A STRANGER TO MYSELF

Director: Jannik Gensler

SHORT | 12 MIN. | GERMANY | 2017
SONY ALPHA A7SII | 1:1.85 | 2K

SYNOPSIS

Hoping to satisfy his longing for intimacy and love, Ben meets foreign men to have sex with them. But all he is left with is his inner emptiness and self-disgust, from which he cannot free himself.

CAST & CREW

ACTORS
Fabian Lichottka
Tom Hospes
Michael Gaschler

SCREENPLAY
Jannik Gensler

DIRECTOR
Jannik Gensler

DoP
Johannes Kaczmarczyk

EDITING
Liam Ethan Salzmann

PRODUCTION
Jannik Gensler Produktion

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

ADDITIONAL FESTIVAL PARTICIPATIONS:
21st PINK APPLE, Zurich, Switzerland
53th Werkstatt der Jungen Filmszene, Wiesbaden, Germany
18th Festival Internacional de Cinema Gai i Lèsbic de Barcelona, Spain
9th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, Mumbai, India
1st filmreif! – Bundesfestival junger Film, St. Ingbert, Germany
15th OutfestPerú, Lima, Peru
PRIDE & PLAYS in Chicago, USA
Perth International Queer Film Festival, Perth, Australia
Queer-Streifen Regensburg, Germany
Trans Stellar Film Festival, Detroit, USA
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival 2018, USA
Queer Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Little Wings Festival, London, Great Britain
shots & shorts kurzfilmfestival halblang, Göttingen, Germany
2nd Taos Pride Film Fest, Taos, USA
13th SERILE FILMULUI GAY, Cluj, Romania
30th QueerFilmFestival, Esslingen, Germany
Merlinka Festival 2018, Belgrad, Serbia
5th San Antonia QFest, San Antonia, USA
OMOVIES 2018, Napoli, Italy