SINKING SHIPS

Sara endured many years in a relationship full of control and violence. As she and her family go on vacation, an opportunity to break away suddenly presents itself.

CAST

Helena Hentschel, Emil Hugo Wipfler, Adrian Zwicker

Broadcast on Television

ARTE | 24.04.2021

WDR | 08.04.2022

FESTIVALS

41. Max Ophüls Festival (2020) | Worldpremiere

Filmschau Baden-Würrtemberg (2020) | BEST SHORT FILM

filmreif! - das Bundesfestival junger Film (2020) | BEST DIRECTING

20th International Student Film & Video Festival Beijing Film Academy (2021) | BEST DIRECTING

29th Euroshorts Poland (2020) | BEST SHORT FILM

ÉCU - European Independent Film Festival, Paris (2021) | BEST STUDENT FILM

Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt (2020) | Honorary Mention

BuSho Film Festival, Budapest (2021) | BEST PERFORMANCE - Helena Hentschel

Weyauwega International Film Festival (2021) | BEST NARRATIVE SHORT

Anchorage International Film Festival (2021) | BEST SHORT FILM, 2nd AUDIENCE AWARD

Bucharest ShortCut CineFest (2021) | BEST STUDENT FILM, BEST ACTRESS, BEST DIRECTOR (NOMINATION)

Bucharest Film Awards (2022) | BEST STUDENT FILM, BEST ACTRESS

Directors Circle Festival of Shorts (2021) | BEST DIRECTOR

31st Woods Hole Film Festival | JURY AWARD RUNNER UP FOR BEST DRAMATIC SHORT

Deep Focus Film Festival, NY | Honorary Mention

24th Brussels Short Film Festival | Official Short Film Competition (2021)

Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland | Official Short Film Competition (2020)

Rome Independent Film Festival (2022) | FINALIST

22nd Beverly Hills Film Festival (2022)

Portland Film Festival (2021)

Filmfestival Münster (2021)

Filmz Mainz (2021)

Santorini Film Festival (2022) | FINALIST

Kaohsiung Film Festival (2020)

The Worldwide Women's Film Festival (2021)

Paradise Film Festival (2021)

CineFem 9 (2021)

The Jelly Fest, LA (2022)

International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA, Poland (2021)

THESS – Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (2020)

Fünf Seen Filmfestival (2020)

Scario Short Film Fest (2021)

Neiße Film Festival (2021)

Short Film Breaks (2022)

Demetera International Film Festival (2021)

27th Openeyes Filmfest Marburg (2021)

Cinekid Festival, Amsterdam (Online-Screening Library) (2020)

Stark County International Short Film Series (2022)

exground filmfest, Wiesbaden (2021)

Black Snapper International Film Festival, Australia (2023)