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Sweet Freedom

Name: Sweet Freedom
Director: Dominic Wittrin

Short Film | 2021-2022 | Dramedy | Germany

Director	Dominic Wittrin
Written by	Piet Grünberg, Dominic Wittrin
Production	Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (TH OWL) [de], Hei'O'Pei Film [de]

Number of shooting days	5
Locations	Altenbeken
Filming regions	Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia

Length of movie	18min

Brief synopsis

One small gas station. Six oddball strangers and a loaded gun.
It'll work out fine.

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Dirk Böhling	Detlef [L]
Michaela Winterstein	Ariane [L]
Lea Gerstenkorn	Frederike [L]
Markus Römer	Tom [L]
Katrin Zierof	Kathi [L]
Susanne Schieffer	Antje [L]

Activity	Name	Comment
Colorist	Matthias Schöning
Sound assistant	Leonard Béla Bläsing
Director of photography	Matthias Schöning
1st assistant camera	Lennart Biegert
Casting director	Dominic Wittrin
Casting director	Julia Becker [2]
Costume designer	Daniel Peters [1]
Director	Dominic Wittrin
1st AD (local system)	Linus Hoppe
Crowd 2nd AD (local system)	Piet Grünberg
Script continuity	Piet Grünberg
Gaffer	Shervin Moallem
Lighting technician / electrician	Vincent Lowell Bontjes Van Beek
Lighting technician / electrician	Clarissa Gora
Makeup artist / hair stylist	Félice Wittrin
Assistant makeup artist	Anna-Sophie Meyer
Producer	Félice Wittrin
Producer	Julia Becker [2]
Production designer	Frederic Mette
Assistant production designer	Pia Luisa Beckmann
Standby props	Frederic Mette
Production manager	Jeremy Siquilini
Set manager/ floor manager	Maximilian Laux
Screenwriter	Dominic Wittrin
Screenwriter	Piet Grünberg
Production sound mixer	Calvin Worring
Boom operator	Stefan Schneiker

Company	Comment
Hei'O'Pei Film [de]
Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (TH OWL) [de]

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Dominic Wittrin	2023	Bundesfestival junger Film Audience Award	Audience Award	Winner
Lea Gerstenkorn	2022	24 fps Shortfilmfestival [us] Best Actress	Best Actress	Nominated
Dominic Wittrin	2022	Hammer Kurzfilmnächte [de] 2nd Prize	2nd Prize	Winner
Dominic Wittrin	2022	24 fps Shortfilmfestival [us] Best Screenplay	Best Screenplay	Nominated
Dominic Wittrin	2022	Filmfest Bremen [de] Humor / Satire	Humor / Satire	Nominated
Dominic Wittrin	2022	Kurzfilmtage OWL [de] 1st Winner junger Spielfilm	1st Winner junger Spielfilm	Winner
Dominic Wittrin	2022	Kurzfilmtage OWL [de] Audience Award	Audience Award	Winner
Dominic Wittrin	2022	Blende Eins [de] Best short	Best short	Winner
Piet Grünberg	2022	24 fps Shortfilmfestival [us] Best Screenplay	Best Screenplay	Nominated

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2023	Germany	Snowdance Independent Film Festival (Essen) Lunatic Shorts	Lunatic Shorts
2023	Germany	Int. Short Film Festival Detmold
2023	Germany	Bundesfestival junger Film
2022	Germany	Blende eins Kurzfilmfestival
2022	Germany	Hammer Kurzfilmnächte
2022	Germany	Filmfest Bremen nominated in the categories Humor/Satire Bremer Film	nominated in the categories Humor/Satire Bremer Film
2022	Germany	XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilm Festival offical selection	offical selection
2022	Germany	Kurzfilmtage OWL
2022	China	Macau international short film festival
2022	USA	24 fps international short film festival nominated in the categories Best Screenplay (Dominic Wittrin, Piet Grünberg), International Fiction, Best Actress (Lea Gerstenkorn)	nominated in the categories Best Screenplay (Dominic Wittrin, Piet Grünberg), International Fiction, Best Actress (Lea Gerstenkorn)

Websites
Instagram - Sweet Freedom	https://www.instagram.com/sweetfreedom_kurzfilm/
07.th Filmfest Bremen	https://www.filmfestbremen.com/node/703
Kurzfilmtage OWL	https://www.instagram.com/kurzfilmtage_owl/
Reviews
"Sweet Freedom" - SR Filmtalk 2023	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjAW6YsQ3GI
Articles / Reports
Bundesfestival junger Film / Audience Award	https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/saarland/sr-sweet-freedom-100.html