Student Award
At this film screening we present RESTORATION as the main film and THE SILENCE OF 600 MILLION RESULTS as the supporting film.
Directors Gudrun Gruber (RESTORATION) and Sophie Lahusen (THE SILENCE OF 600 MILLION RESULTS) will be our guests for a subsequent Q&A.
RESTORATION
Deutschland 2023 – Director: Gudrun Gruber – Orig. vers. w/German subt. – w/supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/director Gruber – Length: 72 min.
Trauma research has become more visible in recent years, but what if the trauma is directly in front of you? Sabrina’s anxiety, panic attacks and seizures could only be endured by her family because Sabrina did one thing: she never gave up on herself. A film about a courageous woman who insists on not being defined only by her past but on determining her own future. Jan Sebening
Notice: This film contains explicit descriptions of sexualized violence (word) and PTSD (word and image).
Biography
Gudrun Gruber studied fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and documentary film directing at the HFF in Munich. Here she realized several short films as well as three feature-length films. RESTORATION is her graduation film.
Filmography (selection)
RESTORATION, DE 2023, 72 min.
BORDERLAND BLUES, DE 2016, 73 min.
A PLACE TO LIVE IS NOT A PLACE TO STAY, DE 2014 23 min.
SAN AGUSTIN – EBBE IM PLASTIKMEER, DE 2012, 71 min.
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
With supporting film: THE SILENCE OF 600 MILLION RESULTS
Nominated for the FFF Talent Award Documentary Film
No youth rating
Writer: Gudrun Gruber, Sabrina Banks. Camera: Bernd Effenberger. Sound: Andrew Mottl. Editing: Sophie Oldenbourg. Music: Dominik Giesriegl. Production: NeoSolaris Filmproduktion. Producer: Gudrun Gruber.
THE SILENCE OF 600 MILLION RESULTS
Deutschland 2023 – Director: Sophie Lahusen – English orig. version – supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/director Sophie Lahusen – Length: 15 min.
An unwanted pregnancy – what now? A screenlife film that shows nothing more than the various screens of a young woman looking for an answer. With great panache and a little mockery, this short film shows how we are exposed to a flood of apparently ‘valuable’ clues that point in different directions while scrolling through the expanse of the internet. But which way is right? Jan Sebening
Supporting film – Tickets for THE SILENCE OF 600 MILLION RESULTS can be purchased with the main film RESTORATION.
Biography
Having grown up in a German-French family of musicians, Sophie Lahusen initially studied art history before focusing on documentary film after traveling, internships and journalistic work. Alongside her studies, she also works as an end-of-life caregiver.
Filmography (selection)
THE SILENCE OF 600 MILLION RESULTS, DE 2023, 15 min.
VON JUNI BIS JULY, DE 2022, 28 min.
ELEFANTEN ZWISCHEN UNS, DE 2021, 30 min.
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
No youth rating
Writer: Sophie Lahusen, Beatrix Rinke. Camera: (Visual Concept) Sophie Lahusen. Sound: Xavier Fleming. Editing: Leila Fatima Keita. Music: Jiro Yoshima. Production: headroom GbR. Producer: Nora Kilroy, Jonas Windgassen.
