Die Schule brennt und wir wissen warum
Coming of Age, Drama, 25 min.
Synopsis:
Rita is a silent observer of the injustices that take place every day at her school. To document these cases, she breaks into the school at night, photographs the scenes and turns them into artistic collages. When her activist classmate Raquel catches her on her tracks one night, the two join forces in a final attempt to make the power games at their school visible.
- Project Team: Janina Lutter and Wiebke Ehrhard
- Semester: Bachelor Project, 7. Semester, 2022
- Supervision: Prof. Thomas Lauterbach and Wolfram Gruss
Cast:
Rita: Joana Taskiran
Raquel: Luna Kuse
Nachtwächter: Maximilian Kleist
Crew list:
Direction & Screenplay – Janina Lutter
Production – Paul Galli
Director of Photography – Wiebke Ehrhard
1. Camera Assistant – Johannes Tran
2. Camer Assistant – Charlotte Paulsen, Lukas Hauf
Gaffer – Marius Kast
Best Girl – Fabienne Schweers
Electricians – Manuel Schmitt, Jannic Sabo, Maxim Kuznetsov, Gabor Baumgarter, Lukas König, Jan Tillmanns
Sound Mixer – Jelle Sahmkow
Sound Assistant – Johanna Best, Lenny Glossner, Philemon Gerbeth
Set Design – Clara Dörholt
Set Design Assistant – Larissa Keller, Michelle Frey, Noreen Erkardas
Costume & MakeUp Artist – Rosa Galli
Costume & MakeUp Assistant – Sofia Scheiner
Set Manager – Regina Grimm
Assistant Director / Script & Continuity – Clara Scheiner, Stefanie Barth
Stunt Coordinator – Maxim Kuznetsov
Catering – Claudia Galli, Fabienne Schweers
Edit – Janina Lutter
Original Score – Philipp Bodor
Color Grading – Lukas Hauf
VFX – David Kaiser
Sound Edit – Tim Rohde
Foley and Sound Design – Paul Fleck
Sound Design – Philipp Bodor
Poster, credits and title design – Paul Galli
„Die Schule brennt und wir wissen warum“ is our graduation film at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. In it, I remember my own school days and tell the story of a character whose needs and problems were close to my own at the time. Just like Rita, I witnessed bullying during my time at school and was complicit in it by not intervening. The fear of becoming a victim myself is too great.
The role of outsiders in bullying problems is rarely addressed in films. That’s exactly why I wanted to give Rita’s emotional world a place in the film. She documents the stories of the bullied, the exploited and the oppressed in the scribbled-on cubicles of the school toilet. These are stories that burn through school life like fire holes and affect everyone who looks away.“
The film celebrated its premiere at the Landshut Short Film Festival and was nominated for the D-A-CH competition. It was shown nationally and internationally, for example at Filmfest Dresden, Sehsüchte International Student Filmfestival, Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt, Filmz Mainz, Alpinale in Austria, LesGaiCineMad in Madrid and CINEMAGIC in Ireland. It won the „Deutscher Jugendfilmpreis“ at the Bundes.Festival. Film and the „Best Student Film“ at the Blue Sea Film Festival in Finland.
