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The Door of Return

  • 2440 (Working title)
Short Film | 2020 | Drama | Germany

Main data

DirectorKokutekeleza Musebeni, Anna Zhukovets
Written byAnna Zhukovets, Kokutekeleza Musebeni
ProductionKalekone Film GbR [de], HFF Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München [de]

Shooting data

LocationsMünchen, Berlin, Köln

Project data

Length of movie30min

Cast

Posters

Brief synopsis

“Do I really have to travel to Earth in 2020 or can I just switch to another year?” Two black women in a holodeck. The year 2440 on Saturn. The year 2020 is their destination. Racism, sexism and capitalism have been overcome. The history of our present echoes into the future. Afro-German history has been made invisible. The N-word is still spoken, Germanness and Blackness as a supposed contradiction, an error in the system. A call-and-response between 2020 and 2440.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Nancy Mensah-OffeiZona [L]
Joyce SanháRemi [L]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Title designerZhongzixia Yao
ColoristLouis Dickhaut
ColoristFlorian Berwanger
Director of photographyFlorian Berwanger
Director of photographyLouis Dickhaut
1st assistant cameraTim Schuback
1st assistant cameraDaniel Müller [6]
Still photographerNils Frey
Still photographerAnna Zhukovets
Casting directorSharyhan Osman
Costume designerRahmé Darouiche
Costume designerTheresa Reiter
DirectorKokutekeleza Musebeni
DirectorAnna Zhukovets
1st AD (local system)Miriam Goeze
Script continuityLukas Röder
EditorDenize Galiao
Assistant editorAnna Zhukovets
Makeup artist / hair stylistSamar Darouiche
ComposerRalph Heidel
ProducerKatharina Kolleczek
ProducerLea Neu
Production designerDargelos Kersten
Line producerChristine Haupt
ScreenwriterAnna Zhukovets
ScreenwriterKokutekeleza Musebeni
Script consultantAlina Sandler
Script consultantSharyhan Osman
Script consultantJudith Rose Gyabaah
Script consultantMalina Nwabuonwor
Dialogue translationMalcolm Ohanwe
Production sound mixerKatharina Thaler
Production sound mixerAlina Sander
Production sound mixerDiego Oliva Tejeda

Production companies

CompanyComment
Kalekone Film GbR [de]
HFF Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München [de]

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Anna Zhukovets2021up-and-coming International Film Festival [de]
German Newcomer Film Award		German Newcomer Film AwardWinner
Kokutekeleza Musebeni2021up-and-coming Int. Film Festival [de]
German Newcomer Film Award		German Newcomer Film AwardWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2022GermanyMax Ophüls Preis
MOP-Shortlist (Fiction)		MOP-Shortlist (Fiction)
2022GermanyFilmschoolfest Munich
2021Germany55th Hof International Film Festival