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Short Take

Get to know the talent behind your favorite German films and TV series with a few short and personal questions.

tv & film visual arts

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00:07:12

Helena Zengel

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2024/08/29

In a short and fun interview actress Helena Zengel talked to us about her love for spring, for acting – and her favorite project so far, Plato and horse-riding. And we discovered a mutual appreciation for the series Grace & Frankie. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake.Find out more about Helena and her latest work: https://www.abovetheline.de/de/schauspiel/details?id=58009 https://helenazengel.com/en/start_v2-2/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:11:40

Moritz Müller-Preisser

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2024/08/08

Director and writer Moritz Müller-Preisser and I discussed the strange pleasure of watching people, his love for pasta with fresh spinach and why a good team on set is EVERYTHING.The 2024 Face to Face ambassador also gives a shout out to Tom Schilling – and was just an overall terrific guest. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake. Find out more about Moritz and his latest work: https://muellerpreisser.de/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:11:44

Saralisa Volm

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2024/07/18

From teriffic and taltented multi-hyphenate Saralisa Volm we not only got great book and talent recommendations – we also talked about delicious food such as Aligot, why Hugs and Chocolate help achieving moments of happiness, cruel honest in friendships and how cool Zendaya is. Enjoy!Find out more about Saralisa and her latest work: https://saralisavolm.com/ https://www.ullstein.de/urheberinnen/saralisa-volm https://www.instagram.com/saralisavolm/ You can find us on

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00:13:00

Jan Bülow

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2024/06/27

2024 Face to Face ambassador Jan Bülow took time out from his busy schedule and talked to us about why balance makes relationships great@ how he always has a room for dessert and a particular enamorizing scene in the original #Blade Runner. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake.Find out more about Jan and his latest work: https://players.de/actors/jan-buelow/ https://www.burgtheater.at/en/ensemble/jan-bulow You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:09:20

Mona Otterbach

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2024/06/06

In a really fun interview 2024 Face to Face ambassador Mona Cathleen Otterbach talked to us about her love for le petit prince, artichokes, why she knows the dialogue of Indian Jones by heart and on top of that has some great recommendations of German filmmaking talent to watch out for. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake.Find out more about Mona and her latest work: https://www.crew-united.com/de/Mona-Cathleen-Otterbach_376442.html You can find us on

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00:10:23

Fabian Driehorst

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2024/05/16

Gummibears, reading to his daughter and working on a film about German children’s classic Struwelpeter: In our newest episode of Short Take prolific producer Fabian Driehorst talks to us about his work, his love of James Bond movies and why the Australian feature FROG DREAMING was a formative film for him. Fabian is the 2024 German Producer on the Move for the eponymous program of the European Film Promotion.Find out more about Fabian and his latest work: https://www.fabianfred.com/ You can find us

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00:16:17

Soleen Yusef

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2024/04/25

If she wasn’t a writer & director, 2024 Face to Face ambassador and creative multi-hyphenate Soleen Yusef might have become a cash-strapped painter. She talks about her deep friendship with fellow filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt, Charles Bukowski and her new children’s film. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake.Find out more about Soleen and her latest work: https://players.de/directors/soleen-yusef/ https://players.de/writers/soleen-yusef/ https://dcmstories.com/movie/sieger-sein/ You can find

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00:08:25

Banafshe Hourmazdi

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2024/04/04

For Benafshe Hourmazdi it’s all about acting. And maybe cake. And possibly #Titanic and #My Heart will go On by Celine Dion. It was a lot of fun talking to the actress, who is part of 2024’s #Face to Face with German Films campaign. Find out more in our newest episode of #ShortTake.Find out more about Benafshe and her latest work: https://players.de/actresses/banafshe-hourmazdi/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de © Marcus Höhn

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00:09:41

Jane Chirwa

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2024/03/14

In our brand-new #ShortTake episode we talk to Jane Chirwa – about being creative, The Color Purple and trying to do it all. After all her motto is: Just do it! Enjoy!Find out more about Jane and her latest work: https://zta-management.com/from-z-to-a/jane-chirwa/ Clashing Differences with Jane Chirwa just won the First Steps "Big audience" Award. You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:10:14

Katharina Stark

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2024/02/22

Actress Katharina Stark is currently making waves in the series THE INTERPRETER OF SILENCE. And she’s the Germany EFP Shooting Star 2024. In this week’s #ShortTake episode we talk about everything from Greek poets, to the joy of a good bass drop and, of course, Emma Thompson. Enjoy!Find out more about Katharina and her latest work: https://schlag-agentur.de/katharina-stark#!/1 https://needberlin.com/en/katharina-stark/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:15:56

Tamara Denić

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2024/02/01

Persistence, love for her job as director and eating as a hobby – Student Oscar-Winner Tamara Denić is the full package. Listen to our conversation – jumping between fun and philosophy - in this week’s brand-new #ShortTake episode Enjoy! Find out more about Tamara and her latest work: https://www.fpberlin.de/client/tamara-denic/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:08:45

İlker Çatak

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2024/01/11

How best to describe filmmaker İlker Çatak? The writer/director is a chess playing, former ice cream selling, deep sea diving creative who does not do regrets. And, has a penchant for cool cat Marcello Mastroianni in 8 1/2. After talking to İlker in our latest #Short Take episode I can only say: It takes one to know one! Enjoy! Find out more about İlker and his latest work: https://www.funke-stertz.de/portfolio/ilker-catak/ You can find us on

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Aaron Hilmer

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2023/12/21

For our ultimate #ShortTake episode 2023 we talked to the terrific @aaronhilmer about his passion for traveling to faraway places and being spontaneous. His love for medieval knighthood – hint: it’s actually about the horses! – and the wonderful thing that makes him happy. Happy Holidays! Find out more about Aaron and his latest work: https://agentur-lambsdorff.de/schauspieler/aaron-hilmer/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:07:51

Timm Kröger

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2023/11/30

We talked to writer and director Timm Kröger about his love for sleeping – or rather dreaming. His guilty pleasure: Steven Spielberg’s HOOK. Any other fans out there? And why cramming everything into one life is not the answer. It was a pleasure – short and sweet! Enjoy our latest #Short Take episode! Find out more about Timm and his latest work: https://the-barricades.com/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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00:12:44

Welket Bungué

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2023/11/09

Welket Bungué burst onto the scene with a brilliant, passionate performance in Berlin Alexanderplatz. The actor (and writer and director) reveals his favorite movie (wohoo, TrueLies!), favorite dish (Mancara), why he would like to be a Yogi and more interesting facts about what inspires him… and makes him happy in our latest #Shorttake episode. Enjoy! Find out more about Welket and his latest work:

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00:07:55

Clemens Schick

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2023/10/19

Fantasizing is Clemens Schick’s life force. While firmly established in the film world the talented actor and writer could also see himself as a monk, dancer, a farmer or a B&B owner. Clemens also talks about the intense experience of watching Space Odyssey as a twelve-year-old, the process of procrastination and the happiness of silence. Enjoy our latest #Short Take episode! Find out more about Clemens and his latest work:

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Silvana Santamaria

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2023/09/28

For director and producer Silvana Santamaria a film set is her happy place. No surprise that the prolific filmmaker has been chosen as one of EFP’s Producers on the Move 2023. But… not everything is about film – the scent of summer and a great book put a smile on her face. Enjoy our latest #ShortTake episode. Find out more about Silvana and her latest work: https://www.soilfilms.com/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de © Sven Serki

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Daniel Donskoy

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2023/09/07

The holy trifecta for Daniel Donskoy? Teleportation, Peanutbutter and #NoSleep! In our wonderful talk with the multi-hyphenate artist we covered the power of musicals, plays and ended up with a movie idea: REDMAYNE. Find out more in our latest #ShortTake episode with Daniel. Enjoy! Find out more about Daniel and his latest work: https://www.agentur67.de/daniel-donskoy https://www.auster-management.com/ https://theartistspartnership.co.uk/artist/daniel-donskoy/ You can find us on

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Teo Yoo

Short Take ·

2023/08/17

We had the immense pleasure to talk to trilingual actor Teo Yoo for our latest episode – about the zen-like universality of TV series #Yellowstone and #1883, liking the work of fellow #Short Take interviewee, director Alison Kuhn and being intense and sincere. It was a lot of fun! Go check out his film #PastLives, which is out in theatres now. Find out more about Teo and his latest work: https://agentur-dorandt.de/teo-yoo/ https://www.instagram.com/teoyoo/?hl=de You can find us on

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Sophie Linnenbaum

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2023/07/27

Director Sophie Linnenbaum talked to us about her love for food, directing and the joy of a foaming soap dispenser. Enjoy our latest #ShortTake episode with this quick-witted filmmaker. Find out more about Sophie and her latest work: https://www.sophielinnenbaum.de/ https://spiel-kind.com/de/directors/sophie-linnenbaum/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de © Jonas Ludwig Walther

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