Topfpalmen (Potted Palm Trees)
Directed by Rosa Friedrich
| Genre | Fiction |
| Country | Austria / Germany |
| Year | 2020 |
| Length | 20 min |
| Formats | DCP |
| Sound | 5.1 |
| Version | English subtitles |
Synopsis
Alf marries someone else. And nobody wants Betti’s baby. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood alarmingly good. Something is about to burst. The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her stepfathers’s patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife?
Themes
family relationships, love, dance, pregnancy, black humor, marginality, mother-daughter relationships, lonelyness, absurd, preteen, handicapBiography
Rosa Friedrich, born in 1989 in East Berlin, studies directing at the Vienna Film Academy, exploring a playful and exotic approach to filmmaking. Her bachelor film “Topfpalmen” (2020) was invited to Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and nominated for the First Steps Award. She studied philosophy, psychology and film studies and led expressive dance and theater groups.
Cast
Maresi Riegner
Henny Reents
Lars Rudolph
Team
| Production | Dominic Spitaler (Film Academy Vienna) |
| Script | Rosa Friedrich |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Albert Car |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | Jan Klammer & Valentin Hämmerle |
| EDITING | Svenja Plaas |
| Sound | Kai Shimada |
| Music | Various Artists |
Awards
Austrian Film Awards – Shortlist Best Short Film
Tel Aviv Student Film Festival – Best Screenplay
Festivals
Karlovy Vary | Out Of Competition | European Film Promotion - Future Frames |2020|
Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic |2021|
Desertscape International Film Festival, US |2021|
Les Femmes Underground Los Angeles, US |2021|
Genre Blast Wisconsin, US |2021|
Tel Aviv Student Film Festival, Israel |2021|
Thess Int. Short Film Festival, Greece |2021|
Aesthetica Film Festival, UK |2021|
Cinema on the Bayou, US |2022|
Sehsüchte Potsdam, Germany |2021|
Filmschoolfest Munich, Germany |2021|
Diagonale Graz, Austria | 2021|
VIS Vienna Shorts Festival, Austria |2021|
Austrian Film Awards (Österreichischer Filmpreis), Austria |2021|
Reaktor International Film Festival, Austria |2021|
Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria |2021|
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada |2021|
SPASM, Canada |2021|