CHEERS
A man walks into a bar...
Sounds like a joke, but turns into serious danger very quickly.
A barkeeper is closing his bar, when a stranger enters. He orders some shots and tells the barkeeper an unsettling story. The Barkeeper realizes that the bar was not chosen randomly.
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Shirin HooshmandiDirector
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Shirin Hooshmandi, Adam MurryWriter
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Shirin HooshmandiProducer
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Frank PanhansKey Cast
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Deniz BaserKey Cast
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Samira GhahremaniDirector of Photography
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Sophia SixtaAssistant Director
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Malina NwabounworLine Producer
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Albin WildnerLight
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Esther FischerLight
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Felix KalaivananLight
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Lukas MeissnerCamera Assistant
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Leander LeutzendorffSound
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Bernhard WengerSound
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Julia ReiterScript/Continuity
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Rupert HöllerDIT
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Albin WildnerColor Correction
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Max FürstSet Design
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Genres:Thriller, Drama
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Runtime:5 minutes 49 seconds
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Completion Date:November 1, 2016
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Production Budget:0 EUR
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Country of Origin:Austria
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Country of Filming:Austria
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Language:German
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Shooting Format:Digital HD
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Aspect Ratio:1:1,78
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Film Color:Black & White
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
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GenrenaleBerlin
Germany
February 14, 2017
Germany
Nomination Best Film, Best Actor -
12 Months Film FestivalOnline
December 1, 2016
2nd Best Fiction -
Internationale Kuzfilmtage OberhausenOberhausen
Germany
May 15, 2017 -
River Film FestivalPadua
Italy
June 16, 2017
Italy
Distribution Information
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Filmszene GrazCountry: AustriaRights: All Rights
Shirin Hooshmandi
Born 1991 in Graz, Austria
Student of the Vienna Filmacademy
After some years in theatre, getting some insight on directing work as an assistant director, Shirin began to work on film sets. Some years and various projects later, working as a production assistant she started to produce short films on her own. 2012 she founded the association “Filmszene Graz” to work together with independent filmmakers in Austria.
2014 she applied for a study at the Vienna Filmacademy und is currently studying production management.
Since 2016 she works as an independent film producer and realizes advertisement, and short films (live action, documentary and animation)
CHEERS is her directing debut film.
The short film CHEERS is the result of a course, I took at film school in my second year. As a student of the production management study we are allowed to make a film by our own, the get an idea of directing work.
The whole class had to build one set, in which every student had to write and shoot a film. The challenge of making this film was that we had only one shooting day with no chance for extra time.
It was hard to find a story, which can be shot in eight hours only, especially when the team is not very well experienced. Eight hours for light setup, shooting the entire film and do the extra sound recording. A really tough challenge!
The idea CHEERS was born some years ago at an international film workshop. Adam Murry had the main idea, and I jumped in. We never had the opportunity to realize the film until we decided to build a bar in the studio.
I liked the idea to make a film, telling a story in a minimalistic way without actually showing the story, but following the classical three act structure. It was some kind of experiment, and the university was the best place to try.
-Shirin Hooshmandi