ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Love Strip
Overview
Young love is unpredictable, young love is wild, young love is… mainly one thing: uncertain. Lasse and Käthe both try really hard to belong together. However, deep down they both have feelings that create distance between them. On the one hand, she is not able to talk about them and on the other, he can’t stop talking. In a moment of pure helplessness and intimacy, the two of them make each other feel vulnerable to the extent that every word could be the wrong one. Ultimately, they need to accept that they are far from what they both hope to find in love. Through that however, they learn what true love can really mean.
Director Biography — Adrian Schwartz
Adrian Schwartz is a filmmaker with all of his heart. Since he was only 12 Adrian was amazed by cutting movies, telling stories and bringing his ideas to life. Early on he learned to identify with his stories and realized that he would find the best ones right where he didn't have to look for them. Adrians biggest inspiration however has always been the fact that if worst comes to worst, the only thing needed to make a movie is a good idea and a camera. "Liebesstreifen" is his first professional short film, that was produced during his studies in film at the Offenburg University of Applied Sciences.
Director Statement
What happens in the most sensitive moments between two people? How does it work to feel what you feel? We all know the feeling of love and passion that we long for but cannot reach, yet few of us talk about it openly. In Love Strip, two young people try to understand their feelings and reach the limits of interpersonal communication. For me, it is important to give artistic expression to these experiences and offer people a dialogue about intimate moments without fear or shame.
Credits
- Director
- Adrian Schwartz
- Writer
- Adrian Schwartz
- Producer
- Adrian Schwartz, Christian Belz, Sebastian Lindlar, Lukas Mehl
- Key Cast
- Langston Uibel
- Key Cast
- Maja-Celinè Probst
Specifications
- Original title
- Liebesstreifen
- Project type
- Short, Student
- Runtime
- 12 minutes 30 seconds
- Completion date
- January 11, 2018
- Production budget
- 4,000 EUR
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Countries of filming
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Shooting format
- Arri Raw
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- Yes
- Student project
- Yes
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
Shorts Filmfestival Offenburg
Offenburg
Germany
April 11, 2018
German Premiere
Nomination Best Short and Best Student Production
Filmreif Festival für junger Film
St. Ingebert
Germany
June 10, 2018
Nominated for Best Short
Kurzfilmfestival Göttingen
Göttingen
Germany
May 25, 2018
Nominated for Golden Short
Bundesjugendfilmpreis 2018
Hildesheim
Germany
June 24, 2018
Official Selection Bundesjugendfilmpreis
The Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF)
Fontane Bianche
Italy
April 1, 2018
Italian Premiere
Official Selection
Diversions International Short Film Festival
Zagreb
Croatia
June 25, 2018
Croatian Premiere