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Short Film Competition · 45th Edition

If We Were Birds

Dreiphasenwechselspannung

Director

Anna Niebert

Country

Austria, Germany

Runtime

16 min 32 sec

Language

German

Premiere

World Premiere

Synopsis

Despite great shame, 10-year-old Maria can't stop writing secret notes that - in a storm of emotions - put herself and her closest friends in danger.

Cast

Marlene Seidl, Ben Simader, Felix Nölle, Martina Spitzer  

Screenplay

Anna Niebert, Maximilian Miller

Producers

Anna Niebert, Maximilian Miller

About the Director

After graduating from the University in Salzburg, Austria, Anna Niebert produced commercials and music videos in Los Angeles. She then worked and found her way into the feature film industry in Berlin. She started the journey to study fiction directing in 2021.