Private Project

afternoon alley/strays

Men, women, dogs. In contact with contemporaries.
A non-cut one-minute observation in an alley on a January afternoon in San Nicolas, Aruba.

  • Sabrina Mertens
    Director
    Time of Moulting, Gentle Moments, Sweet Summer, Cornucopia of Passions
  • Sabrina Mertens
    Producer
    Time of Moulting, Gentle Moments, Sweet Summer, Cornucopia of Passions
  • Sabrina Mertens
    Camera
    Time of Moulting, Gentle Moments, Sweet Summer, Cornucopia of Passions
  • Sabrina Mertens
    Postproduction
    Time of Moulting, Gentle Moments, Sweet Summer, Cornucopia of Passions
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    1 minute
  • Completion Date:
    January 24, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Aruba
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sabrina Mertens

Sabrina Mertens was born in Hamburg (Germany) in 1985. She studied Audiovisual Media Design in Berlin and Brandenburg and worked for a German television broadcaster (DW-TV) in Berlin. Mertens started making short films in 2011.
Since 2015 she has been enrolled in the study course Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Mertens writes screenplays and develops concepts for innovative film forms. Her work ranges between experimental, documentary, comedy and feature film and has been shown at numerous film festivals. FELLWECHSELZEIT (TIME OF MOULTING, released in 2020 at International Film Festival Rotterdam), is her feature debut.

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Director Statement

An everyday scene, captured by chance, worth reflecting upon.