Experiencing Interruptions?

The Most Beautiful Place On Earth

Taking a walk down memory lane whilst enjoying the unique scenery during a camping trip. Peace, sunshine and a long forgotten beach – is there any better way to celebrate a reunion? This seems to be the most beautiful place on earth. What started out as a short vacation with friends quickly turns into a survival game. Who can you really trust? Is a lover more loyal than a friend or do memories fog your perception? After deceiving actions and nerve-wracking encounters true colors begin to show.

  • Enrico Saack
    Writer
    Make It Stop! (2022)
  • Enrico Saack
    Producer
    Make It Stop! (2022)
  • Marvin Saack
    Producer
    Make It Stop! (2022)
  • Enrico Saack
    Director
    Make It Stop! (2022)
  • Anke Walter
    Assistant Director
  • Lennie Gottberg
    Key Cast
    "Michael"
    Measuring the World (2012)
  • Claudia Korneev
    Key Cast
    "Hailey"
  • Paul Pinkowski
    Key Cast
    "Mason"
  • Marvin Saack
    Camera
    Make It Stop! (2022)
  • Aurelian Bausch
    First Assistant Camera
  • Benjamin Douvier
    Sound
  • Moritz Meyer
    Lighting
  • Marvin Saack
    Editor
    Make It Stop! (2022)
  • Marvin Saack
    Composer
    Make It Stop! (2022)
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Mystery, Thriller, Drama
  • Runtime:
    32 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 11, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    UHD 16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 2024 ARFF Berlin // International Awards
    Berlin
    Germany
    Official Selection
  • 2024 Dubai Independent Film Festival
    Dubai
    United Arab Emirates
    Semi-Finalist April 2024
  • San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival
    San Francisco, CA
    United States
    Semi-Finalist May 2024
  • Hong Kong Indie Film Festival
    Hong Kong
    China
    Semi-Finalist May 2024
  • New York Film & Cinematography Awards
    New York, NY
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Santa Cruz Independent Film Fest
    Santa Cruz, CA
    United States
    Semi-Finalist Spring 2024
  • Brussels World Film Festival
    Brussels
    Belgium
    Award Winner May 2024 (Best Short)
  • Hollywood International Golden Age Festival
    New York, NY
    United States
    Award Winner June 2024 (Best Narrative Short)
  • Melbourne Independent Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    Semi-Finalist June 2024
  • Edinburgh Film Awards
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Semi-Finalist Summer 2024
  • Cleveland Arthouse Film Awards
    Cleveland, OH
    United States
    Award Winner June 2024 (Best Thriller)
  • Chicago Filmmaker Awards
    Chicago, IL
    United States
    Semi-Finalist July 2024
  • 2024 Los Angeles Short Film Award
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Dublin International Film Awards
    Dublin
    Ireland
    Award Winner (Best Narrative Short Film)
  • Palm Springs Underground Movie Awards

    United States
    Semi-Finalist July 2024
  • Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF)
    Kishinev
    Semi-Finalist 2024
  • Brooklyn International Short Awards
    New York, NY
    United States
    Semi-Finalist Summer 2024
  • Austin International Art Festival
    Austin, TX
    United States
    Semi-Finalist September 2024
  • Hamburg Indie Film Festival
    Hamburg
    Germany
    Semi-Finalist December 2024
  • Palermo International Film Festival

    Italy
    Semi-Finalist Fall 2024
  • Sacramento Independent Film Festival
    Sacramento, CA
    United States
    Semi-Finalist Summer 2024
  • 2024 Seattle Filmmaker Awards
    Seattle, WA
    United States
    Semi-Finalist
  • 2025 ARFF Berlin // International Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    Finalist
  • European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    Finalist
  • Detroit Independent Film Festival

    United States
    Award Winner Summer 2024 (Best Thriller)
  • 2024 Cult Movies International Awards

    Award Winner (Best Short Thriller)
  • Berlin Indie Awards
    Berlin
    Germany
    Award Winner July 2024 (Best German Short Film)
  • New York Indie ShortFest
    New York, NY
    United States
    Nominee Fall 2024 (Best Short Film)
  • HOLLYWOOD SHORTSFEST
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    Honorable Mention (Best Short)
  • Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards

    United States
    Honorable Mention (Short Film)
  • Glasgow Film Awards
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    Semi-Finalist December 2024
  • Mirada Corta Short Film Festival

    Semi-Finalist April 2025
  • Hamburg Indie Film Festival
    Hamburg
    Germany
    Semi-Finalist December 2024
  • Los Angeles Short Film Award
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    Official Selection October 2024
  • Palermo International Film Festival
    Palermo
    Italy
    Semi Finalist November 2024
  • Santa Ana Independent Film Awards
    Santa Ana, California
    United States
    Award Winner (Best Short Feature)
  • 16th Underground Cinema Film Awards
    Dublin
    Ireland
    Best International Short Film
  • Fallbrook Bonsall International Film Festival
    Fallbrook, California
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Atlanta Movie Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    United States
    Semi-Finalist October 2025
  • Paris International Short Festival
    Paris
    France
    Semi-Finalist (Best International Narrative Short)
  • Cork Indie Film Awards
    Cork
    Ireland
    Semi-Finalist (Best Short Narrative)
  • San Diego International Film Awards
    San Diego, CA
    United States
    Best Short Film
Director Biography - Enrico Saack

Enrico Saack is a director, screenwriter, and producer whose roots in theatre continue to shape his cinematic vision. Across his films, he has forged a voice that lingers in the space between mystery and psychological drama, probing the delicate threshold where reality meets imagination. His work unfolds with a quiet, immersive intensity: light, sound, and silence are orchestrated to pull audiences into the intimate, often fragile inner worlds of his characters, where betrayal simmers, power is wielded and abused, and the mind teeters on the edge of fear, obsession, and fractured perception. Saack is less interested in neat resolutions but rather the reverberations of a story: the entangled emotions, moral tremors, and fleeting ambiguities that haunt the mind long after the screen goes dark, leaving shadows and echoes of manipulation, vulnerability, and fractured psyche that continue to stir thought and feeling.

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