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BETWEEN THE LINES

a film by Niklas Pollmann
short fiction | 19 min | 2024
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LOGLINE

Your place or mine? A fleeting acquaintance can be exciting, adventurous, funny, but also ambiguous or even threatening. Shot in a single shot, the film explores the nuances of such a situation. Between the tracks of a subway station, the outlines of two people and their backstories slowly emerge.

CAST

Charlotte Kaiser
Niklas Pollmann

Screenplay Niklas Pollmann
Director Niklas Pollmann
Producers
Alina Rous, Sophie Tschach, Niko Kantner
Cinematography
Jelïn Nichele, Franz Quitt
Sound Recordist
David Graudenz
Sound-Design
Josef Umschaid
Distributor: Shortlisted

  1. Hof International Film Festival (2024, Germany)
  2. FILMZ – Festival of German Cinema (2024, Germany)
    • Special Prize of the City of Mainz
    • Audience Award
  3. Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) (2024, Estonia)
  4. Poitiers Film Festival (2024, France)
    • Prix d’Écriture Créative (Creative Writing Prize)
  5. Landshut Short Film Festival (2025, Germany)
  6. Premiers Plans Angers Film Festival (2025, France)
    • Grand Jury Award
    • Student Award
  7. Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market Picks (2025, France)
  8. Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film (2025, Austria)
  9. Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS (2025, Latvia)
  10. BAFTA Student Awards – Longlist (2025, United Kingdom)
  11. Palm Springs International ShortFest (2025, United States)
  12. Mini Kino Bali (2025, Indonesia)
  13. Five Lakes Film Festival (2025, Germany)
  14. Kyiv International Short Film Festival (2025, Ukraine)
  15. Kinofilm Manchester – European Short Film Festival (2025, United Kingdom)
    • Grand Prize
    • Best Male Performance
  1. Portobello Film Festival (2025, United Kingdom)
  2. Un Festival C’est Trop Court (2025, France)
  3. Seville European Film Festival (2025, Spain)
  4. Festival Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence (2025, France)
    1. Prix du Scénario (Screenplay Award)
  1. Kitzbühel Film Festival (2025, Austria)
  2. BOO International Film Festival Prague (2025, Czech Republic)
  3. Early Bird International Film Festival Sofia (2025, Bulgaria)
  4. BRNO 16 – International Short Film Festival (2025, Czech Republic)
    1. Student Award

Funded by Filmakademie Wien, MA7, District of Alsergrund

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