Nakam

Nakam – Run Mitka, run!

In Nazi-occupied Ukraine, twelve-year-old orphan and violinist Mitka joins a group of partisans who plan to use the boy's inconspicuousness to execute a covert bombing mission. When a group of high-ranking SS officers arrives nearby, they become the target of the attack. However, this puts Mitka in a devastating position, as he risks bringing his only friend into deadly danger.

Festivals

– Academy Awards 95th Oscars 2023 (Shortlist, Live Action Short)
– Cleveland International Film Festival (Best Live Action Short)
– Rome Prisma Film Awards (Best of Fest & Best Director & Best Cinematography & Best Leading Actor)
– FILMZ Festival des deutschen Kinos (bester mittellanger Film)
– Miami Jewish Film Festival (Audience Award)
– Lighthouse International Film Festival Short Film
– Filmschau Baden-Württemberg
– Sehsüchte Internationales Studentenfilmfestival (Lobende Erwähnung Fokus Produktion)
– LA Shorts Fest
– San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Team

Produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg & SWR (Editorial office Joachim A. Lang & Katharina Kontny)
Director & Story: Andreas Kessler
Script: Fabien Virayie
Producer: Janick Gootz & Max Breuer
DoP: Leonard Frederic Caspari
Editor: Christoph Hans
Music: Ege Ateslioglu
Sound Supervisor: Bjarne Taurnier
Production Sound: Bjarne Taurnier
Boom Operator: Rachel Oker, Lennard Meyermann & Samuel Krupke
Dialog Edit: Daniel Kling
Sounddesign: Bjarne Taurnier
Foley Artist & Edit: Fred Hellmann
Foley Recordist: Rachel Oker

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