THE CONNECTIONS

THE CONNECTIONS

THE CONNECTIONS

Director: Carsten Jain-Pütz
Feature film | Germany, Portugal | 2023
89 min | Dolby 5.1

57th Hof International Film Festival
2023

Do I look alright? Do I have the right friends? Am I using my time in life effectively enough? Siblings Hanna and Jonas are circling around their self-realization. They live in different countries and have little contact. Jonas lives in Berlin and is frustrated because, as a photo designer, he is only asked for cheap advertising campaigns. Hanna has been living in Lisbon for two years, wants to become an artist, but feels cramped by her boyfriend.

In their drive to be freer and more successful, the siblings isolate themselves more and more from those around them. In the end, no amount of affirmations and self-confidence-boosting audios will help. A reflection on freedom, love and solidarity in Portugal and Germany.

With Alexander Peiler, Ana Luísa Pinto, Bettina Lieder, Katja Körber, Miguel Coutinho, Sebastian Kuschmann, Tiago Bôto, Vanessa Thüring

Screenplay Carsten Jain-Pütz, Cinematography Daniel Schlichter, Editing Carsten Jain-Pütz, Set design Feline Krey, Mira Laczkowski, Vera Nau, Anna Hilfrich, Kim Kemner, Clarissa Bortolon, Lukas Rabl, Sound Max Walter, Kai Czerwonka, Bal-ASound Bori, Sound Design Max Walter, Music Carsten Jain-Pütz, Philip Flock, Jason Pollux, Make-up Marina Markgraf, Executive Production Marco Huppertz, Vera Nau, Marike Flömer, Production Carsten Jain-Pütz