MR. SIEBZEHNRÜBL
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
FILM DESCRIPTION
OTHER PROJECTS
"The cinema is the joy of my life, otherwise there is nothing else!” Mr. Siebzehnrübl's Pam Theatre is not only the smallest in the Bavarian town Passau, but also the most peculiar. Time seems to stand still in its single screening room. Clearly, it would have ceased to exist if not for this exceptional 81 year-old man.
Original Title: Herr Siebzehnrübl
Writer/Director/Producer: Tuna Kaptan
With: Erich Siebzehnrübl, Barbara Wolk, Johanna Krauß-Welp
DOP: Julian Krubasik
Editor: Felicitas Sonvilla
Sound: Nina Wesemann
Sound Mix: Andreas Goldbrunner
In Collaboration with: University of Television and Film Munich
Logline: A moving portrait about a lonely 81 year old man and his anarchronic porn movie theater in a Bavarian small town.
Awards:
Best Documentary - Skena Up International Student's Film and Theatre Festival 2012
Best Documentary - Akbank 9. Kısa Film Festivali Istanbul 2013
Best Short Documentary
Best Foreign Short Film
Best Director - KINOKI Film Festival Mexico City 2013
Audience Award Jahresschau HFF Munich 2013
Lenzing Award Bronze - Festival of Nations 2013
Honorary Mention - FIC Buenos Aires 2013
Festivals (Selection):
Krakow Film Festival
Akbank Short Film Festival Istanbul
Festival Chalon tout court
Dukafest International Student Film Festival
SkenaUp Int. Film and Theatre Festival
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg
Int. Filmfestival of Filmakademie Vienna
Kinodot - St. Petersburg
KINOKI Film Festival Mexico City
Sehsüchte - Potsdam
Festival of Nations Lenzing
Inönü Universitesi Kisa Film Festivali
Salon Internacional De La Luz Bogota
Ismailia Film Fest Egypt
Documentarist Istanbul
Festival de Cinepropio Madrid
FEST - New Directors New Films Festival
Ayvalik Uluslararasi Film Festivali
FIC Buenos Aires
Cinema Verité Festival Teheran
FIDÉ Brazil
Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Landshuter Kurzfilmtage
Kurzfilmtage Augsburg
Status: Distribution through Donaukapitän
Release: October 2012
Technical Data: 16 mm, 18 minutes, 16 mm, 5.1 Dolby SR
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