''Suspect'' (german: Der Verdacht) is a 2008 short film. It was the final graduation project of director Felix Hassenfratz
at the
Internationale Filmschule Köln
The ifs internationale filmschule köln gmbh (''international film school cologne'') is a privately funded film school in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The film school was founded by Filmstiftung NRW.
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. The story, inspired by true events and based on the documentary ''The Baker Did It,'' is set in a southern German province with the Badisch dialect. The film is a co-production with the broadcast stations SWR and Arte, and supported by a German film fund. Despite its regional emphasis, ''Suspect'' is a universal story, focused on human behaviour, a story about love in the face of doubt.
Synopsis
What to do and whom to believe when you live in a small village and your husband, the village baker, is the suspect in an unsolved murder? He’s not from the village and your mother still doesn't accept his taking over the family business after your father's death. You also find a shirt stained with blood and a gun kept in a locked cabinet, and he insists he’s innocent. Can love overcome doubt?
Festivals and screenings
Germany (all 2008)
Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis
Munich International Film Festival
24. Int. Berlin Film Festival Interfilm
Festival of German Cinema
Landshut Short Film Festival (Won an award)
Sehsüchte int. student film festival Potsdam
International Filmfest Emden
Film Festival Shorts At Moonlight
Wendland Shorts (Won an award)
New Talents Biennale Cologne
Int. Film Festival Passau
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
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Buenos Aires Film Festival Goethe Institute Paris – selection of contemporary German cinema
Zagreb Film Festival
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Awards
*2007: The film rating agency FBW labeled the movie "of special merit"
*2007: Short film of the month – German film rating agency
*2008: BMW short film prize
*2008: Jury prize, Wendland Shorts
*2008: Best Screenplay Studio Hamburg Newcomer AwardDie Welt in German Die Talente des jungen Films räumen ab vom 11. April 2008, gefunden am 11. April 2008