Experiencing Interruptions?

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When The Huntress, a local vigilante in the corrupt metropolis North City, has to interrupt her fight for justice because of a train conductor and his colleague, she must escape quick-smart. Risking everything to protect her cause as well as her own identity and a revelation that could cost her the connection with the person she loves most, her chameleon skills need to be brought to a new level. Will she be able to protect her identity AND the one she loves?

  • Marie Förster
    Director
    Strings Attached, Die Bürgermeisterin, Sugarlove
  • Thomas Brinck
    Director
    A Passing Storm, Under The Heavens
  • Josh Sullivan
    Writer
    Silly Girl, Pro Bono Means Free
  • Marie Förster
    Writer
    Strings Attached, Die Bürgermeisterin, Sugarlove
  • Marie Förster
    Producer
    Strings Attached, Die Bürgermeisterin, Sugarlove
  • Thomas Brinck
    Producer
    A Passing Storm, Under The Heavens
  • Josh Sullivan
    Producer
    Silly Girl, Pro Bono Means Free
  • Victor Schwarz
    Producer
    Psykhe, Update
  • Jan Nieschulz
    Producer
    Lou, This is Us!, Schachduell
  • Johann-Christof Laubisch
    Producer
    Tatort, Je Suis Karl, Grenzer
  • Sonya LaTorre
    Producer
    She Was She Is She Never Will Be, The Line
  • Kathleen Childs
    Music By
  • Jan Nieschulz
    Director of Photography
    Lou, This is Us!, Schachduell
  • Andy Wolf
    Editing by
    Strings Attached, East Enders
  • Mareike Rückert
    Production Design by
    Der Schwarze Nazi, Egon Schiele - Tod und Mädchen
  • Lena Häntsch
    Production Design by
    Then You Run, The Grimm Reality
  • Martha Lange
    Costume Design by
    Different Directions, Nord Nord Mord
  • Oliver Trautwein
    Key Cast
    "Victor"
    Tatort, The International
  • Chamelle Moser
    Key Cast
    "Lisa"
    Sky - X Factor, The Coffee-House
  • Marie Förster
    Key Cast
    "The Huntress"
    Strings Attached, Die Bürgermeisterin, Sugarlove
  • Joseph Monseur
    Key Cast
    "Spencer"
    Winter Novelette, Piano Prince
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Tickets Please
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    21:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • NZ Web Fest
    Auckland
    New Zealand
    November 9, 2024
    World Premiere
    Best Acting, International Short Narrative (won); Best Film, International Short Fiction (nominated); Best Directing, International Short Fiction (nominated)
  • FILMGARTEN Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    April 13, 2025
    German Premiere
    JURY AWARD "Best Film" & AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Director Biography - Marie Förster, Thomas Brinck

Marie Förster is an actor and filmmaker based in Berlin, Germany.
The series "Strings Attached" has been her first project as a filmmaker. It has been selected for 33 film festivals and won 19 awards worldwide. Marie has stepped into producing, writing, directing as well as acting as part of the international team who created the series. 

"TICKETS PLEASE" has been on her creative mind for more than three years - growing from an initial idea (“How fun would it be to make a short about a woman catching fare-evaders in absurd disguises?”) into the reality of production (“How can we find an affordable way to shoot in subway cars and stations close to Berlin?").

Thomas Brinck is a German director and writer, based in Fürth, Bavaria.
Known to his peers for his visually driven storytelling style, he has directed 9 short films, the latest being "A Passing Storm", which is currently on a festival run and most recently earned an Honorable Mention at Blackbird Film festival. He gathered further professional experience as a freelance filmmaker on commercial & corporate video shoots since 2016.
In 2017, he received a BA in Multimedia and Communication, specializing in film, at the University of Applied Sciences Ansbach (Germany). In 2019 he graduated with a MA in Film, Specialism Directing at Screen Academy Scotland, Edinburgh (Scotland).
In "TICKETS PLEASE", Thomas is especially interested in exploring the father-daughter relationship at the core of the story. Beneath her disguises, the Huntress is a caring daughter, who wants to support an aging father without taking away his agency.

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Director Statement

Like most of the heroines I’ve created, The Huntress lives a lonely life. Growing up as an only child with a strong will to change the world (and no idea where to start), I was drawn to characters who experience the same unquenchable thirst for justice.
"TICKETS PLEASE" explores my love for the absurd, my fascination with complex father-daughter dynamics, and my infatuation with female vigilante characters.

My heart pounds with every second that Frank William Abagnale JR is being hunted in "Catch Me If You Can" and I am on the edge of my seat, laughing, when Hoagie dresses up as an old woman in "TAG". My love for vigilante heist films is very, very real. But when I searched for Female Vigilante Films? All I could really find was "Kill Bill". I need more. So I decided - I needed to make one.
Set on a bustling train in a fictional world, "TICKETS PLEASE" combines my thirst for fast moving, absurd, female driven heist movies about freedom and justice with the depth of a complicated yet timeless love story between a father and daughter.
-- Marie Förster