kruste (crust)

-2023-

 

12-year-old fabi has to finally prove himself as one of the family - by getting his first scar. watch kruste on 3sat.

 

cast:

philip kapell, luise landau, sven hönig, heinz wanitschek

 

crew:

writer & director: jens kevin georg

producers: fritzie benesch & charlotte jülide hansen

director of photography: lasse frobese

editor: benedikt strick

sounddesign: konrad woznitzka & larissa kischk

setdesign: linda bruna

make-up-design: laura wronkowitz, hannah weickert & jana erger

costumedesign: frederik britzlmair

original score: felix römer

commissioning editors: elisabeth rupp & meike klingenberg

 

awards:

student academy awards 2024 - winner

97th academy awards 2025 - shortlist best live action short film

odense international film festival 2024 - winner academy awards qualifying best international short award

indy shorts international short film festival 2024 - winner academy awards qualifying narrative grand prize

yugo bafta student awards 2024 - longlist

first steps award 2024 - no fear award nomination

25th izmir international short film festival 2024 - winner best international film

dallas international film festival 2024 - winner best student short

regina iffa 2024 - winner best student short

allgäuer filmfeschdival - silver audience award

shorts - trinational short film festival offenburg 2024 - audience award

filmfest bremen 2024 - winner best short film "bremen & umzu"

21st in the palace international short film festival 2024 - special mention

24th landshut short film festival 2024 - honorable mention

hollyshorts film festival 2025 - best student short nomination

cannes indie shorts awards 2025 - best foreign short

 

screenings:
34th flickerfest international short film festival 2025

cleveland international film festival 2025

45th durban international film festival 2024

alcine 53 film fest 2024

kyiv iff molodist 2024

64th zlín film festival 2024

bolton international film festival 2024

flickers' rhode island international film festival 2025

sioux city international film festival 2025

lviv international film festival wiz-art 2025

west chester film festival 2025

hollywood shortsfest 2025

shnit worldwide shortsfestival 2025

short of the week 2024

regensburg international short film week 2024

filmfest osnabrück 2024

bundesfestival junger film 2024

flensburger kurzfilmtage 2024

cinemira international children's and youth film festival budapest 2024

ko:sh film fest korça 2024

16. shortynale filmfestival klosterneuburg

clujshorts 2024

 

tv-premiere: 3sat, 09.12.23 (germany, austria, switzerland)