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FILM

Pietà  - Sound design, Foleys, Mix  
Short film, Drama (Completed, awaiting release)

Director: Aria Azizi
Production:  Ya.l Filmproduktion, Aria Azizi
Year: 2023/TBA 
 
Rahima, a single mother, sits in the basement with three small children. The situation becomes more hopeless when the war begins. During a night of bombardment on her village, a splinter hits her 9-year-old son. If he does not get help immediately, he will die. The only chance is for Rahima to carry him through the raining bombs to the clinic, but for that she would have to leave her two smaller children (two and four years old), alone in the basement under the bombs. 

An immersive soundscape depicting full-scale war through audio alone, using sound to drive tension and narrative within a single-location, visually minimal setting.

Kotti Express  - Sound design, Foleys
Short Film, Drama/Thriller/Comedy (Completed, awaiting release)

Director: Amir Ovadia Steklov
Production:  The Glass Prince Studio
Year: 2023/TBA  
 

Set in Berlin’s Kreuzberg, JayJay follows a queer immigrant navigating a life of techno, drugs, and anonymous encounters while working at a kebab shop. Disconnected from her past and her mentally ill mother in China, JJ drifts until a local policewoman’s daily visits spark a quiet, haunting connection. Through subtle gestures and unspoken grief, the film explores loneliness, care, and obsession as two fractured women seek meaning amid loss.

A layered soundscape expressing inner tension and emotional dissociation, while capturing Berlin’s chaotic, colorful atmosphere through ambient detail and psychological nuance.

Between Two Walls - Sound Design

Between Two Walls - Sound Design

Between Two Walls - Sound design  
Short film, Documentary 


 
Director: Amir Ovadia Steklov
Production:  Amir Ovadia Steklov
Year: 2019 
 
Awards: 
Best Animated Short Film - Berlin Independent Film Festival (BIFF) -  2020
 
Official selection: 
Pornfilmfestival Berlin 2019
Liftoff Global Network Sessions 2019
Berlin independent film festival 2020 
 The Short Nights of Berlin 2020
 Liberation DocFest Bangladesh 2020

A short documentary that investigates the complexities of being Jewish immigrant in Berlin nowadays.






 

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Zyklus - Sound design, Foley editing (w. Richard Kretschmar), mix (w. Markus  Gembaczka)
Short film, Science Fiction


 
Director: Evgeny Kalachikhin
Production:  Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Year: 2018 
Official selection : Fantaspoa 2020

In a 23rd century, post-apocalyptic world all of the resources have become just as scare as empathy. 




Zyklus  2217 - Sound Design

Zyklus 2217 - Sound Design

Body Language - Sound design, Foleys, mix (w. Markus  Gembaczka
Short film, fiction 

Director: Katja Straub
Production:  Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Year: 2018





Body Language - Sound Design

Body Language - Sound Design

Flugangst/Fear of Flying - Sound design, Foleys (w. David Neuhaus) 
Short film, fiction 

Director: Katja Straub
Production:  Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Year: 2017 
Official selection : 2017 Austin Film Festival

When two high school friends accidentally get locked in a swimming facility late at night, old injuries surface and unstable emotions lead to actions taken too far.



 

Flugangst  - Sound Design

Flugangst - Sound Design

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