David Gesslbauer

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David Gesslbauer was born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, in 1991, but grew up in Austria. From 2005 to 2010, he studied audiovisual media design at the HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule. From 2012 to 2018, Gesslbauer studied editing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. He lives in Berlin. He has been making his own short films since 2013 and is responsible for editing short films, commercials and music videos. In 2017, he worked as an editor on the feature film Antimarteria by director Specter Berlin. In 2019, Gesslbauer edited the music video for Rammstein's single Deutschland, which was also directed by Specter Berlin.

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Split Second

Sometimes a fraction of a second is all it takes to change the world forever. The film Split Second tells the backstories of three of the most influential photographs in human history. In three intercut episodes, we follow the photographers who captured these historic moments in iconic pictures and made them visible to the world.

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2023

Uprooted

Displacement crisis has reached 100 million people globally. 60+ Ukrainian refugees were involved in making the film, sending a message of support to all refugees. The film focuses on the PTSD that people experience after fleeing the war.

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2023

Alice, Through the Looking

What happens when after the Wonderland, Alice finds herself in the post-Brexit United Kingdom? Philosophy student Alice’s world is turned upside down on the morning after a masquerade party when her soulmate Rabbit whom she found the previous night has disappeared into thin air without leaving a trace after the crazy night, as befits the mysticism of the 21st century.

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2021

Eleusis

A musician in the deep state of a creative crisis is signed to a rehab program at the highly protected, isolated sanatorium that promises a lifetime warranty for endless inspiration. A bourgeois setting with welcoming stuff slowly creeps into a violent cult that tortures artists in the name of inspiration. The musician's greatest hit becomes his darkest nightmare.

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2021

Dark Red

This is the story of Lamar, a 12-year old vampire with a dark secret.

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2019

[ UNUM ]

[ UNUM ] (lat."one") is presented in 9:16 format - flipped vertically - as a metaphor for the singularity of life. Beginning with a carnal prologue between man and woman, the figurative journey continues with a lone huntsman at a cave. A company by his loyal dog the huntsman discovers and delivers delicate honey to a shady merchant and his nefarious cat - as a single drop of the sweet nectar releasing the furies of fate.

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2018

Antimarteria

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2017

Der Treue größter Akt

Modern take on the Nibelungenlied.

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2017

Codfish and Cyanide

She can't believe it when he arrives at the restaurant looking squalid and unwilling to explain himself. The truth sounds too absurd. Cornered, he tells her an intricate story and expects everything, except her actual reaction.

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2014

Codfish and Cyanide

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2014