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Skin on Skin film image; two men staring intently at one another

Skin on Skin

Canadian Premiere

Against the backdrop of a fomenting revolt, two workers in a German slaughterhouse find one another.

Director
Cast

Jonas Smulders, Jurij Drevenšek, Christian A. Koch

Credits
Country of Origin

Germany

Year

2024

Language

In English and German with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Animal cruelty

18+
30 min
Award Winners Drama LGBTQIA2S+ Romance Shorts
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

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Credits & Director

Producer

Leon Döhner

Screenwriter

Simon Schneckenburger

Cinematography

Nico Schrenk

Editor

Lukas Wengorz

Production Design

Bartholomäus M. Kleppek

Original Music

Christoph Erling, Marc Grünhäuser

Simon Schneckenburger headshot

Simon Schneckenburger

Born in the Black Forest, South Germany, Simon Schneckenburger is a winner of the German Newcomer Film Award. Schneckenburger graduated in fiction directing from Filmakademie Baden Württemberg and screened his first short film Borzaya (2021) at festivals all over the world, earning a shortlist nomination from the Student Academy Awards. His graduation film Skin on Skin (2025) was nominated for the German Short Film Award and has won multiple awards at festivals worldwide, including the Future Frames section at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Photo by Marius Hoch-Geugelin

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