THE CRICKET AND THE ANT
A Film by Julz Ritschel
SHORT
2016
15 MIN
A forbidden relationship between a student and her french teacher shows how passionate and exciting but also how complicated and painful love can be.
A Junafilm Production, funded by Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig Holstein, Nordmedia – Film and Media Company Lower Saxony Bremen
Director & Writer: Julz Ritschel
Producer: Verena Gräfe-Höft
Associate Producer: Kim Höver
Casting: Marion Haack
Editor: Marianne von Deutsch
DoP: Christiane Buchmann
Production Design: Lorena Díaz Stephens
Costume: Michaela Rinker
Hair and Makeup: Nadja Neumann
Music: Jonas Gervink
Sound: Rolf Manzei, Tim Stephan
With Elisa Schlott, Tabita Johannes, Eva Nürnberg, et al.
AWARDS
Grand Jury Prize Fiction – Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, 2016
Grand Jury Prize – Kurzsüchtig Filmfestival, Leipzig, 2016
Best Script – Best Independents International Film Festival, Karlsruhe, 2016
Best Director – Outlantacon Short Film Festival, Atlanta, 2016
Best Editing – Kolkata International Film Festival, Kalkutta, 2016
Audience Award – FILMZ Festival des Deutschen Kinos, Mainz, 2016
Audience Award – Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, 2016
etc.
FESTIVALS
37. Filmfestival Max Ophuels Preis 2016, Palm Springs Short Fest 2016, Sehsüchte Festival 2016, Fünf Seen Festival 2016, Miami LGBT Festival 2016, North Carolina Gay&Lesbian Film Festival 2016, Reeling Film Festival Chicago 2016, Seattle Twist Film Festival 2016, Lighthouse International Film Festival 2016, Toronto Arthouse Film Festival 2016, Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg 2016, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2016, Berlin Short Film Festival 2017, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2017, Pink Apple Festival Zürich 2017, Children’s&Youth Festival Malmö 2017, etc.