GERMANY 2019 | SHORT DOCUMENTARY | 16 min

Twelve-year-old Frida is almost blind. She can only make out contours, shadows and colors but in her dreams all the images are clearing up. So she can “see” what is hidden for others.

Die zwölfjährige Frida kann nur Umrisse, Schatten und Farben erkennen, sie ist blind. Doch wenn sie träumt, werden die verschwommen Bilder des Tages scharf. Und so sieht sie Dinge, die anderen verborgen bleiben.

Director: Samuel N. Schwarz
Producers: Paula Ziemke | Hannah Liebrenz
Cinematographer: Sophia Fenn
Editor: Armano Forster
Sound: Larissa Kischk
Score: Richard Meyer
Animation: Emilia Zieser | Sophie Kalinowsky
Dramatic Consultant: Andreas Koch

A production of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF 

awards

ECFA Documentary Award at the do-xs! - Festival in Duisburg 2020
Nominee for best documentary at EUROPEAN CHILDREN’S FILM ASSOCIATION AWARD 2021
Special Mention at Astra Filmfestival 2021
Jury Price at KUKI Filmfestival 2021

festivals (selection) | tv broadcasting & streaming

2019 DokLeipzig Kids DOK Competition - LEIPZIG, DE
2019 IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs - AMSTERDAM, NL

2020 NYICFF COMPETITION - NEW YORK, US
2020 DOCUDAYS UA Official Competition - KIEV, UA
2020 Goldener Spatz Information/Dokumentation/Dokumentarfilm - ERFURT/GERA, DE
2020 do-xs! ECFA Documentary Award at the doxs! - DUISBURG, DE
2020 49. Internationale Studentenfilmfestival Sehsüchte Future - POTSDAM, DE
2020 CICFF 37th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival - CHICAGO, US

2021 Mo&Friese Kurzfilm Hamburg - HAMBURG, DE
2021 Astra Filmfestival - SIBIU, RO
2021 KUKI Filmfestival - BERLIN, DE

WELLEN AUS LICHT (eng. DEAR DARKNESS) can be found on the streaming platforms of RBB and ARD (German television).