ulrich Kodjo Wendt
Cast Adam Bousdoukos, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Mehmet Kurtulus, Regula Grauwiller, Idil Uener, Ralph Herforth
Producers Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel
Production Company Wüste Film/Hamburg, in co-production with ZDF/Mainz
Length 100 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French
Sound Technology Dolby SR
Festivals Locarano 1998 (in competition), Antalya 1998, Thessaloniki 1998, Strasbourg 1998, Berlin 1999 (German Films), Sofia 2008 (Retrospective), Gijon 2009, Plus Cameraimage 2011, Moscow 2012
Awards Bronze Leopard Locarno 1998, Bavarian Film Award 1998 for Best Young Director
With backing from Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
German Distributor Universal Pictures Germany/Hamburg
World Sales
Global Screen GmbH
Sonnenstr. 21
80331 Munich/Germany
phone +49-89-24 41 29 55 00
fax +49-89-24 41 29 55 20
info@globalscreen.de
http://www.globalscreen.de
Trailer
click here
