Shortlist Josh&Jacob Personal Work: New Generation Award

BRANDTELEGRAM

PRODUCTION COMPANYFILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG GMBH

DIRECTOR(S) ALEXANDER KÜHN

BUSINESS REGION 37040

SHORT SYNOPSIS JOSH & JACOB ARE BEST FRIENDS SINCE THEY CAN THINK. BUT GOING THROUGH CHILDHOOD TOGETHER THERE WAS ALSO A COMPETITIVE SIDE TO THEIR FRIENDSHIP. THROUGH THE COURSE OF TIME, FEELINGS OF JEALOUSY AND COMPARISON DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THEM AND FINALLY THEIR FRIENDSHIP IS AT STAKE. WILL FRIENDSHIP ULTIMATELY BE DESTROYED?

RUNTIME 02:36

RELEASE DATE 2020-02-16

PRODUCER(S) MARCO HENN, SIMONA WEBER, STEFANIE GÖDICKE

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ADRIAN KUCHENREUTHER

EDITOR RAQUEL CARO NUNEZ

PRODUCTION DESIGN RAINA TODOROFF

COSTUME DESIGN VIOLETTA BÜLD

MUSIC COMPOSER ALEXANDER WOLF DAVID

VISUAL EFFECTS JOHANNES RIEGRAF

SOUND DESIGN SIRIUS KESTEL

SCRIPT ALEXANDER KÜHN

INDIVIDUAL CREDITS COLOR GRADING - MARINA STARKE

NOTES FOR JUDGING OUR FRIENDSHIPS CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, AS WE OURSELVES CHANGE. WE MOVE TO NEW PLACES, WE MEET NEW PEOPLE. THE FOREVER BEST FRIENDS WHO USED TO LIVE DOWN THE ROAD ARE SUDDENLY HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES AWAY. JOSH & JACOB HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CLOSEST FRIENDS. THEY GO THROUGH THE BEST TIMES OF THEIR LIFES TOGETHER, FACE CHALLENGES IN THEIR CHILDHOOD, GO THROUGH PUBERTY AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OF FALLING IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALSO THEY SOMETIMES FIND THEMSELVES COMPARING THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER. WHEN THEY GROW UP AND CIRCUMSTANCES AS WELL AS THEIR PERSONALITY CHANGE, THE FRIENDSHIP IS AT STAKE, AS THEY ARE SLOWLY GROWING APART FROM EACH OTHER. A SIMPLE RACE BETWEEN CHILDREN, BECOMES A METAPHOR FOR A WHOLE LIFE. WHAT ARE THE RULES?

STATEMENT 37091