Gabi (short film)
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| Original title | Gabi |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 30 minutes |
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| Director | Michael Fetter Nathansky |
| script | Michael Fetter Nathansky |
| production | Virginia Martin & Anna-Sophie Philippi // Babelsberg Film University |
| music | Anna-Marlene Bicking |
| camera | Clara Rosenthal |
| cut | Kai Eiermann |
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Gabi is a German short film . This was created under the direction of Michael Fetter Nathansky . The film premiered at the Berlinale 2017 and won the German Short Film Award 2017 in the category “Films of more than 10 minutes to 30 minutes”.
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Gabi's life is empty and hopeless. She is betrayed by her husband, but she can no longer get upset about it. Your sister is pregnant and constantly stressed. Therefore she has no time for Gabi and gives her more and more tasks. In addition, Gabi also takes care of her senile father after a water pipe burst in the old people's home . Only in her job as a tiler is there a person who takes notice of her and talks to her. It is the trainee Marco who fails to part with his girlfriend, who is constantly cheating on him. That is why he practices breaking up with Gabi during the work breaks. Gabi takes on the role of his girlfriend. This leads to outbursts of anger and tenderness between Marco and the person who plays Gabi. At first Gabi is not very enthusiastic about these "rehearsals", but over time she finds more and more pleasure in staging everyday situations. This makes it seem as if she is taking away the desolation of her everyday life and is looking for her own emotionality. She puts herself in a wide variety of emotional states in a wide variety of situations. In one situation she plays Gabi who never complains, in another she cries, in a third situation she is silent. At first this looks like an opening of oneself, but develops into an act of staged alienation from oneself.
Awards
The film has received a number of awards since it first appeared.
| year | Film festival / award ceremony | category | receiver | Result | Individual evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | International Short Film Week Regensburg | Audience award | Michael Fetter Nathansky | Won | |
| Film Festival Dresden | Audience Award - National Competition | Michael Fetter Nathansky | Won | ||
| Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award | Best short film | Michael Fetter Nathansky | Nominated | ||
| German short film award | Feature films longer than 10 minutes to 30 minutes | Michael Fetter Nathansky, Babelsberg Film University | Won | ||
| Poitiers Film Festival | "Jury Prize" | Michael Fetter Nathansky | Nominated |
Web links
- Official website
- Gabi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film description on the Berlinale website