Cracks

When you're stuck between two worlds, how do you know, to which you belong?

Iris and Nicole experience a hiking vacation through north Germany together. When they crash for one night in a monastery, a long forgotten site of Iris awakens. The barrier between reality and imagination becomes more and more blurry. The two friends are distancing themselves from one another and when they finally overcome the gap between them, it comes by a high cost.

  • Andrea Cazzaniga
    Director
  • Tatjana Scheel
    Writer
  • Tim Gerrit Augurzke
    Producer
  • Lea van Acken
    Key Cast
    "Iris"
  • Athena Strates
    Key Cast
    "Nicole"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Brüche
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Mystery, Thriller, Horror
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 23, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    15,570 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Arri Alexa 2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    May 1, 2021
    North American Premiere
    Best Short Film Award
  • North Bend Film Fest
    North Bend
    United States
    July 15, 2021
    Special Jury Award
  • Voghera Film Festival
    Voghera
    Italy
    Best Horror Award
  • Saturnia Film Festival
    Saturnia
    Italy
    Best Actress Award
  • Deep Focus Film Festival
    Deep Focus Film Festival
    Honorable Mention
  • Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
    Brooklyn, NY
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival
    Potsdam
    Germany
    September 26, 2020
    World Premiere
    Audience Award
  • Bolzano Film Festival Bozen
    Bolzano
    Italy
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • RIFF River Film Festival
    Padova
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Umbria Film Festival
    Montone
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Apulia Horror Film Festival
    Gallipoli
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Gulf of Naples Independent Film Festival
    Napoli
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Horror ShowFest
    Firenze
    Italy
    Finalist Official Selection
  • Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
    Santa Ana, California
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Deep Focus Film Festival
    Brooklyn, NY
    United States
    Official Selection
  • OpenEyes Film Fest
    Marburg
    Germany
    German Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Figari International Short Film Fest
    Olbia
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Nightstream

    United States
    Official Selection
  • Boston Underground Film Festival
    Boston, MA
    United States
    Official Selection
  • The Overlook Film Festival
    New Orleans, NA
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival
    Montelupo Fiorentino
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Flensburg Film Festival
    Flensburg
    Germany
    Official Selection
  • Landshut Short Film Festival
    München
    Germany
    Official Selection
  • Shockfest Film Festival
    New York City, NY
    United States
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Alter
Director Biography - Andrea Cazzaniga

Andrea Cazzaniga was born in 1985 in Sanremo (Italy) and was raised in a small village right by the sea. From 2004 to 2008 he studied “Design and Art” (B.A.) with a focus on photography at the free university of Bozen (Italy). The years after he worked as a graphic designer. Between 2011 and 2019 he was studying “Film directing” (B.F.A. and M.A.) at the film university Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. His graduation film “Cracks” is a genre film, which was promoted by the rbb. Right now he is working with the script writer Tatjana Scheel on his feature film debut “La Strega di Triora” (The Witch of Triora), which will be shot hopefully very soon in Italy.

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Director Statement

Are ghosts real? If so, do people exist who can communicate with them? Our genre film “Cracks” is a drama, mystery, thriller mix. The movie is defining itself with a unique atmosphere, tension and its characters. We want to play with the audience, bring them on the wrong track and giving them creeps by doing that. We don't work with monsters or splatter elements to create the horror. It’s more a psychological horror that we use. A subtle play with the senses of the viewer by using the invisible and unknown. By doing that the viewer will be brought into two different worlds – and will be ripped out of them abruptly. How do we know what’s really “real”?