Experiencing Interruptions?

Fifty-fifty

At times, the things you experience with Milan are magical. But really not always. More often they are catastrophic, or at least the beginning of a catastrophe. When he asked me to help him get two furnaces from Belgrade, our friendship was facing a serious test once more.

  • Michael Sommermeyer
    Director
  • Roman Israel
    Writer
  • Michael Sommermeyer
    Producer
  • Ralf Jakubski
    Camera
  • Germi Rieß
    Musik
  • Nikolaus Woernle
    Sounddesign
  • Michael Sommermeyer
    Editor
  • Ralf Jakubski
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Mockumentary, Road Movie
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 10, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    11,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Super 8
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 21. dresdner schmalfilmtage
    Dresden
    Germany
    October 17, 2020
    German Premiere
    audience award
  • 4. International Road Movie Festival
    Pilsen
    Czech Republic
    November 21, 2020
    International Premiere
    Offical Selection
  • 14. Kraljevski Filmski Festival
    Kraljevo
    Serbia
    October 29, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 14. Festival CinemaZERO
    Trento
    Italy
    November 19, 2021
    Official Selection
  • 46. Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt

    August 13, 2022
    audience award (2.)
Director Biography - Michael Sommermeyer

Michael Sommermeyer was born near Leipzig. In 1996, he moved to Dresden where he studied history and which became his new center of life, with a short intermezzo in Montpellier.

He made his debut as a filmmaker in 2000 with the super 8 science fiction film "Mars 2006". Many more short films have followed, which were screened with great success on festivals and on TV. Since 2008, he works closely together with Manuel Francescon in this field.

In 2006, he co-founded hechtfilm, together with Ralf Jakubski. His first feature-length documentary Come together. Dresden and the 13th February (2012, director: Barbara Lubich) marked his debut as a producer. Since 2015, he makes found footage mockumentaries, based on old substandard films, with texts by the writer Roman Israel. For 12 years, Michael Sommermeyer was co-organiser of the festival Dresdner Schmalfilmtage, until 2017.

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