Winner Moonflower Personal Work: New Generation Award

PRODUCTION COMPANYMÅNE

DIRECTOR(S)MAXIMILIAN JONAS MÜLLER

PRODUCER(S)TOM PFEIL AND MAXIMILIAN JONAS MÜLLER

DOPROBIN HÜCKSTÄDT

INSTAGRAM TAG @SUUPERMAAX @ROBINHUECKSTAEDT @JONAS_BAUMGAERTEL @TOM.PFEIL

SHORT SYNOPSIS WITH MOONFLOWER, A YOUNG DIRECTOR COMES TO TERMS WITH HIS FATHER'S SUICIDE BY RECONSTRUCTING HIS LAST MOMENTS IN A CHAMBER PLAY-LIKE PRODUCTION AND DARING TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND A CONFUSED WORLD OF THOUGHTS - A JOURNEY THAT HAS TAKEN HIM ALL THE WAY BACK TO HIS FATHER'S DISTURBING CHILDHOOD.
BASED ON SEVERAL LOVE LETTERS COLLECTED BY HIS FATHER IN HIS 20S, THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS SPENT HIS LIFE TRYING TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE AND DEPRESSION AND HAS LOST HIS SON AND HIS MOTHER AS HIS LAST REFUGE EMERGES...
MOONFLOWER IS A SHORT FILM THAT DARES TO GRASP TRAUMA, PROCESS GUILT AND CONFRONT THE QUESTION OF THE MEANING OF ONE'S OWN EXISTENCE, WHILE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN REALITY AND MEMORY BECOMES BLURRED.