Private Project

Thursday

A night in which father and daughter roam the streets of the city.
In search of something to eat. But actually in search of a relationship with each other.
They don't argue. They just have nothing to say to each other.

  • Anke Retzlaff
    Key Cast
    "Susa"
  • Jörg Witte
    Key Cast
    "Holger"
  • Maja Bresink
    Director
  • Maja Bresink
    Writer
  • Helena Zeppenfeldt
    Producer
  • Luisa Kauer
    Producer
  • Gerd Scherrmann
    Producer
  • Laura Köhler
    Camera
  • Jueli Kanuma
    Editing
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Donnerstag
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
  • Film Festival Max Ophüls
    Saarbrücken
    Germany
    January 24, 2024
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • BAFTA Student Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Long List
  • Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival
    Landshut
    Germany
    March 15, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Shorts - Trinationales Filmfestival
    Offenburg
    Germany
    April 11, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
    Schwerin
    Germany
    May 2, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing
    Thalmässing
    Germany
    May 8, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Bundesfestival junger Film
    St. Ingbert
    Germany
    June 7, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Alpinale Kurzfilmfestival
    Bludenz
    Austria
    July 8, 2024
    International Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Wendland Shorts
    Salderatzen
    Germany
    June 15, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Finále Plzeň
    Plzeň
    Czech Republic
    August 23, 2024
Director Biography - Maja Bresink

Maja Bresink, born 1998 in Frankfurt am Main.
She completed her media studies at the Rhein Main University of Applied Sciences in 2020. Afterwards she worked as an assistant director, junior producer and casting assistant. For several years she has been the personal assistant to Christian Schwochow (e.g. on "Bad Banks", "Deutschstunde", "Je suis Karl" & "Munich - The Edge of War"). She has been studying film directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg since 2021. Her last film is "Heimweh", an essayistic documentary, screened at numerous national and international short film festivals.

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Director Statement

A film about a father and a daughter. Two people who are actually family, but who haven't had a relationship with each other for a long time. Is there someone to blame for this? In some families, certainly. But maybe they've just never learnt to talk to each other.

With this film, I want to deal with expectations of the role of the father. I was particularly interested in the relationship between closeness and distance between father and daughter. The difficulty of communicating feelings and expectations to a person who could not be closer to you.
And what remains after that apart from the shared memories of childhood?

"THURSDAY" tells the story of two generations. About how they learnt to deal with feelings and talk about them. And it tells of missing each other.