HEARTWARE
short film | 2024
The futuristic ice cream parlor „Nicecream“ is one man down after android-waiter Echo self-destructs by eating ice cream. His colleagues, fellow androids Lia and Clu, are obligated to report this to their employer. But Clu sweeps the matter under the rug. Echo is irreplacable to him and he cannot bear to let him go.
The fact that Lia does not seem to empathize, drives a deep wedge between the two friends. Lia watches helplessly as Clu takes ever more drastic measures to ease his pain.
CREW
Story by Leander Behal & Jan Lamprecht
Director: Leander Behal
Screenplay & Dramatic Advisor: Jan Lamprecht
Music und Voice Acting: Peter Albrecht
Costume: Malena Jaiser & Maxine Kränzler
Make Up: Marisa Schamal & Hazar Elatrash
Montage: Sarah Hofmann
Set Design: Leonie Enslin
Director of Photography: Leon Golz
Producer & SFX-Make Up: Sabina Stöckler
1. Assistant Director: Sama Zuhair
Script / Continuity: Laura Schliep
Voice Actor & Construction Assistant: Jona Schloßer
Location Scouting: Anna-Lena Herzmann
Set Runner: Nathalie Ballhaus
Interior Props Manager: Chiara Poma Rinklef
Stage Construction: Jaro Burbulla
Construction Assistant: Eric Baudler, Jeremias Brunner, Anja Giele, Sissi Kohlen, Saskia Krebs, Emelie Paylar, Nils Schimitzek, Vanessa Stachel
1. Assistant Camera: Paul Quednau, Jan Wittkopp, Julia Hänel, Nepomuk Pfaff, Marcel Oexle
2. Assistant Camera: Frieder Petroll, Lukas Hofmann
Dolly Grip: Kevin Bogner
Data Wrangler: Julia Hänel, Eric Baudler, Anja Giele, Anna Niebert
Gaffer: Fizzy
Best Boy: Christopher Jess
Electricians: Benjamin Jena, Jan Schmidt, Tobias Eisemann, Joshua Winkler, Lasse Falk, Alex Doroshenko, Adrian Reinbeck
Sound Engineer: Robin Maurer
Boom Operator: Julia Marber, Joshua Grill, Kim Mertineit, Yassine Oulhiq, Marc Reuter
Sound Design & Dialogue Editor: Jan-Eric Heitland
Sound Design: Elias Gürtler
VFX Supervisor: Julian Dünser
Compositing Artists: Julian Dünser, Emilio Lingg, Haiyang Liu
Concept Art: Marie Römer
Motion Design: Sarah Gebhard
Logo Design: Janina Wesnigk
Color Grading: Johan Nurmilehto
Special Thanks: Deutsche Post AG (Moritz Sattler), Vantage Film GmbH (Tamara Flor), ARRI Rental Deutschland GmbH (Philip Schittko), Schmidt Spiele GmbH, MIXOL- PRODUKTE Diebold GmbH, Marabu GmbH & Co. KG