The silence of 600 million results
"The silence of 600 million results" follows a young woman as she clicks, scrolls and chats her way from a positive pregnancy test to a decision. In an experimental way, this hybrid screen documentary shows how close we can get to a young woman of whom we do not see the face but only the cell phone and laptop screen. Through overwhelmed voice messages, funny Google searches and melancholy photo libraries, we experience the world of this young woman making a decision. The film is not just about her, but about everything that the digital world throws at a pregnant woman considering an abortion.
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Sophie LahusenDirector
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Sophie LahusenWriter
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Beatrix RinkeWriter
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Nora KilroyProducer
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Jonas WindgassenProducer
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Leila Fatima KeitaEditing
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
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Genres:Screen-Documentary
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Runtime:15 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:November 1, 2023
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:Germany
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Language:English
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - Sophie Lahusen
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Dok.Fest MunichMünchen
Germany
May 3, 2024
German Premiere
Student Award -
Neiße Film FestivalNeiße
Germany
May 14, 2024
Best Short Film
Sophie Lahusen was born in Bremen and grew up between two nations in Germany and France, her father a pianist, her mother a violinist. She studied art history after school and went to Rome for two years, where she first developed a fascination for documentaries at a festival in 2018. During and after her studies, Sophie gained a lot of professional experience, especially in journalism, working for internships and as a freelancer in Brazil, in Strasbourg at ARTE, at taz and public broadcasters. Since 2020, she has been studying documentary film at the HFF Munich. In addition to her studies, Sophie volunteers as a end-of-life-care, a social support in prison, and a recreational companion for children with autism.
"I want you, but not now. You came too soon. You won't live because I want to live. When you come back one day, I want to have waited for you. Now you were suddenly just there."
I wrote these sentences in summer 2019, alone in a room, in a strange city. In a state of loneliness and helplessness in the the first few days after the message, my cell phone became my closest my closest confidant and the center of what I saw. All my information was drawn from it, my feelings were determined by messages messages and calls, and photos and videos became places of remembrance, far away from my actual reality.
The film is an experiment in how much humanity, hardship and humor can be humor can be told via a technical device. The cell phone screen as the scene of small and big decisions. The film as a search, of painful communication and of the reality of everyday life of a young woman.