FIRN
Short film (39 min)
Germany, 2006
1,66:1/color,
5.1 Dolby SR
German
21-year-old Rainer goes on an annual trip with his
father, Georg. Because father and son are strangers to each other, a long-simmering
conflict erupts in the solitude of the mountains. Rainer uses an accident on the glacier
to then make it look like he died and Georg was to blame. Instead, he frees himself
and thus links his disappearance with revenge against his father.
Festival premiere: Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation). Awards: 1st price, Trento Filmfestival and Bronze Frog, Camerimage. Aired by ARTE France, screened at MoMA, NYC. Funded by NRW Film & Media Foundation, produced by DFFB & Axel Koenzen.
“A suicide disguised as murder?”
Festival premiere: Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation). Awards: 1st price, Trento Filmfestival and Bronze Frog, Camerimage. Aired by ARTE France, screened at MoMA, NYC. Funded by NRW Film & Media Foundation, produced by DFFB & Axel Koenzen.