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The State Is A Lady

A creature parliament, besotted with an unattainable ideal, lays its own head on the chopping board.

  • Anna Gates
    Director
    First film as director
  • Jens Willms
    Producer
    Break Beat, The Black Drummer who smiles
  • Anna Gates
    Producer
    Blackline: The Beirut Contract, Omega, Break Beat
  • Isabella Bartdorff
    Key Cast
    Sacred, Prince of Persia, Star Wars, and Pirates of the Caribbean games
  • Sarah Kempin
    Key Cast
    Die Ahnen der Queen
  • Elke Hennen
    Art Department Heads
    The Straw that Broke
  • Ines Wuttke
    Art Department Heads
  • Manuel Kolip
    Art Department Heads
    The Present
  • Julia Laube
    Art Department Heads
    That Great Ephemereal Skin
  • Anna Gates
    Writer
  • Nicolas Geissler
    Director of Photography
    St. Just and Heringen
  • Martin Buntz
    Editing
    Break Beat, Zepp, Drexciya
  • Kilian Kretschmer
    Editing
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Art, surreal, fantasy, horror
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 20, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Arri digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • 24th Blicke Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets
    Bochum
    Germany
    November 25, 2016
    German premiere
  • 15th Hyperfest International Student Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    October 26, 2016
    International Premiere
  • 5th Delhi Shorts International Film Festival
    Delhi
    India
    November 6, 2016
    Indian premiere
    Best VFX (student)
  • 9th Post Mortem International Horror and Bizarre Film Festival
    Aguascalientes
    Mexico
    October 27, 2016
    Mexican premiere
  • 5th Jornadas de Reapropicion
    Municipio de Puebla
    Mexico
    November 2, 2016
  • 8th Amarcort Film Festival
    Rimini
    Italy
    December 3, 2016
    Italian premiere
    Aldini finalist
  • 30th Stuttgart Filmwinter
    Stuttgart
    Germany
    January 18, 2017
  • Sweet As Film Festival December's Edition
    Montreal
    Canada
    January 22, 2017
    Honorable Mention
  • Indie Flicks 2017
    Manchester & Liverpool
    United Kingdom
    February 1, 2017
    UK premiere
    Director's Choice Award
  • 1st Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
    Chhatrapati Shijavi
    India
    December 24, 2016
  • 4th Turin Cinefest
    Turin
    Italy
    January 20, 2017
  • 3rd Tlchana Fest
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    March 29, 2017
  • 2nd Video Art Festival Turku
    Turku
    Finland
    May 17, 2017
    Finnish
  • Short to the Point
    Bucharest
    Romania
    March 1, 2017
    Special Jury Mention
  • Ffresh Student Media Festival of Wales
    Cardiff
    United Kingdom
    May 2, 2017
  • Leiden International Short Film Experience
    Leiden
    Netherlands
    May 27, 2017
    Dutch
  • Minimovie Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    July 22, 2017
  • Orlando Film Festival
    Orlando
    United States
    October 23, 2017
    Finalist
  • Miami Short Film Festival
    Miami
    United States
    November 6, 2017
    Semi-finalist
Distribution Information
  • Aug und Ohr Medien
Director Biography - Anna Gates

New Zealand Anna Gates directed and co-produced The State is a Lady as part of a master’s in Germany. A national Digital Art Awards finalist, Anna has shown her intermedia art at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and throughout Germany and Australasia.

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Director Statement

Beauty is an illusion, as is impermeable security. The two collide in this surreal political fable.