Private Project

Shitty Liking

After months without contact, 19-year-old Sophia and 29-year-old Lilian meet again. Sophia tries to sleep with Lilian, but Lilian is there to get free from her own feelings of guilt: she fears that she may have taken advantage of an imbalance of power in her relationship with Sophia.

  • Linua Land
    Director
    Family with Benefits (2024)
  • Elli Leeb
    Producer
    Asche (2024)
  • Elena Wolff
    Key Cast
    "Lilian"
    Para:Dies (2022), Asche (2024)
  • Sophie Rabmer
    Key Cast
    "Sophia"
    Führer und Verführer (DE 2024), Family with Benefits (2024)
  • Sophia Hochedlinger
    Co-Direction
    Pool (2022)
  • Linua Land
    Writer
    Family with Benefits (2024)
  • Leah Hochedlinger
    DoP
  • Filonas Baschant
    Composer, Sounddesigner
  • Sophia Hochedlinger
    Dramaturgy
    Pool (2022)
  • Veronika Greismayr
    Set Design
    Asche (2024)
  • Helen Keil
    Costume and Make Up
    Asche (2024)
  • Tobias Garcias Navas
    Light Department, AC
  • Linua Land
    Editor
    Family with Benefits (2024)
  • Sophia Hochedlinger
    AD
    Pool (2022)
  • Emilia Eggers
    AD
  • Leonie Zettl
    Color Grading
    Artificial Heartbreakers (2023)
  • Johannes Kollmann
    Sound Mixing
  • Magdalena Chan
    Polaroid Photography
  • Leah Hochedlinger
    Polaroid Photography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Anti-Romance
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 27, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,300 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cittador International Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    December 14, 2024
    Winner: Emerging Director Award
  • Bradford International Film Festival
    Bradforf
    United Kingdom
    October 25, 2024
    England Premiere
    Nominee: Best International Short
  • Linz International Short Film Festival
    Linz
    Austria
    October 10, 2024
    Upper Austrian Premiere
  • Austrian Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    October 5, 2024
    Austrian Premiere
  • Out of Frame, PRISMA Queer Shorts
    Cork
    Ireland
    August 25, 2024
    Premiere
Director Biography - Linua Land

Linua Land was born in 2001 in Munich and raised in the Bavarian countryside. Apart from film she worked as a director in opera and theatre. After studying theatre, film and media science in Vienna she moved back to Munich and now studies film directing at HFF.

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Director Statement

"Shitty Liking" delves into the ambiguities of a destructive lesbian age-gap relationship. Sophia romanticizes the relationship and indulges in idealized memories, while Lilian, although recognizing the toxic aspects of their dynamic, still cannot break away from Sophia. The conflict between rationality and romanticization is also reflected in the film's visual and auditory language. The dry, desaturated brown handheld camera shots of the long dialogue scenes are repeatedly interrupted by garishly colorful fake kitsch, paired with a menacingly droning synthesizer that envelops the film in a surreal, almost eerie atmosphere. This way, we dive into the characters' subconscious, yet become emotionally estranged. We observe from a distance the couple's inability to let go of each other, even though both know how destructive their relationship is.