Germany / 2025 / Fiction, Experimental / 16’31”I2604328
HUNGER is the first installment in a planned, experimental short film series about trans identity and concepts of living outside of big cities. In a small town the nonbinary main character Nina seems to be on the run from somebody and has taken refuge in a nail salon. In flashbacks they fight their way out of the trauma of domestic violence, attempts at domestication and imposed female performance in their past. Hunger drives Nina to search for help and a place where they belong. A journey from a nail salon to a police station into a mysterious allotment garden were Nina finally finds a sence of home.
Director
Production
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Cast / With
Michaela Kis
Minju Kim
Mare Kraus
Stefanie Wennmann
Thuy-Van Truong
Cedric Sprick
Susanne Schloßmacher
Katharina Abel
Moonjoo Kim
Editing
Nina Wermann
Camera
Zoe Dumas
Sound designer
Felix Breuel
Film score composer
Felix Breuel
Sound Mixing
Miriam Sokolowska