LAURA ESPINEL
Filmeditorin - BFS

Short film | 19' | 2020 Iceland, Germany Visiting home in suburban Iceland, soon-to-be-40 Thorbjörn just hopes to relax. But his mother's plans for his birthday party force him out of his cave. Festivals 2020-2021 RIFF Reykjavik Film Festival PÖFF Shorts Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival Achtung Berlin Film Festival Linz International Short Film Festival Short Movie Club Film Festival "Nefiltravanae kino" Minsk

Documentary | DE 2021 | 28 min Two lives before and after returning to Cameroon. Romeo is disillusioned by Germany and wants to fly back home. Demian got deported and has been trying to return to Germany ever since. How do you manage to live between two worlds, in an unstable present and with an uncertain future? Director/Producer/Editor: Marc Sebastian Eils Cinematography/Grading: Hannes Schulze Sound/Music: Nils Plambeck Title/Credits: Jakob Werner Trailer: Laura Espinel Production: red.green.films

Die verschuldete Nghi gerät in Bedrängnis, als ihre Tochter Phuong von ihrer arrangierten Hochzeit flieht. The indebted Nghi is in desperate straits after her daughter Phuong flees from her arranged wedding. Synopsis Die Vietnamesin Nghi überkommt am Hochzeitstag ihrer Tochter Phuong ein ungutes Gefühl, als sie zum ersten Mal den fremden chinesischen Bräutigam sieht. Nghi und Phuong haben entschieden, dass die 17-Jährige heiraten soll, um die Schuldenlast der Familie zu mindern. Doch dann verschwindet die Braut kurz nach der Trauung und die Mutter muss entscheiden, was sie bereit ist, für das Glück ihrer Familie herzugeben. The vietnamese Nghi has a bad feeling as she sees the foreign chinese groom for the first time on the day of her daughter’s wedding. Nghi and Phuong decided that the 17 years old should get married to relieve the family of their debts. But then the bride disappears after the ceremony and the mother faces the decision what she is ready to give for her family's happiness. Credits: Produktion/production company Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF Koproduktionsfirma/co-production company ever rolling films – Josh Levy, Nguyen Le Hang Buch/screenplay Alice-Florina Biro Regie/director Duc Ngo Ngoc Kamera/cinematography Meret Madörin Montage/editing Laura Espinel, Katja Nguyen Thanh Ton/sound Alexandra Praet Mischung/sound mixing Alexandra Praet Musik/music Franziska May, Johann Niegl Szenenbild/set design Kelly Hoang Kostüme/costumes Vu Thanh Thanh Produktion/producer Pia To Produzent/producer Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF Herstellungsleitung/line producer Andrea Wohlfeil DarstellerInnen/cast Mrs. Nghi - Mother - Nhu Phuong - Bride - Tran Thien Tu Mai - Little Sister - Nguyen Hoang Bao Nhi Mrs. Lan - Matchmaker Dang Ngoc Thu Xiang - Groom - Khing Boon Heng Groom's Father - Nguyen Minh Phong Wedding Moderator - Duong Kieu Pawn Shop Owner - Dang Hien Binh Tent Worker - Do Quoc Trung Webside: http://trading-happiness-film.com/

DOCUMENTARY - 2020 - 84 MIN director: Rocco Di Mento / producer: Valeria Venturelli / D.o.P.: Sabine Panossian / film editing by Valentina Cicogna, Rocco Di Mento, Antonella Sarubbi Sound: Jerome Huber / Music: Franziska May A young man meets a young woman. They fall in love, they build a house and they start a family. 60 years later, I want to make a film about my grandparents incredible love story.
 I didn't know yet in which abyss would have brought me this misunderstanding we call love. Driven by the desire to find a solution for the pain and conflicts spreading through his family, Rocco Di Mento deep dives in the drawers and the spare rooms to meet the ghost of his grandfather Costantino. The epic search of a romantic hero turns out to be a painful discovery of unfulfilled love, unhealed wounds and missed opportunities among three family generations.

Paula and Xana love horses and help out as often as possible on Lois’ farm. Lois looks after neglected animals, which makes her all the more endearing. A touching filmic novella about a childhood in Spain and the first encounter with death. Deutschland, Schweiz 2019 – Director: Alexandra Kaufmann – Producer: Sonja Kilbertus – Original language: spanish – Subtitles: english