The Dog of the Dervish

 
The Dog of the Dervish celebrated its world premiere at the kurzsüchtig film festival in Leipzig, Germany on the 14th of April 2023.

Other screenings include:
KURZFILMWANDERUNG, Leipzig 2023
51.Ińskie Lato Filmowe, Ińsko Poland 2023
HFF Jahresschau, Munich 2023
Klein + Haarig Festival, Bad Wildbad 2023
Filmbüro Bremen, Bremen 2024
TakeOne Innsbruck 2024 (Gewinner: Bester Schnitt)
Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland (Nürnberg) 2024

starring TIANPING CHRISTOPH XIAO | OTANA MIRZA
written by SOPHIA KÜSTENMACHER | CELINA BAHAR MORADI
cinematographer BENCE KATAI
produced by FELIX MANN | SIMON BOGOCZ
gaffer ROMAN RICHARDS
1st AC PHILIPP KAISER
1st AD MARLENE ARNOLD | ANTONIA LINDNER | GRETEL RIBKA
sound CELINA BAHAR MORADI
haze operator PHILIPP WAGNER
music OGARO ENSEMBLE | K.S.
grading NICHOLAS COLEMAN
sound design XAVIER FLEMING | GERHARD AUER
post production supervisor YUVAL TZAFRIR

Many thanks to:
Süleyman Bahn Efendi / Cenk Özel Efendi / Feride Funda G.-Gencaslan / Ziya Aziz / Peter Hüseyin Cunz / Coleman Barks / Theater im Zwielicht / Tierärztliche Fakultät der LMU München / Michael Coldewey / Abathar Kmash / HFF München / Julia von Heinz und Markus Rosenmüller 

clubbers and dancers:
Polina Yoncheva / Lynne Azzam / Max Weigl / Quentin Quantillon / Xhovana Lucaj / Meri Thoma / Dasha Shylko

parable „LOVE DOGS“ written by (Mevlânâ) Rumi, english translation by Coleman Barks

directed and edited by SOPHIA KÜSTENMACHER
This is my first short film at the University of Television and Film Munich. (”Film 01”)

06:35mins | 2022 
fiction, experimental
screening link on request