Idol

short movie

The artist Loudo should have submitted a commissioned work some time ago, but he is in a blockade. When he finally – inspired by his muse – creates a masterpiece, his manager and his muse get into a violent argument over the sale of the work. Only too late Loudo realizes what role he was playing in all this.

“I remember an encounter with Loudo and he said, “This city hasn’t made a better person out of me. It’s made me more cruel than I was when it found me.”​

“This, amongst other things, led to an idea becoming a work of art, and to Loudo, a nobody becoming a somebody.”

2018 IDOL
8min, Narrative Short, Drama

Directed by

Luisa Taraz

Cinematography by

Martin Neumeyer

Edited by

Pierre Samoske

Cast

Tim Grobe

Peter Lohmeyer

Luisa Taraz

Christoph Luser

Producer

Manuel Weber

Jürgen Nerger

Music composed by

Manuel Weber

Written by

Manuel Weber/Luisa Taraz

Art Director

Julia-Katharina Berndt

Costume Designer

Ada Oehrlein

Sound Designer

Pierre Samoske

Gaffer

Raik Lingner

Production Sound Mixer

Michael Manzke

Make Up Artist

Maya Fahrenkrug

Dialogue Editor

Laura de Weck

Saskia de Velasco

Music Production

Manuel Weber

Camera Assistant

Peer Heinzel

Set Photographer

Nino Vela

First Assistant Sound Mixer

Dara Heichert

Set Dresser

Pascal Seibicke

Assistant Set Dresser

Muriel Brault

Elettra Carlucci

Catering

Restaurant Rialto Hamburg

Driver

Jasmine Ammann

Sophie Hall

Jan Fabian Scheffler

SPECIAL THANKS

Gudberg Nerger

Thalia Theater

Maren Voigt

Henning Sominka

Jan Wiechmann

Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg

Thorsten Großer

Raphael Schierling

Jörn Woisin

Dr. Julia Kretschmer-Wachsmann

Klausmartin Kretschmer

Cunstomringz

Maddels

Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

SCREENINGS & AWARDS

BEST COMEDY SHORT

6th SNAKE ALLEY FESTIVAL OF FILM (Official Selection, Burlington, IA, USA) JUNE 21, 2018

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

2nd GREAT MESSAGE INT`L FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pune, India) SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

SPECIAL APPRECIATION BY JURY AND AUDIENCE

6th UNDERGROUND FILMFEST (Official Selection, Liguria, Italy) FEBRUARY 15, 2019

BEST DEBUT

BEYOND EARTH FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Kolkata, India) DECEMBER 23, 2018

BEST INT`L SHORT

Thriller

6th Fort Worth INDIE FILM SHOWCASE (Official Selection, Fort Wort, TX, USA) JUNE 25, 2019

2nd BERLIN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany) JULY 1, 2018 

7th KOLKATA SHORTS INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Kolkata, India) JULY 22, 2018 

24th SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, San Antonio, TX, USA) AUGUST 1, 2018

GOLDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Los Angeles, CA, USA) AUGUST 10, 2018

21st CALIFORNIA IND` FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Moraga/Orinda, CA, USA) AUGUST 24, 2018

Parkflimmern 2018 Film Festival (Official Selection, Fürstenwalde, Germany) OCTOBER 3, 2018

BUFFALO INT`L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, NY, USA) OCTOBER 8, 2018

13th ORLANDO FILM FESATIVAL (Official Selection, FL, USA) OCTOBER 18, 2018

3rd FISHEYE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Wycombe, UK) OCTOBER 20, 2018

EAU CLAIRE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US) OCTOBER 19, 2018

7th DELHI SHORTS INT`L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Delhi, India) OCTOBER 23, 2018

4th BAHIA INDEPENDENT CINEMA FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Bahía, Brazil) NOVEMBER 1, 2018

2nd COLLATERAL 102 FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Torino, Piemonte, Italy) DECEMBER 6, 2018

FALCON IFF (Official Selection, London, UK) DECEMBER 10, 2018

2nd CHAMBAL INT`L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Mumbai, India) JANUARY 11/12, 2019 

A TOUCH OF NOIR EVENT (Official Selection, London, UK) FEBRUARY 18, 2019

14th BELOIT INT`L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Beloit, WI, USA) FEBRUARY 22, 2019

2nd LISBON FILM RENDEZVOUS (Official Selection – Winter Edition, Lisbon, Portugal) MARCH 8 2019

1st HEART OF ENGLAND FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Coventry, United Kingdom) MARCH 28, 2019

3rd RGU FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK) MARCH 31, 2019

BLACK BIRD FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cortland, NY, US) APRIL 26, 2019)

10th NEW YORK CITY INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, New York, NY, USA) MAY 5, 2019

2nd CYPRUS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Nicosia, Cyprus) MAY 6, 2019

11th FASTNET FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cork, Ireland) MAY 22, 2019

1st CHELTENHAM INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cheltenham, UK) MAY 27, 2019

TOKYO LIFT-OFF ONLINE FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Tokyo, Japan) MAY 27, 2019

15th INT’L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DETMOLD (Official Selection, Detmold, Germany) MAY 29, 2019

11th LIGHTHOUSE INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, New York, USA) JUNE 6 ,2019

6th BENICIA FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Benicia, CA, USA) SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

12th ARIZONA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Tucson, AZ, USA) SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

15th GODDESS ON THE THRONE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Prishtine, Kosovo) SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

16th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL NE