Canadian Premiere
Against the backdrop of a fomenting revolt, two workers in a German slaughterhouse find one another.
Jonas Smulders, Jurij Drevenšek, Christian A. Koch
Germany
2024
In English and German with English subtitles
Animal cruelty
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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
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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