the weight of the moon
2025
In the beginning was the sea
and the wind,
broken rocks and trees.
And Gemma and Sidra.
Words come and go.
Then the language between them disappears.
Inspired by the poems and abstract paintings of the artist Etel Adnan.
with Ru Hajjar & Theresa Hoffmann
Directed by Felizitas Hoffmann Director of photography: Rita Hajjar
Camera Assistant & Gaffer: Elsy Hajjar
Assistant Director & Costume Design: Amrei Kapfhammer
Editor: Melanie Jilg
Sound Design & Mixing: Cornelia ‘Nelly’ Böhm
Color Grading: Nicholas Coleman
Awards
Student Academy Award (Finalist)
Festivals
26th International Izmir Short Film Festival, Izmir, TR
2022
With security camera footage obtained via a CCTV data request, this short distorts reality to embody a missed connection between a lovelorn surveillance system and a passenger.
Directed by Felizitas & Theresa Hoffmann
Sound Design & Mixing: Philip Hutter
voice-over: Nina Moog
Awards
19. Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Gauting, DE - Video-Art-Award
Filmy zakwalifikowane do Konkursu Międzynarodowego Euroshorts, Warsaw, Poland - Best Experimental Film
Festivals (selection)
Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Tallinn, Estonia
ALCINE 52 - Festival Germany Cine Germany Alcalá Germany Henares, Madrid, Spain
ShorTS International Film Festival, Trieste, Italy
True/False Film Fest, Columbia, Missouri, US
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK
2022
It was a large room. Full of people. All kinds. And they were all asking Google the same question:
"Am I...
... a joke to you
... depressed
... pregnant
... a sociopath test"
Gathered footage of phones, laptops and surveillance cameras reveal one story. As a young white woman in London leaves a digital trail derived from her daily life, the material leaves behind a clearer and more concrete story.
Through programming, sexism and structural racism are passed on to artificial intelligence who analyse personal data and have real consequences on peoples’ lives.
But what happens if these informations get out of hand?
Directed by Felizitas Hoffmann
Editor: Melanie Jilg
Sound Design: Cornelia ‘Nelly’ Böhm
take me home
2022
Directed by Maximilian Bungarten & Felizitas Hoffmann
Produced by Maximilian Bungarten
Director of photography: Tom Otte
Styling: Marleen Johow
Hair & make-up : Sabrina Reuschl
Color grading: Florian Staerk
Awards
ADC Talent Award 2022
The Young Ones Student Awards - Student Silver Cube 2023
Berlin Commercial - New Generation Award (Nominatation) 2023
Festivals
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2022
Fashion Film Festival Milan 2023
Berlin Fashion Film Festival 2023