Nackte Tiere
Naked Animals![](/media/filmstills/2020/encounters-2020/202003777_1_ORG.jpg)
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Marie Tragousti
Nackte Tiere | Naked Animals by Melanie Waelde
DEU 2020, Encounters
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Marie Tragousti, Michelangelo Fortuzzi
Nackte Tiere | Naked Animals by Melanie Waelde
DEU 2020, Encounters
© Czar Film
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Sammy Scheuritzel
Nackte Tiere | Naked Animals by Melanie Waelde
DEU 2020, Encounters
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Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Marie Tragousti
Nackte Tiere | Naked Animals by Melanie Waelde
DEU 2020, Encounters
© Czar Film
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Luna Schaller, Marie Tragousti, Paul Michael Stiehler
Nackte Tiere | Naked Animals by Melanie Waelde
DEU 2020, Encounters
© Czar Film
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Film poster
Nackte Tiere | Naked Animals by Melanie Waelde
DEU 2020, Encounters
With
- Marie Tragousti (Katja)
- Sammy Scheuritzel (Sascha)
- Michelangelo Fortuzzi (Benni)
- Luna Schaller (Laila)
- Paul Michael Stiehler (Schöller)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Melanie Waelde |
Cinematography | Fion Mutert |
Editing | Jessica Schneller |
Sound | Robert Fuhrmann |
Production Design | Marcel Bonewald, Isabelle C. Schnabel |
Costumes | Alina Bader, Sophie Leypold |
Make-Up | Franziska Mayntz |
Assistant Director | Lotta Schwerk |
Production Manager | Paul Dehn |
Producer | Anja Wedell |
Executive Producers | Thorne Mutert, Jan Fincke |
World sales
Media Luna New Films
Produced by
Czar Film
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Group Photo
The film team on the big premiere stage.
Nackte Tiere · Encounters · Feb 21, 2020
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The director baring her teeth at the Photo-Call.
Nackte Tiere · Encounters · Feb 21, 2020
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Group photo
The film team at the Photo Call.
Nackte Tiere · Encounters · Feb 21, 2020
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Melanie Waelde, Sophie Leypold
Happy at the premiere.
Nackte Tiere · Encounters · Feb 21, 2020
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Carlo Chatrian, Melanie Waelde
The Artistic Director with the film's director.
Nackte Tiere · Encounters · Feb 21, 2020
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Anja Wedell, Melanie Waelde
The producer and director on stage - their film received a Special Mention by the jury for the GWFF Best First Feature Award.
Nackte Tiere · Encounters · GWFF Best First Feature Award Special Mention · Feb 29, 2020
Director's Talk with Melanie Waelde
Nackte Tiere | Naked Animals
Encounters · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 22, 2020
Melanie Waelde
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Born in Dachau, Germany in 1992, she graduated with a degree in screenwriting from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) in 2017. She works as a freelance writer and filmmaker, and her short films have screened at several festivals. Her short documentary, Like in Africa, won the Young German Filmmaker Award at the Up-and-Coming International Film Festival Hannover. Alongside her film work she also writes experimental short stories and poetry. Nackte Tiere is her feature-length debut.
Filmography
2012 Großer starker Bruder; short film · Irrdisch; short film 2014 Like in Africa; short documentary 2016 Motten; short film 2018 Ohne Euch; short film 2020 Nackte Tiere (Naked Animals)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020