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© Jan Grygoriew
© Jan Grygoriew

I Was Never Really Here

  • Dreamland (Working title)
Short Film | 2021-2022 | Diversity, Drama, LGBTQI+, Love, Queer, Relationship, Society | Germany

Shooting data

Start of shooting31/05/2021
End of shooting04/06/2021
Filming regionsGermany - Berlin, Germany - Brandenburg

Project data

Length of movie23min
Acquisition formatDCP
Distribution format16mm

Brief synopsis

Only when Sam (17) meets Kwesi (19) is he confronted with his German-Ghanaian identity. The growing love of the two boys is endangered by Kwesi's questionable residency status.

(Clermont-Ferrant Short Film Festival)

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Ben MoodKwesi [L]
Noah TinwaSam [L]
Dayan Kodua
Rita [SR]
Charity CollinGifty [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Title designerFrithjof Stückemann
ColoristGeorg Lewark
Director of photographyGeorg Lewark
1st assistant cameraMelanie Macher
2nd assistant cameraMarcey Atangana
Still photographerAlina Haravska
Casting directorNicolai C.J. Otteni
Casting directorPaul Lux
Costume designerJana Heinemann
DirectorGabriel B. Arrahnio
1st AD (local system)Annika Gedlek
Script continuityTheresa Rehe
EditorDavid Roeglin
GafferArseny Preobrazhensky
Lighting technician / electricianJakob Grasböck
Lighting technician / electricianLaura Titze
Lighting technician / electricianDorian Wunderlich
Lighting technician / electricianCaspar Hahnemann
Key makeup artist/hair stylistLisa Neubacher
ComposerLuis Guldzynski
Music coordinatorJudith Rose Gyabaah
Production designerYola Denck
Assistant production designerKatarzyna Sucheka
Assistant production designerUju Choi
Assistant production designerChristin Zürn
Assistant production designerLuna Ehrenstein
Art directorYola Denck
Set decoratorYola Denck
Line producerRené Beine
Assistant to line producerNicole Fiedler
Production managerFrithjof Stückemann
Including additional financing & distribution
Including additional financing & distribution
Production managerVincent Edusei
Production supervisorAndreas Schellenberg
Production supervisorUli Kunz
Assistant production managerSarah Wyrsch
Assistant production managerHannah Köhne
Assistant production managerAlina Haravska
Unit manager (local system)Frithjof Stückemann
Set manager/ floor managerVincent Edusei
Set runnerLaura Baumann
Set runnerAlina Haravska
ScreenwriterJudith Rose Gyabaah
ScreenwriterJohanna Bungarten
IdeaJudith Rose Gyabaah
IdeaGabriel B. Arrahnio
Dialog editorPatrick Gasda
Production sound mixerPatrick Gasda
Boom operatorLuis Guldzynski
Sound supervisorPatrick Gasda
Sound re-recording mixerJustus Wirth
+ Score Mix
+ Score Mix
Sound designerJustus Wirth
Sound designerPatrick Gasda
Supervising sound editorPatrick Gasda
Supervising foley editorPatrick Gasda
Foley recordistLuis Guldzynski
Dialogue editorPatrick Gasda
Music re-recording mixerJustus Wirth
Foley artistPatrick Gasda
Hygiene officerMaximilian Petri
Set medicWilhelm Skrippek
Supporting professor / coachClaudia Prietzel
Supporting professor / coachAndreas Kleinert
Supporting professor / coachMeike Hauck
Supporting professor / coachJana Marsik
Supporting professor / coachNoemi Hampel
Supporting professor / coachRuth Olshan
Supporting professor / coachSusanne Foidl
Supporting professor / coachPeter Henning
Supporting professor / coachCosima Lange
Supporting professor / coachBirgit Häusler
Supporting professor / coachAriunsaichan Dawaachu
Supporting professor / coachUlrike Tony Vahl
Supporting professor / coachGergana Voigt
Supporting professor / coachEike Schweikhardt
Supporting professor / coachMartin Hagemann
Supporting professor / coachRobert Gräf

Production companies

CompanyComment
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf [de]

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Interfilm Berlin Management GmbH [de]

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf [de]2023Poitiers Film Festival [fr]
Prix du Jury Étudiant
Prix du Jury ÉtudiantWinner
Gabriel B. Arrahnio2023Filmz - Festival des deutschen Kinos [de]
Medium Length Film
Medium Length FilmWinner
Gabriel B. Arrahnio2023German Short Film Award [de]
Spielfilm von mehr als 10 Minuten bis 30 Minuten Laufzeit
Spielfilm von mehr als 10 Minuten bis 30 Minuten LaufzeitNominated
Gabriel B. Arrahnio2023Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival [fr]
African perspectives
African perspectivesNominated
Judith Rose Gyabaah2023German Short Film Award [de]
Spielfilm von mehr als 10 Minuten bis 30 Minuten Laufzeit
Spielfilm von mehr als 10 Minuten bis 30 Minuten LaufzeitNominated
Johanna Bungarten2023German Short Film Award [de]
Spielfilm von mehr als 10 Minuten bis 30 Minuten Laufzeit
Spielfilm von mehr als 10 Minuten bis 30 Minuten LaufzeitNominated
Gabriel B. Arrahnio2022Filmschoolfest Munich [de]
Audience Award
Audience AwardWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2023RwandaKaze Film Festival
2023GermanyFilmfest München
Best of Filmschool Fest
Best of Filmschool Fest
2023South AfricaFame Week Africa Shorts Film Festival
2023GermanySehsüchte - Int. Student Film Festival
2023GermanyAfrika Film Festival Köln
2023GermanyQueer Film Festival München
2023GermanyFilmz - Festival des deutschen Kinos
Competition Medium Length
Competition Medium Length
2023GermanyInterfilm - Int. Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
Deutscher Wettbewerb
Deutscher Wettbewerb
2023Germany33rd Bamberg Short Film Festival
2023GermanyFilmz - Festival des deutschen Kinos