OFFICIAL SELECTION | Snowdance Independent Film Festival Essen 2024
„A Girl!“ - What's the problem with a girl?
This question haunts young Christina (Milena Arne Schedle) on what must be the worst Christmas Eve of her life. It all starts as it always does: with bright decorations, homemade punch, and awkward conversations. But this time, one thing will be different. Today, Christina finally wants to tell her bigoted family about her steady girlfriend. Actually, she can already guess what will happen.
And yet she has to make a momentous decision.
Lisanne Leuders and Luisa Teruel Delgado have been working on the sharp-tongued comedy "Ein Mädchen!" since spring 2021. Together with Flemming Kruck as cinematographer and Maximilian Wiege as production manager, they then realized the project as their joint graduation film at Macromedia University Cologne.
Filming took place in October 2022 in Bad Honnef near Bonn. Milena Arne Schedle took on the lead role "Christina", other roles were played by Silvana Synovia, Judith Jakob, Doris Plenert, Anni Adler, Oskar Weiper, Julia Doege, Nikolai Radke and Heinrich Rolfing. The project was realized with the support of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.
We believe that many people think that coming out is easy today. However, this is not the case. Every outing costs a lot of strength and courage, although it really shouldn't do that anymore. You can't choose your family, but you can make a statement and stand up for yourself.
- Luisa Teruel Delgado and Lisanne Leuders
Cast
Milena Arne Schedle
"Christina"
Doris Plenert
"Grandmother Irmgart"
Silvana Synovia
"Hannah"
Judith Jakob
"Aunt Alexandra"
Anni Adler
"Eva"
Oskar Weiper
"Jonathan"
Julia Doege
"Mother Astrid"
Nikolai Radke
"Father Dirk"
Heinrich Rolfing
"Grandfather Wilhelm"
Team
Hannah Brand
1st assistant director
Lea Telkamp
continuity supervisor
Laura Oldörp
2nd assistant camera (A camera)
Max Neusinger
1st assistant camera (B camera)
Jakob Struck
1st assistant camera (B camera) - 1 day
Tanja Angeli
2nd assistant camera (B camera), production assistant (preproduction)
Honorata Pretka
Lighting technician
Felix Bender
Making of
Bea Timmermann
Standby props
Marie Wiege
Assistant standby props, illustrator
Franca Roeschmann
Assistant stand by props, art department assistant
Marc Urwer
Art department assistant
Dana Reimann
Costume designer
Patrick Ketteniss
Assistant costume designer
Finja Aschmoneit
Assistant costume designer
Jasmin Schlick
Assistant makeup artist
Kim Tümmers
Production coordinator
Rosa Preetz
Set runner
Simon Wolff
Production driver
Noel Kling
Catering cold
Nina Koncic
sound design assistant
Dr. Johannes Sievert
Project support
Promotion
Many thanks to
Agency Schäfchen auf der Weide
Momo agency for children and youth
Michael Wasserhess Electrical Engineering
Theodor-Weinz-Primary School Aegidienberg
Alfred Urwer
Andreas Wissem
Annette Wiege
Aslan Kaplan
Birgit Wiege
Christiane Böhm
Christoph Orts
Dr. Ralf Wiege
Dr. Ulrich Marx
Lebrenz family
Rieder-Hintze family
Hannah Bales
Herbert Timmermann
Judith Schaab
Jürgen Starbatty
Katharina Vollmer
Khamsanith Sivilay
Leah Glückler
Marc Urwer
Marcel Knuth
Marcus Seibert
Max Neusinger
Milena Arne Schedle
Petra Bahr
Sönke Grunwaldt
Sabrina Schneider
Sandra Teruel Delgado
Sarah Weiper
Sebastian Braum
Sophie Nassauer
Tobias Schäfer
Yona Gmeiner