In the shade (Platz im Schatten) | A Short Film by Sophie Narr

Eight year old Nele is lonely and starts to take matters into her own hands: Fed up with the agonizing, silent boredom, she rambles through the countryside in desperate search of change in her life.

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In the shade won the following awards:

2008 Short Film Festival - Prädikatwertvoll - BEST FILM
2007 Amirani Student Int. Film Festival, Georgia - BEST SOUND AWARD
2007 Slow Film Festival, Hungary - BEST SHORT FICTION AWARD
2007 Asolo Int. Art Film Festival, Italy - BEST SCHOOL OF CINEMA PRODUCTION AWARD
2007 Next Reel Film Festival, Singapore - CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
2007 Fano Int. Film Festival - 2. PRIZE VIDEO SECTION
2007 Mediaschool 2007 - 14th Int. Film & TV Schools' Festival, Lodz - SPECIAL JURY'S MENTION
2007 24. Video/Film Tage - HANS W. GEIßENDÖRFER NACHWUCHSPREIS

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In the shade has been shown at numerous festivals, including:

2010 16. Ingolstädter Künstlerinnentage
2008 27. Int. Studentenfilm Festival Sehsuechte
2008 18. Bamberger Short Film Festival
2007 53. Short Film Days Oberhausen
2007 AluCine Latin@Media Festival, Toronto
2007 Bianco Film Festival, Perugia
2007 Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary
2007 Aye Aye Film Festival, France
2007 14th Blue Sea Film Festival, Finnland
2007 Monterry Int. Film Festival, Mexico

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Director: Sophie Narr
Screenplay: Sophie Narr