Storm & Stress — Narrative short
“… subversively and inventively engage with the conventions of historical drama, ultimately leading
to the absurd with stylistic elements reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino. ” — FBW Film Rating




shot on raw    Alexa Mini (hde, ARRIRAW)
lensed with    Zeiss Highspeed (uncoated)
asect    1.85:1
From Cornelia’s POV, wide lenses keep us near while sensing the space; at first she seems to be a thin edge of light in stoic, static shots. As the story accelerates, the camera goes fluid and bold until the color swells as she breaks free.




Festivals

2024, Return Festival in Weimar – World Premiere
2024, Biberacher Filmfestspiele
2025, 48. Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage
2025, SHORTS – Trinationales Filmfestival Hochschule Offenburg
2025, Wegiel Film Festival



 Awards

2024, Audience Award – Return Festival in Weimar
2024, Mittellange-Filme-Biber – Biberacher Filmfestspiele
2024, Winner “Best Social Change” – Short Film Factory 

              Credits

Writer   Romina Ecker
Director   Wouter Wirth
Producer   Kirsten Wehr, Tanja Schmidbauer, Andreas Schmidbauer
Director of Photography   Caroline Spreitzenbart 
Camera Operator   Florian Strandl, Christoph Werner, Manuel Lübbers
Steadicam Operator   Christoph Werner
A-Cam 1st AC   Christopher Pütz
2nd AC   Lukas Lerche
B-Cam 1st AC   Nadja Mild
Additional AC   Julian Weisser, Alexander Mitzler
Gaffer   Anna Rothärmel
Additional Gaffer  Johann Oeding, Ian Schroeder Leon
Electricians   Edgar Jesús Martínez Chávez, Tobias Sodeikat, Anna Avetyan, Floris Bronkhorst, Philipp Förster, Florian Goeroes, Johann Oeding, Nadja Mild, Jiyan Alkan 
DIT   Jan Riebe,  Andreas Schumacher
Colorgrading   Andreas “Andi” Lautil
Costume design   Theresa Raab
Production design   Anka Eberhard
Make-up artist   Lea Potthoff, Laura Weber
Vfx artists   Deni Oktofianto, Michel Klares, Andreas Engelhardt, Korbinian Weber, Joachim Simon
BR   Natalie Lambsdorff
Editing   Andreas Schumacher 

A production by Schmidbauer-Film GmbH Production together with Bayerischer Rundfunk and HFF München.

Full Crew and Cast @ Crew United




  • Press

  • Filmmakers Europe, "Prädikat besonders wertvoll" der Deutschen Film- und Medienbewertung für STURM UND DRANG
  • SWR aktuell, 46. Biberacher Filmfestspiele beendet
  • Schwäbische, Diese Filme erhalten die begehrten Biber