Gerd Scherrmann

Skin on Skin

Two men displaced in the hell of the German meat industry. Something lies between them. Something makes them dream again.

Thursday

A father and daughter roam the streets of the city together at night. They seem to be searching for something to eat or maybe their relationship. They don't argue. They just have nothing to say to each other.

Long Night Stand

It's a match! At least for one night. Celeste and Jacob's head is pounding after their one-night stand. Actually, it's time to make a run for it. It's just too bad that they can't. They can't leave the bedroom for several days and have to get much more naked than they would like. A soul striptease between egoism and solidarity. But: in for a penny, in for a pound, right?!

Everybody Leaves in the End

Freja lives in a youth detention center. Her little brother lives with a foster family. Her mother is gone. To reunite her family, Freja would do anything. She desperately wants to lead her loved ones out of the dark by taking them back home to the northern lights. But everybody has to let go someday.

February, Seven Days

After years of estrangement, single parent Arkadiy gets a visit from brother Igor and his son from Odesa. According to Jewish custom, they mourn their recently deceased mother while digging up old conflicts. As the war breaks out in Ukraine, the family is thrown into turmoil, and the brothers must take a closer look at their relationship to their homeland.