KNOPKA

A Short Film written and directed by MAJA COSTA
Produced by DFFB / MAJA COSTA

Logline

Berlin, 1895. Russian immigrant Knopka starts working in a tailor’s shop. During her lunch break she discovers that leaving the past behind is not as easy as she thought.

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Maja Costa
Short Film | Fiction | Romantic Period Comedy
14 min
Germany 2013
German
English | French | German | Italian | Spanish
Nadja Bobyleva | Tillbert Strahl| Heide Simon
DFFB
Aetnafilm
Kaskeline Filmakademie
Maja Costa, Gregor Matuschek
Maja Costa
Carola Rodríguez Sánchez
Sergio Recchia, André Weinreich
Ben Kloss
Adam McBean
Elisabeth Richter
Tobias Bilz

Festival Selections & Awards

Festival Selections

  • CHICAGO INT. CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL, Chicago (USA) – OSCAR® qualifying festival
  • CINEMAGIC FILM & TV FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, Belfast (UK)
  • CINEESCENA INT. GASTRONOMIC FILM FESTIVAL, Tenerife (SPAIN)
  • FILMANDO A FIGURALIA, Bologna (ITALY)
    – Award BEST SHORT (3rd prize)
  • BAMBERGER KURZFILMTAGE, Bamberg (GERMANY)
  • WATERSPRITE STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL, Cambridge (UK)
    – Nomination BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • LES TOUTES PREMIÈRES FOIS FILM FESTIVAL, Grasse (FRANCE)
    – Prix féminine BEST ACTRESS
  • NEISSE FILMFESTIVAL, Goerlitz (GERMANY)
  • MIFF AWARDS – MILAN INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Milan (ITALY)
  • IN THE PALACE INTL. FILM FESTIVAL, Balchik (BULGARIA) – OSCAR® qualifying festival

Awards

  • FILMANDO A FIGURALIA, Bologna (ITALY)
    – Award BEST SHORT (3rd prize)
  • WATERSPRITE STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL, Cambridge (UK)
    – Nomination BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • LES TOUTES PREMIÈRES FOIS FILM FESTIVAL, Grasse (FRANCE)
    – Prix féminine BEST ACTRESS