Awards:

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• Best Director at the Curtas Festival do Imaxinario de Vilagarcía de Arousa 2024; Spain

• Best Sci-Fi Short Film, at the San José International Short Film Festival 2024; California / USA

• 1ST PLACE SCI-FI SHORT, at the 2024 INDIE Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival; Florida/USA

• Award Best Score, at the 2024 FLICKERS' Rhode Island International Film Festival – Vortex Section; Providence/USA

 

 

Festivals:

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• Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal/Canada, August 2024

• Ravenheart International Film Festival, Oslo/Sweden, August 2024

• Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology, Portland/USA,  August 2024

• DC Shorts International Film Festival, Washington/USA, September 2024

• Festival Montevideo Fantástico, Uruguay, September 2024

• FLICKERS’ Rhode Island International Film Festival - Vortex section, Providence / USA, October 2024

• Sinistro Film Festival, Fortaleza/Brazil, October 2024

• Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival, Florida / USA, October 2024

• Hof International Film Festival, Hof / Germany, October 2024 

• San Jose International Short Film, Kalifornien/USA, October 2024

• HorrorHaus Film Festival, Santa Clarity, Kalifornien / USA, October  2024

• CURTAS, Festival do Imaxinario de Vilagarcía de Arousa /Spain, October 2024

• Film Quest Festival, Utah/USA, November 2024

• UTOPIALES Festival International de Science-Fiction de Nantes/France, November 2024

• Morbido Film Festival, Mexico City, November 2024

• Nordic Filmdays Lübeck, Lübeck/Germany, November 2024

• Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York / UK, November 2024

• Dance On Screen FilmFestival, Graz, Austria, November 2024

• Zed Fest Film Festival, Los Angeles - Hollywood / USA November 2024

• Ferratum Film Festival, Michoacan/ Mexico, November 2024

• Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini / Italy, December 2024

• Sherman Oaks Film Festival, Los Angeles/USA, December 2024

• The New York City Horror Film Festival, NY/USA, December 2024

• Duhok International Film Festival, Duhok / Iraq, December 2024

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Team & Cast:
Written & Directed by: Petja Pulkrabek
Produced by: Jana Pulkrabek
Director of Photography: Monika Plura & Tobias Meik
Scenography: Dennis Stöcker & Lena Schønemann
Choreography: Preslav Mantchev & Anne-Marie Warburton, Freie Tanzkompanie Kiel
Music: Felix Behrend
Lighting Design: Michael Muck Kremtz bvk
Sound Design: Andreas Hellmanzik


Main Cast: Anne-Marie Warburton, Preslav Mantchev (Freie Tanzkompagnie Kiel)
Dancers: Nadine Bader, Franca Baruth, Leon Franzke, Juliane Harbst, Franziska Plüschke, Jürgen Rathje, Andrey Rundev, Sueki Yee
Upper Class: Ruth Bäßler, Anri Coza, Lars Junggreen, Jana Pulkrabek, Vanessa Poole, Alexander Kruuse Mettin, Mashti Mads Nordheim, Peter Musebrink, Peter Nebel, Jürgen Sensai, Marshall Titus, Charlotte Schierwarter, Ketlenn Velasco, Christel Zilm
Guards: Alexander Kruuse Mettin, Alexander Werner


Makeup Artist: Lale Yilmaz
Costume Design: Miriam Aksoy
Prop Builder: Neele Tschaitschian
Assistant Director: Alexander Werner
Project Manager: Alexander Kruuse Mettin
Assistant Prod: Manager Gaby Köster
Set Manager: Wiktor Filip Gacparski
Steady Cam Operator & Drone: Tobias Meik
Assistant DOP: Peer Heinzel
Key Grip: Michael Lewandowski
Best Boy: Sven Mickeleit
Carpenter: Daniel Bartrina
Helping Hand: Massimo Cala
Stage Painter: Sabine Heeß
Set Photographer: Filip Orestes Misiak, Wiktor Filip Gacparski
Location Scout: Josephine Hasenjäger
Set Runner: Tessa Kosub
Co-Author: Jana Pulkrabek
Story Board Artist: Jakob Abawary


Post Production: Cine Complete Postrproduction
Re-Recording Mixer: Andreas Hellmazik
Digital Matte Painter: Stefan Otterpohl
VFX Artist: Sebastian Michalski
Color Grading: Michael Muck Kremtz bvk
Cutter: Petja Pulkrabek
Musical Advicer: Gudrun Lehmann
Violin: Sono Tokuda
Violoncello: Valentin Priebus

 


A ManusArts Production


​Funded By:
MOIN Filmforderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH
nordmedia – Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH,

NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ - STEPPING OUT
Sailin City Kiel
 

Country of Production: Germany 2023
Duration: 14.59 min