Selb · April 24 - 27, 2025 48. GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Program

Nothing More Perfect

(Supporting Short Film "Ciúnas")

Storyline

Maya is 16 and longs for death. Or much more after the idea of it. For once, she wants to get everyone in an uproar, draw all the attention to herself, and if the price is life. But she hasn't gone further than flowery selfie goodbye messages on a suicide forum. That changes when Maya travels to Prague. While her professional teenage parents there have only fun and partying on their minds, Maya's suicide castle in the air suddenly turns into something real, a real threat. In a bar she meets the shady medical student Sev (22). He offers her a surefire cocktail of pills for only 5000 crowns. Does Maya really want to kill herself? What difference does her existence make to the world? Maya gets into a downward spiral that makes her really question her life.

About the film/director

Teresa Fritzi Hoerl grew up near the Alps in the Bavarian Allgäu. After graduating from high school, she first studied theatre studies, literature and psychology in Munich and London, then directing at the University of Television and Film in Munich. During her studies, she wrote and directed several short and medium-length feature films, which were shown at various festivals and won awards. In 2017, she won the Hessian Film Award for her short film "Familienzuwachs", among others. Teresa Fritzi Hoerl has been working as a freelance director and author since 2014.

Credits

Director:
Teresa Fritzi Hoerl
Script:
Teresa Fritzi Hoerl
Camera:
Johannes Brugger
Editor:
Teresa Fritzi Hoerl, Laura Heine
Sound:
Attila Makai, Philip Hutter
Music:
Matthias Hauck, Nepomuk Heller
Producer:
Markus Mayr
Cast:
Lilia Herrmann, Mira Partecke, Thorsten Merten, Konstantin Gries
Contact:
Markus Mayr, Teresa Fritzi Hoerl
E-mail:
markus@maeksmy.com mail@agentur-scenario.de
  • Germany
  • OmeU (German)
  • 2020
  • 87 minutes

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