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Nine Days in August

Partner: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis

Lea is 18 and pregnant. While she spends the summer holidays partying and handling her relationships, she has to deal with the bureaucracy of an abortion.

Details

Duration: 17min.

Country: Germany

Language: German

Year: 2024

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Adolescence, Body, Bureaucracy, Coming of age, Every Day Life, Experimental, Family, Fatherhood, Feminism, Freedom, Friendship, Gender, Health, Holidays, LGBTQ, Loneliness, Motherhood, Politics, Relationship, Society, Struggle, Summertime, Teen love, Teenagers, Trauma, Water, Women, Youth, Youth/Teen

Cast & Crew

Director: Ella Knorz

Production company: Ella Knorz Film

Writer: Ella Knorz

Cinematographer: Lea Dähne

Editor: Ella Knorz

Actors: Marie Nadja Haller, Paula Winteler, Frank Voß

Distributor Company: Ella Knorz Film

Festivals & Awards

2024

Aesthetica Short Film Festival

ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares

Nordic Youth Film Festival (NUFF) Nordic Youth Film Festival (NUFF) Best international short

2025

Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival

Athena Film Festival

Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis

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