REVOLVO

Two middle-aged women enjoying a joyride in an expensive car while kidnapping a dubious right-wing politician. They find themselves caught up in the moment when a cop pulls them over. What seems like a supposedly harmless ride at first glance turns into a plan of revenge.

cast:
EVA MEDUSA GÜHNE as Anette
HELGA SEEBACHER as Carla
SIGIRD GRAJEK as policewoman
PAUL FRIELINGHAUS as Anton Gauser
MARION BRASCH as radio newsreader
SARA FAZILAT as radio newsreader

director: Francy Fabritz
producer: Sara Fazilat
dop: Antonia Lange

DFFB • Germany 2019 • 8 min
www.dffb.de/films/revolvo

festivals • awards

2019

• 53rd Internationale Hoferfilmtage (World / German premiere) / Germany
• 35th INTERFILM Berlin (German Competition) / Germany • Audience Award
• Prädikat „Besonders Wertvoll“
• BLN - 2nd Berlin Lesbian Non-Binary Filmfest / Germany • Audience Award
• Lange Nacht des Kurzfilms - Sputnik Kino Berlin / Germany
• „Queer Mixtape“- Kurzfilmnacht München / Germany

2020

January
• SHORTS ATTACK! deutschlandweit (INTERFILM) / Germany

February
• Kurzfilmnacht des HFC - Hochschulfilmclub eV TU Ilmenau / Germany
• LGBTIQ event at the British Embassy Berlin presents queer shorts / Germany

March
• 7th Berlin Feminist Film Week / Germany
• Shortcutz Berlin at Z-Bar / Germany

May
• IDAHOBIT 2020 - online stream at AHA Berlin e.V. / Germany

June
• 72nd Festival de CANNES - Marché du Film online-market screening Short Tiger Next Generation 2020 / France

July
• München CSD-Livestream, www.csdmuenchen.de/feiern / Germany
• Berlin CSD-Livestream, www.csd-berlin.de / Germany

August
• KUNSTGRIFF ROLLE 2020 Festival, Heide / Germany
• 44th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt / Germany
• „Filmfest Weiterstadt” - presentation Bremen (Kino City 46), Nürnberg (Filmhauskino) / Germany
• „Filmfest Weiterstadt” - presentation Dresden (Zentralwerk) / Germany
• „Filmfest Weiterstadt” - presentation Wiesbaden (Caligari Filmbühne) / Germany
• „Filmfest Weiterstadt” - presentation Heidelberg (Karlstorkino) / Germany
• „Filmfest Weiterstadt” - presentation Hamburg (Metropolis) / Germany
• „Filmfest Weiterstadt” - presentation Berlin (Moviemento) / Germany
• 49th Lubuskie Filmsummer / Poland (International Premiere)

September
• 01.-20.9.    14th River Film Festival (section film schools), Portello, Padova / Italy
• 02.-12.9.    23rd  Brussels Short Film Festival -> off-competition (initiated by ESA Audience Award & German nominee for European Short Film Audience Award) / Belgium
• 07.-13.9.    Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art (initiated by ESA Audience Award) / Ukraine
• 10.-16.9.    20th El Festival de Cine Alemán de Buenos Aires (initiated by German Films in collaboration with Goethe-Institut) / Argentina
• 16.-20.9.    16th Achtung Berlin Festival (competition) / Germany
• 17.-20.9.    7th Randfilmfestival - Motto "Gold der Jugend“ (Rand-Award Shorts Nominees) Kassel / Germany
• 18.-26.9.    24th Queer Lisboa - International Queer Film Festival (school film Competition) / Portugal
• 21.-28.9.    4th Visionär Film Festival Berlin / Germany
• 21.-26.9.    11th Queer Film Festival Oldenburg / Germany • Audience Award
• 25.9.-2.10.  30th Oslo/Fusion Int'l Film Festival / Norway

October
• 02.-10.10.   33rd OUT FILM CT - Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival / USA (North America Premiere)
• 03.-11.10.    28. Curtas Vila do Conde - Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens -> off-competition (initiated by ESA Audience Award & German nominee for European Short Film Audience Award) / Portugal
• 05.-11.10.    13th filmzeitkaufbeuren - Das Allgäuer Autorenfilmfestival (main competition), Kempten / Germany
• 06.-11.10.    27th queerfilm festival - das schwul-lesbisch-trans* Filmfestival Bremen / Germany
• 07.-13.10.    25. Festival du Cinéma Allemand Paris (initiated by German Films in collaboration with Goethe-Institut) / France
• 09.-18.10.    36th Filmfestival Warszawa (Next Generation Short Tiger) / Poland
• 14.-17.10.    17th Sound Track Cologne 2020 (nominated for PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD for the best music in a short film) / Germany
• 17.-23.10.    46th FILMETS Badalona Film Festival / Barcelona / Spain
• 16.-25.10.    Baturu Cultural Film (previously China's Women Film Festival) / China
• 19.-25.10.    27. PRIDE PICTURES - Queer Film Festival Karlsruhe / Germany
• 20.-25.10.   31. Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg - International Queer Film Festival / Germany
• 20.10.-15.12.2020    23rd Pink Apple Film Festival - gay and lesbian film festival Zürich / Switzerland
• 21.10.-4.11.    24th QUEER Filmfest Weiterstadt 2020 / Germany
• 21.-30.10.    digital edition of 30th Oslo/Fusion Int'l Film Festival / Norway
• 22.-24.10.    12th QFF - QueerFilmFest Rostock / Germany
• 22.-28.10.    9th QUEER-Streifen Regensburg / Germany • Jury Award Best Short Film Audience Award Best Lesbian Short Film
• 23.10.-1.11.   35th MIX Copenhagen, Denmark
• 24.-31.10.     32nd Cineffable - Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival / France
• 28.10.-4.11.   20th Film Festival Women's Worlds - Menschenrechte von Frauen im Blickpunkt des Films (Kino in der KulturBrauerei) / Germany

November
• 03.-28.11.    20th Holebifilmfestival (section Queer Short Film Contest) Leuven / Belgium
• 05.-12.11.    21st Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague / Czech Republic
• 09.-156.11.    German Currents Los Angeles 2020 – 14th Annual Festival of German Films (Next Generation Short Tiger) / USA
• 10.-22.11.    2nd EQUIS - Ecuador Feminist Film Festival, Quito / Ecuador
• 13.-20.11.    21st Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Brno / Czech Republic
• 12.-22.11.    Filmschoolfest Munich / Germany
• 13.-16.11.    „German Currents“ virtual cinema stream organized by Goethe-Institut Los Angeles NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER program / USA
• 17.-25.11.    24th PÖFF - Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn (Next Generation Short Tiger program)/ Estonia
• 23.-29.11.   16th Festival FACE à FACE du Film LGBTI+ de Saint-Etienne / France

December
• 1.-31.12.    Confi Courts online short film festival organized by Goethe-Institut Paris (partner interfilm) / France
• 21.12.    KURZFILMTAG 2020 Berlin, Bad Freienwalde, Oderberg, Wolsier, Bremen, Hamburg, Rostock, Schneverdingen / Germany
• 17.-27.12.    QueerScope Online Filmfestival / Germany

2021

January
• 20.-24.1.    16th Courts Mais Trash International Film Festival, Brussels / Belgium
• 29.1.-6.2.    42th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (ESFAA program) / FR
• 29.1.-7.2.    14th Festival Des Images Aux Mots de Toulouse LBGTQI+/ France

March
• 02.-06.3.    11th CINEVERSATIL Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes LGBTIQ+ Buenos Aires (international competition) / Argentina
• 11.-21.3.    24th ROZE Filmdagen - Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival / Netherlands
• 10.-14.3.    51st Tampere International Short Film Festival (ESFAA program) / Finland

April
• 1.4.- 30.6.    THIS IS SHORT (European Short Film Network) – Online Festival, Short Tiger Next Generation 2020 as „National Highlight“ / Europe
• 1.-7.4.    22nd Schweinfurter Kurzfilmtage / Germany
• 14.-18.4.    6th filmfest Bremen / Germany
• 16./18.4.    16th IMMAGINARIA International Film Festival of  Lesbians & Other Rebellious Women, Nuovo Cinema Aquila, Roma / Italy
• 18.-21.4.    4th Short Film Club Glasgow / Scotland
• 21.-28.4.    16th Courts Mais Trash International Film Festival, Brussels / Belgium
• 28.4.-9.5.    21st Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (online edition) , D-A-CH Wettbewerb / Germany

May
• 1.4.- 30.6.    THIS IS SHORT (European Short Film Network) – Online Festival, Short Tiger Next Generation 2020 as „National Highlight“ / Europe
• 17.5.    MIX COPENHAGEN Riot program for IDAHOBIT 2021 (online screening) / Denmark
• 25.-30.5.    25th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, San Francisco / USA

June
• 1.4.- 30.6.    THIS IS SHORT (European Short Film Network) – Online Festival, Short Tiger Next Generation 2020 as „National Highlight“ / Europe
• 9.-13.6.    23rd Festival de Cine Alemán Madrid - Short Tiger Next Generation / Spain
• 21.-27.6.    CINEVERSATIL- International Festival of Short Films on Diversity / Argentina
• 12.6.    shortfilm festival Courtoujours in Brittany / France
• 26.-29.6.    1st Festival del Cinema Tedesco Rom - Short Tiger Next Generation / Italy

July
• 16.7.    Queer Short Film Night Pirna (Pride Week) / Germany

August
• 11.8.    ShortsUP - short film festival Bucharest (queer short film selection for PRIDE Bucharest at Roaba de Cultura) / Romania
• 27.-29.8.    17th der NEUE HEIMAT film - Filmfest auf Burg Klempenow / Germany
• 31.8.    17th CinéPride Nantes (short films session) / France

October
• 8.10.    QUEER Mais Trash in Brussels - best of LGBTQI+ films of 16th Courts Mais Trash International Film Festival (online), Brussels / Belgium
• 9.10.    Zefestival by Polychromes -LGBTQI + film festival, Toulon/ France
• 9.-16.10.    PROUD! Filmfestival Aarhus / Denmark
• 23.10.    Zefestival by Polychromes -LGBTQI + film festival, Nice/ France
• 28.10.– 1.11.    22nd Schweinfurter Kurzfilmtage / Germany

November
• 11.-17.11.    33. QueerFilmFestival Esslingen short film night / Germany
• 19.11.     short film night Lausanne multiplex (Association Base-Court) / Switzerland
• 22.-30.11.    33. 9th Night of the short film as part of the 16th Festival FACE à FACE du Film LGBTI+ de Saint-Etienne / France
• 26.11.-5.12.    41st Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen 2020/2021 - „Mach mal Halblang!“ (short film competition) / Germany

2022

April
• 14.-16.4.    23rd Schweinfurter Kurzfilmtage / Germany • Audience Award

May
• 13.5.    Short film night „Rolle vorwärts“, BRÜCKE e.V. Augsburg / Germany
• 22.5.    Screening at IDAHOBIT Film Night TGIF & BLNfilmfest at AHA Berlin e.V. / Germany