Schuldenberg Films


Schuldenberg Films is an independent film production company based in Berlin, Bavaria and Hessen. SBF focuses on the production of genre-bending films with a critical and political approach, spanning from feature films, documentaries to short and experimental art works. Visionary and bold stories are combined with a diverse, feminist, and progressive approach in assembling crews and structuring productions. Schuldenberg Films is jointly managed by producers Sophie Ahrens, Kristof Gerega and Fabian Altenried.

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Life is not a competition but I'm winning

Hybrid documentary, 79 minutes, colour/b&wWriter & director Julia Fuhr Mann
Premiere Settimana Internazionale della Critica Venice 2023
Coproduction w/ HFF Munich, ZDF/3satDistribution CineGlobal (GER)Sales First Hand Films
Awards First Steps Award Micheal-Ballhaus-Award for Best Cinematography / Starter Film Prize Munich / Best Cinematography Int. Women Film Fest Dortmund + Cologne / DOK.forum British Pathé Archive Award 2021 / Sunny Side of the Doc Prize 2021 DOK.fest Munich / ARRI Production Award 2021
Part of Locarno First Look 2022
Watch here: mubi (not GER)3sat (GER)
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Salty Water

Original title Südsee
Drama, 89 minutes, colourWriter & director Henrika Kull
Premiere Filmfest Munich 2023
Awards German Cinema New Talent Award for Dor Aloni / Gershon-Klein-Prize JFBB
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Piaffe

Thriller, 86 minutes, colourWriter & director Ann Oren
Premiere Concorso Internazionale Locarno 2022Distribution Salzgeber (GER), Oscilloscope (US/Canda)Sales Rediance
Awards Junior Jury Award Locarno / Best Feature Calgary / Silver Hugo Chicago / Best Film Junior Jury Márgenes Madrid / Spirit of the Festival Award Cork / Prix du Jury Gerardmer / Best Production and Best Director Achtung Berlin / German Film Critics Award Best Debut Feature 2023
Trailer Criterion Channel VOD Instagram

Beyond Revolution

German title Generation Euromeidan
Documentary, 94 minutes, colourWriter & director Kristof Gerega
Coproduction with Thurnfilm, Weltfilm
Commisioner ZDF / Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
Premiere Human Rights Film Festival, Berlin 2022Sales New Docs
Awards German Documentary Audience Award 2023
Watch here: ZDF Mediathek

Neubau

Drama, 81 minutes, colourWriter Tucké RoyaleDirector Johannes Schmit
Premiere Max Opühls Preis 2020Distribution SalzgeberSales Media Luna New Films
Awards Best Debut Film, German Film Critics Award / Best Feature Film Max Ophüls Preis /
Prize For Socially Relevant Film Max Ophüls Preis / Braunschweiger Filmpreis
Pre-selected for the German Film Prize "Lola" 2021
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No Longer Our Homeland

Documentary, 92 minutes, colourWriter & director Kristof Gerega
Coproduction w/ weltfilm (Ger), FilmArtProduction (PL), TVP (PL)
Premiere Mostra São Paulo IFF 2016
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Oilfields Mines Hurricanes

Experimental, 122 minutes, colourWriter CollectiveDirector Fabian Altenried
Premiere IFF Rotterdam 2014
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Features in production and development (selection)

Noah –   post-production

Drama, ca. 80 minutes, colourWriter & director Ali Tamim
Coproduction w/ Filmuniversity Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, RBB
Funded by Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg
Awards German Script Award ("Lola") 2023

Strange River –   in production

Coming of age, ca. 100 minutesDirector Jaume Claret MuxartWriters Jaume Claret Muxart & Meritxell Colell
Production Alma CinemaCoproduction Schuldenberg Films
Funded by Eurimages; FFF Bayern, DFFF (GER) / ICEC, ICAA Broadcasters Spain TVC, TVE
Labs & Markets Ikusmira Berriak SSIFF, L’Alternativa Mentoring Projects

Hatixhe & Shaban–   in production

Drama, ca. 90 minutesDirector Visar MorinaWriters Visar Morina & Doruntina Basha
Coproduction w/ Vicky Bane (GER) / Eagle Eye Film (KOS) / Vertigo (SLO) / On Film (ALB) / List Production (MKD)
Funded by Eurimages / BKM, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, DFFF (GER) / Kosovo Cinematography Center / North Macedonia Film Agency / National Center of Cinematography Albania / Film Center Slovenien

The lights, they fall –   in production

Drama, ca. 90 minutesWriter & director Saša Vajda
Production Vajda FilmCoproduction Schuldenberg Films, ZDF
Funded by BKM, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Hessen Film und Medien, DFFF, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film

Objet a –   development

Absurd mystery drama, ca. 90 minutesWriter & director Ann Oren
Funded by BKMDevelopment funded by Creative Europe MEDIA / Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg
Script funded by BKM
Labs & Markets Alliance for Development Locarno 2023, FIDLab Marseille 2023

Abitanti –   development

Dystopian drama, ca. 90 minutesWriter & director Kerstin Neuwirth
Coproduction w/ WDR
Development funded by Creative Europe MEDIA / Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Labs & Markets Torino FeatureLab 2022, Crossing Europe FF Linz 2022, Forum Alentours 2021, Screenwirters Residency Pustnik 2019

Molécules –   development

Thriller / body horror, ca. 90 minutesWriter & director Vero Cratzborn
Production Tomsa FilmsCoproduction Schuldenberg Films
Developtment funding FFA (Ger) / CNC, Pictanovo (Fr)
Labs & Markets Allicance for Development Locarno 2022




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Ash Wednesday

Musical/drama, 29 minutes, colourDirectors Bárbara Santos, João Pedro Prado
Writers Bia Krieger, João Pedro Prado, Bárbara Santos, Uriara Maciel
Premiere Berlinale Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2023
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I Loved You First

Fiction, 15 minutes, colourWriter & director Hai Anh Trieu
Premiere Competition Max Ophüls Preis 2023
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Sirens

Experimental, 13 minutes, colourWriter & director Ilaria di Carlo
Premiere Filmfest Dresden National Competition 2022Sales & Distribution Radiator
Awards (Selection) Best Short Film 40. Torino / Special Mention Drama ISFF Greece / Wagnis Prize Flensburg / Grand Prix Split Croatia / Special Mention Landshut / NaturVision Short Film Prize / Jury Prize Euganea Film Festival
Part of Short Export - Made in Germany
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Papaya & Pommes

Political cooking series, 5 x ca. 7 minutes, colourCreators Daeng Khamlao & Kristof Gerega
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Amygdala

Drama, 29 minutes, colourWriter & director Fabian Altenried
Premiere Vienna Shorts Competition 2021 / Filmfest Dresden Competition 2021

Two Stones

Art/doc, 60 minutes, colourWriter & director Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Premiere FID Marseille International Competition 2020 / HKW Berlin (installation) 2019
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1000 Smiles Per Hour

Drama, 15 minutes, black&whiteWriter Anne HeierDirector Fabian Altenried
Premiere Edinburgh IFF / Sarajevo FF, 2017
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Cinema Olanda

Art/doc, 17 minutes, colourWriter & director Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Premiere Berlinale 2018 / La Biennale di Venezia (installation) 2017
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Looking For Europe

Documentary, 34 minutes, colourWriter & director Kristof Gerega
Premiere FilmFestival Cottbus 2018

Prologue: Squat / Anti-Squat

Art/doc, 34 minutes, colourWriter & director Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Premiere La Biennale di Venezia 2017 / daad Berlin 2017

Contact

Schuldenberg Films GmbH & Co. KG
Sophie Ahrens, Fabian Altenried, Kristof Gerega

Berlin
Hobrechtstraße 79
12043 Berlin

Bavaria
Langbürgnerseestraße 10c
83093 Bad Endorf

Hessen
Lanzenhainer Straße 51
36358 Herbstein

+49 30 55475478
contact@schuldenbergfilms.com
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