The Show
fiction | short film | 2022
The well-known activist couple Max and Lou made an extreme statement and had themselves sterilized under full media coverage: they do not want to bring children into this dying world. Following their sterilization they are now invited to their first TV show. The problem: shortly before they enter the studio, Max confesses to Lou that he couldn't bring himself to undergo the vasectomy.
Starring Mercedes Müller, Leonard Carow and Stefanie Döbler
Written by Sophie Dittmer
Idea by Frederic Kau and Sophie Dittmer
Directed by Frederic Kau
Cinematography by Alexander Gruber
Produced by Paula Martin Karg, Hamburg Media School
Music by Dorian Behner and Paul Timmich
Edited by Nico Sanft
Official Selection 28th Int. Filmfest Emden Norderney 2022, Germany
Official Selection Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2022, Germany
Official Selection Panorama Camerimage International Festival 2022, Poland
Official Selection Wendland Shorts 2022, Germany
Official Selection Braunschweig International Filmfestival 2022, Germany
Official Selection Venezia Shorts 2022, Italy
Official Selection 22nd Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2022, Germany
Official Selection European Filmfestival Göttingen 2022, Germany
Official Selection Perth International Women in Film Festival 2022, Australia
Official Selection New York Indie Shorts Award 2022, USA
Official Selection Hollywood Shorts Fest 2022, USA
Official Selection Kontrast Filmfestival Bayreuth 2023, Germany
Official Selection Filmtage Friedrichshafen 2023, Germany
ARD Kurzfilmnacht 2023, ARD Mediathek
