Phoenix - a science fiction short film

“Phoenix” is a no-budget short film production from Germany. It´s an homage to classic science fiction like “Brave New World” and “Fahrenheit 451”. It was filmed in April 2014 in Berlin with mostly family and friends.
It was shown at more than 50 film festivals world wide and won 16 awards and prizes so far.
This film was only made possible by the great contribution and sacrifices of the following people and institutions. Thank you so much! You made our dreams come true and we are very proud of the result.
Phoenix
a film by
Florian Frerichs
presented by
Warnuts Entertainment
in cooperation with
Red Dot Films L.C.C.
and
G-On Filmproduction
in association with
Perfect Action Stuntteam
executive producer
Shadab Khan
executive producer
Ralf Möller
executive producer
Agron Krasniqi
producers
Florian Frerichs & Stephan Warnatsch
co-producers
Dov Mamann
Martin Goeres
Bruno Eyron
Tobias Kruppa
associate producer
Kai Bosesky
associate producer
Andreas Rüter
written, directed and produced by
Florian Frerichs
with
Bruno Eyron
as Ayden Lundt
Sandra von Ruffin
as Ava Bard
Martin Goeres
as Henry
Elisa Goeres
as Fadiyah
SWATs:
Martin Goeres
Timo Honsa
Jan Noack
Michael Schreinert
Tobias Kruppa
Lion David Bogus
Bearded Men:
Agron Shala
Heiko Müller
Itamar Zechoval
Stephan Warnatsch
Alexander Nardini
Rick Dommsch
Innocent People:
Julia Schultchen
Ralf Zillmann
Anette Fiedler
Judith Christian
Alexander Pana
1st assistant director / advisor
Adolfo Kolmerer
action director
Martin Goeres
director of photography
Konstantin Freyer
art-direction by
Patricia Walczak
costume design by
Itamar Zechoval
edited by
Christian R. Timmann
music by
Ingo Frenzel
sound by
Itamar Rosenblum
storyboards and co-written by
Stephan Warnatsch
unit manager
Annegret Braun
production manager
Florian Frerichs
1st AC
Javier Palicio
DIT / data-wrangler
Özer Özel
steady-cam operator
Johannes Holweg
gaffer
Oliver Geissler
lighting technicians
Arne Weiß
Nils Koppenbrink
Sara Gfrörer
Kay Müller
script-continuity
Ellen Bartecki
make-up
Maria Reppnow
carpenters
Markus Schröder
Tino Rothert
assistant production designer
Julia Frankenberg
assistant production designer / production assistant
Lion David Bogus
production assistant
Emma Stern
assistant costume designer
You-Jin Tseo
casting by
Florian Frerichs
Annegret Braun
stunt coordinator
Martin Goeres
stunt rigging coordinator
Wolfgang Stegemann
stunt riggers
Timo Honsa
Leon Mark
Jan Noak
stunt performers
Martin Goeres
Timo Honsa
Jan Noak
utility stunts
Max Kramer
Sven Gelhar
special effects supervisor
Martin Goeres
special effects senior technician
Johara Raukamp
special effects technician, workshop engineer
Max Kramer
weapons supervisor
Martin Goeres
weapons designer / armorer
Tobias Kruppa
driver / production assistant
Michael Schreinert
catering
Andy Hellblau
making of - photography
Sebastian Lassak
stills photographer
Frank Lassak
VFX supervisor
Tobias Kruppa
VFX producer
Tobias Kruppa
compositors
Jörg Schreyer
Tobias Kruppa
Christian Schumann
matte paintings
Meike Deutscher
3D modeling artist
Julie Harmes
3D lighting & shading artist
Christian Schumann
title motion design artist
Lutz Forster
camera, light and grip provided by
Camelot Broadcast Services GmbH
RED Epic provided by
Magna Mana Production Bildbearbeitungs GmbH
Villa by
Dipl. Ing. Marlies Timm, Architektin, Berlin
timm-architektur.de
many thanks to the following people:
Joachim Klautzsch
Zeeshan Khan
Petra Krause
Jacqueline Latte
Thomas Seidel
Tobias Tuchlensky
Jamina Fiedler
Anne Krehl
Folker Greisner
Marcel Hofer
Janine Eckenhof
Helmut Schmidt
Konrad Tschernig
Christoph Schneider
Heiner Wegner
Walied Schön
Jalaludin Trautmann
Mark Ritter
Hannah Kessler
Catherine Ackermann
Frau Paltrona
Georgios Maridakis
Andreas Klavehn
Susanne Liewig
Maurice Melitz
Thomas Steinicke
Bojana Nikolaidis
Victor Nikolaidis
many thanks to the following companies and institutions:
Kaisers Tengelmann
bloc inc. filmservice GmbH
Havelbaude Hohenneuendorf
Ludwig-Erhard-Haus Berlin
Charité Berlin
Historische S-Bahn e.V.
Swatch Group
Rheinfrank Antique and Vintage Jewellery
Blumen Café Berlin
Pf-Group
Just Music GmbH
Spell
Recycling Manteuffel
Bühnenfisch
Kaba GmbH
Carl Zeiss AG
Phoenix Clothing
Medea GmbH
shot on RED
all scenes were shot on location in Berlin / Germany
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Copyright 2014