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BENZIN

30 years after the reunion of Germany: Leon’s mother left, long time ago. But he is still here, with his dad, who runs a gas station close to the border to Poland. Nobody fuels there. Nothing happens. Nobody talks about the past.
When suddenly a young woman from Ukraine appears, things change. She came to work for a rich family, which visits the village once in a while. Leon feels that she can help him to find peace with his unknown past.

  • Oliver Mohr
    Director
  • Oliver Mohr
    Writer
  • Elena Hell
    Writer
  • Oliver Mohr
    Producer
  • HFF München
    Producer
  • Bela Gabor Lenz
    Key Cast
    "Leon"
    Dark
  • Kate Molchanova
    Key Cast
    "Sascha"
    Hutsulka Ksenya, Moya rusalka, moya Lorelyay
  • Frederick von Lüttichau
    Key Cast
    "Alex"
  • Joseph Bundschuh
    Key Cast
    "Jaro"
  • Jörg Bundschuh
    Key Cast
    "Johann"
  • Doro Götz
    Cinematographer
  • Clara Wuigk
    Set Design
  • Lukas Mcnally
    Music
  • Benjamin Vornehm
    1st Assistant Director
  • David Wagner
    1st Assistant Director
  • Nicolai Zeitler
    1st Assistant Director
  • Nina Massheimer
    Sound
  • Julia von dem Berge
    Production Assistant
  • Lena Willems
    Production Assistant
  • Anna Maria Ebert
    Production Assistant
  • Nora Conradi
    Costumes & Makeupartist
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    BENZIN
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Heimatfilm
  • Runtime:
    48 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English, German, Russian, Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    ALEXA/digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2,35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • First Steps Award 2019
    Berlin
    Germany
  • Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
    Middlebury
    United States
    August 23, 2019
  • Kamianets-Podilskyi International Film Festival "BRUKIVKA"
    Kamianets-Podilskyi
    Ukraine
    September 12, 2019
    Ukraine Premiere
    Finalist
  • Borderscene Film Festival
    Las Cruces, New Mexico
    United States
    September 9, 2019
    Best Student Filmn
  • International Film Festival "Cinema and You"
    Mariupol
    Ukraine
    September 12, 2019
  • Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    June 4, 2019
    Special Mention
  • Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival
    Venice
    Italy
    March 21, 2019
    Special Mention
Director Biography - Oliver Mohr

Oliver Mohr was born 1989 in the south of Germany and grew up in Oregon and a small town in Western Germany. Now he lives and works in Berlin, Munich and Cologne. 2010 he started at the Munich Filmschool (HFF München) and did his first steps with commercials, which won a lot of awards. "BENZIN" is his first feature and his graduation movie from filmschool.

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Director Statement

I was always fascinated about characters and what happens if they meet. About different perspectives on a special topic. In this movie, everything is about the question of staying or leaving. Holding on or letting go. Leaving your family, cause you are not happy, leaving your home, cause there is no future. But also of letting go an idea. Those dynamics of missing something or each other, those phenomena about hiding in the past or the future, because the characters are not able to deal with the present are the main aspects, I wanted to work on. Especially in the context of the political and social background of this small and forgotten village, the story is told in. - One day there will be no more gasoline (BENZIN) - either you stop moving or you think about change.