fiction

catching birds

A film by: Lea Marie Lembke & Simon Maria Kubiena
Country: Germany/France/Austria
Year: 2023
Length: 19min

Festivals
1. Berlinale Generation (Germany, January, 2023)
2. Diagonale - Festival des österreichischen Films (Austria, March 2023)
3. Cinema Talks (Austria, May 2023)
4. Vienna Shorts (Austria, June 2023)
5. Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Mo&Friese (Deutschland, Juni 2023)
6. Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 2023)
7. Young Film Fest (Czech Republic, September 2023)
8. Reykjavík International Film Festival (Iceland, October 2023)
9. Kaohsiung Film Festival (Taiwan, October 2023)
10. FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Spain, October 2023)
11. Cinemagic Short Film Festival Belfast (Ireland, October 2023)
12. Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival (Hungary, October 2023)
13. Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece, November 2023)
14. KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°17 (Germany, November 2023)
15. Festival Tous Courts International de Courts métrages d'Aix-en-Provence (France, November 2023)
16. Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine, November 2023)
17. DIALOGUES- Calcutta LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival (India, November 2023)
18. Beijing International Short Film Festival (China, December 2023) - Special Mention
19. Usak Film Festival (Turkey, December 2023)
20. Minimalen Kurzfilmfestival (Norway, January 2024)
21. Kustendorf Film and Music Festival (Serbia, January 2024)
22. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (Germany, March 2024)
23. Vilnius Internation Film Festival Kino Pavasaris (Lithuania, March 2024)
24. Shorts Trinationales Filmfestival Offenburg (Germany, April 2024)
25. Zlín Film Festival (Czech Republic, May 2024)
26. Al Este International Film Festival (Peru, May 2024)
27. IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (Bulgaria, June 2024)
28. Youth Film Festival Sarajevo - Omladinski (Bosnia, July 2024)
29. KO:SH International Short Film Festival (Albania, September 2024)
30. KINENOVA (North Macedonia, October 2024)

Synopsis
The sixteen year old wrestler Anouk is well integrated in the male-dominated parisian wrestling team. She trains with her best friend Louis but gets distracted by a new team member, who raises her interest. By following her first feelings of sexual desire she experiences the insecurity of her male colleagues and especially of her best friend

Cast
Anna Stanic, Fethi Aidouni, Marin Judas

Crew
Director: Simon Maria Kubiena and Lea Marie Lembke
Screenplay: Simon Maria Kubiena and Lea Marie Lembke
Producer: Lisa Purtscher and Lotta Schmelzer
Cinematographer: Leon Hörtrich and Wesley William Salamone
Editor: Lucas Cantera
Sound recording: Alexandre Gneouchev
Sound design: Bjarne Taurnier
Sound Mix: Frederic Hellmann Dialogue
Edit: Samuel Krupke
Production design: Lise Lacoue-Labarthe
Costume-Design: Clara Leclerc
Casting: Constance Demontoy and Anouk Abolnik
Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, La Fémis

Supported by: Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, MA7 Wien Kultur