Description
In an Austrian mountain village in 1914, the determined Amelie (20) must defy her father's wishes of running the family sewing business to pursue her own dreams of flight and seize her only chance at finding true freedom.
Director
Leopold Schraudolph/Dani Rose Cortes
Dani Rose Cortés | Writer, Director
Dani was born in 1999 in Valdivia, Chile and grew up near Munich. After graduating from high school, she completed a directing internship on the international feature film PLAN A. She has directed several projects (Diana's Poem, Flügge, The Witch, The Cowboy And The Midwife (AT),...) and was also involved as script continuity and assistant director in several film school productions (Babyboy, Auf Sand Gebaut, Sturm & Drang,...). She is expected to complete her Motion Pictures studies at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences in summer 2025.
Filmography:
> Diana’s Poem, Short Film (January 2023)
> Anam Cara, Documentary (June 2021)
> KOMPLIZIERT, Short Film (December 2020)
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Leopold Schraudolph | Producer, Writer, Director
Leopold was born and raised in Singapore in and has now been based in Munich for three years.
Strengthened by numerous experiences in student film productions, he started the dual study programme "Production Management for Film and TV" at the HS Ansbach in cooperation with the HFF Munich in September 2022.
He has written and directed nine short films so far (Knöllchen, Night of Lies, ...) and has expanded his skills through work as an assistant director on student films (Babyboy, Lars Will Nicht Mehr, ...).
He is a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) and a former David Marshall scholarship holder. He was awarded the Abitur prize for "special social and cultural merit" at his A-levels.
Filmography:
> THAW (WT), Short Film (2024)
> Night Of Lies, Short Film (2022)
> Knöllchen, Short Film (2022)
> Are you real, Mr. Hart?, Florence Hyde, Doppio, Any Excuse for Contact, To Fog A Mirror, Gumpoint, Shortfilms (2019 - 2021)
Director Statement
