Hero
When an insecure teen brings his fathers gun to school, a school shooting breaks out.
Synopsis
A young boy estranged from his father and his new classmates steals his fathers gun to school. But when showing the others the gun a school shooting breaks out. With the gun in his hand he walks through the hallways of the school, hearing the massacre unfolding. But upon seeing two dead classmates he hides in a closet. Terrified, until finally his father finds him hours later.
Tranfering Trauma
Hero was a very personal project. Based on my own experiences at Utøya in 2011.
I wanted to try translating my experiences onto the screen, and this first year film at the DFFB (Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin) became the outlet.
Shooting on 16mm film also proved difficult but satisfying, showing me a different way of working with coverage, sound and actors.
Info
Cast
Filip Januchowski (Tim)
Raoul Rettberg (Father)
Konrad Krohn (Boy 1)
Tim Stürzl (Boy 2)
Tibor Neto (Boy 3)
Robin Knaak (School Shooter)
Annalisa Hohl (Dying girl)
Crew
Harald Furuholmen: Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Utku Erdogan: Camera
Arif Seletli: Production Design
Olivia Requat: Assistant Director
Gianna Scholten: Camera Assistant
Raban Friedrich: Lighting
Leonie Schäfer: Light assistant
Julia Ketelhut: Sound recordist
Jacob Roeters Van Lennep: Catering
Robin Knaak: Runner
Technical Details
Germany, 2017, Short Fiction, 07:14, Color, 16mm Film stock, Link, 2:39:1, Surround, German Language.
Music
Harald Furuholmen
Ilias Panagiotopoulos
Special Thanks
DFFB
Leon Action Team
Teachers and Staff of DFFB