Private Project

GIVE

A young man, who got infected with HIV starts in his bitterness to willingly infect other people. The short film visualises the day the young man discovers the first skin lesion and realises the onset of AIDS.

  • Ilias Walchshofer
    Director
  • Ilias Walchshofer
    Writer
  • Ilias Walchshofer
    Producer
  • Henrik Alm
    Cinematography
  • Paul Boche
    Key Cast
  • André Kaminski
    Key Cast
  • Aaron Koszuta
    Key Cast
  • Romy Mertins
    Key Cast
  • Diana Shanti
    Key Cast
  • Rafael Walchshofer
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    GIVE
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 4, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    800 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Ilias Walchshofer

Ilias Walchshofer is an Austrian/Moroccan artist who was born in Linz in 1991 and is now based in Berlin. Since graduating from Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule with a Bachelor of Arts in Motion Design in October 2015, he has been working in film/video production and for his art studio DR.PROPOLUS.

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Director Statement

The short GIVE was my final project for my B.A. degrees in Motion Design in October 2015.

The movie founds on the term "pozzen" or "pozzing" which describes the act of getting willingly/knowingly infected with HIV.
The reasons for this are different: some so it out of love to their partner, some for the sexual tension other out of financial reasons.

Nethertheless, the main character in this short infects people to give other people the same "suffering" and "pain" he has to go through, thinking that his future was stolen from him and that this is the only way to leave a mark on this world.