2023, 11 min
Alsie is unhappy and alone, but luckily she can order the feeling of security and comfort in the internet nowadays. However, the evening with her rented Daddy does not go as smooth as she had expected.
Cast: Julia Windischbauer & Roberto Martinez Director: Ella Knorz Script: Beatrix Rinke & Ella Knorz Producer: Natalie Seraphim DoP: Leander Hartung Sound: Arne Pieper Costume: Janina Sieber Set design: Laura Stoib Light: Samuel Zerbato Original soundtrack: Maximilian Kremser
The question I had in this movie was: What is a father? Daddy24.com is a fictional company that rents out dad’s, a best seller in a society that is becoming more and more lonely and isolated. In our film, we wanted to explore what could happen in this rather weird setting, following two lovable characters trying to build an artificial relationship.
WINNER Best director – 15. Watersprite Filmfestival 2024, Cambridge, UK / WINNER Best female director – Hollywood Shorts Fest 2024, Los Angeles, USA / WINNER German Generation Film Prize 2024 / SILVER – Young Director Award, Cannes 2024 / 44th Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis 2023, Saarbrücken, Germany 23rd / Landshut Film Festival 2023, Germany / 17th Up-and-coming 2023, Hannover, Germany / HFF Munich Annual Screening 2023, Germany / 47th Filmfest Weiterstadt 2023, Germany / 45th Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2023, Germany/ 22nd FILMZ Festival of German Cinema, Mainz, Germany / Flimmern und Rauschen Munich 2024, Germany / Ennesimo Filmfestival 2024, Modena, Italy / German Youth Film prize 2024, Duisburg, Germany / 14th Pune Film Festival 2024, India / 20th FEST- New films new directors 2024, Esphino, Portugal / 12th Filmfestival Kitzbühel 2024, Austria / Schwabing Open Air 2024, Germany / Moosburg Shortfilm Days 2024, Germany / Palais Summer Festival Dresden 2024, Germany
“I really enjoyed Daddy. In fact I liked it so much that I shared it with my own dad living on the other side of the world and we watched together on Zoom.” – Chloe Kwan, Watersprite Filmfestival
