The Call
A short feature film by Karl-Friedrich König
Germany | 19 min. | German
Description
The East is godless! Steffen and Ben are followers of an evangelical denomination and want to introduce people in the East German provinces to Jesus. They combine strict adherence to the Bible with Christian hip-hop. But Steffen struggles with self-hatred. When he also fails at missionary work, a dangerous dynamic develops between the dissimilar men.
A production by
2Könige Film
Funded by
Central German media funding
Thuringian State Chancellery
Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
SLM
Crew
| Director, Writer | Karl-Friedrich König |
| Producer | Tilman König Karl-Friedrich König |
| DoP | Tilman König |
| Editor | Karl-Friedrich König |
| Casting | Karl-Friedrich König Tilman König |
| Production Design | Franziska Merkel |
| Costume Design | Nora Koch |
| Sounddesign | Simon Peter |
| Sounddesign | Georg Siebert |
Distribution
2Könige Film
7 Palms Entertainment LLC
Cast
Evaluation
Audience Award INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DRESDEN 2020
Querdenker Award BLICKE FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART 2020
Best Live Action – FLICKFAIR 2020
Best Actors Award – VALÈIFF – Valencia Indie Film Festival 2020
Best Short Film – Jury Price – Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2021
Best Short Film – Short Film Festival Tripoint DE-AT-CZ 2021
Cinema exploitation as part of “Hotspot Leipzig”
Television exploitation via MDR and RBB