Short Take – Details, episodes & analysis

Acting chameleon and creative powerhouse Christian Friedel talked to us about his love for rollercoasters, ice cream and music as well as his joy in the power of transformation when acting. And let’s not forget “Schichtkohl”! Christian named some great talents to watch out for. We had a blast with him in our latest #ShortTake episode. Enjoy!

Find out more about Christian and his latest work:
https://players.de/actors/christian-friedel/
https://christianfriedel.de/
https://www.lax-pr.de/berlin-presse-agentur/christian-friedel/

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Favorite antihero? Artemis Fowl or Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes) - Filmmaker/Animator/Illustrator Raman Djafari can’t quite decide. We had an extremely fun talk with the multi-hyphenate in our latest #ShortTake episode. About the weirdly great taste of multivitamin tablets, his favorite food – Ghormeh Sabzi, a terrific Toy-Story-Memory and we even had ourselves a wonderful Brit Marling and +TheOA appreciation minute. Enjoy!

Find out more about Raman and his latest work:
https://www.instagram.com/ramandjafari/

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https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Gummibears, reading to his daughter and working on a film about German children’s classic Struwelpeter: In our newest episode of Short Take prolific producer Fabian Driehorst talks to us about his work, his love of James Bond movies and why the Australian feature FROG DREAMING was a formative film for him. Fabian is the 2024 German Producer on the Move for the eponymous program of the European Film Promotion.

Find out more about Fabian and his latest work:
https://www.fabianfred.com/

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If she wasn’t a writer & director, 2024 Face to Face ambassador and creative multi-hyphenate Soleen Yusef might have become a cash-strapped painter. She talks about her deep friendship with fellow filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt, Charles Bukowski and her new children’s film. Enjoy our newest episode of #ShortTake.

Find out more about Soleen and her latest work:
https://players.de/directors/soleen-yusef/
https://players.de/writers/soleen-yusef/
https://dcmstories.com/movie/sieger-sein/

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https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

For Benafshe Hourmazdi it’s all about acting. And maybe cake. And possibly #Titanic and #My Heart will go On by Celine Dion. It was a lot of fun talking to the actress, who is part of 2024’s #Face to Face with German Films campaign. Find out more in our newest episode of #ShortTake.

Find out more about Benafshe and her latest work:
https://players.de/actresses/banafshe-hourmazdi/

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© Marcus Höhn

In our brand-new #ShortTake episode we talk to Jane Chirwa – about being creative, The Color Purple and trying to do it all. After all her motto is: Just do it! Enjoy!

Find out more about Jane and her latest work:
https://zta-management.com/from-z-to-a/jane-chirwa/
Clashing Differences with Jane Chirwa just won the First Steps "Big audience" Award.

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https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Actress Katharina Stark is currently making waves in the series THE INTERPRETER OF SILENCE. And she’s the Germany EFP Shooting Star 2024. In this week’s #ShortTake episode we talk about everything from Greek poets, to the joy of a good bass drop and, of course, Emma Thompson. Enjoy!

Find out more about Katharina and her latest work:
https://schlag-agentur.de/katharina-stark#!/1
https://needberlin.com/en/katharina-stark/

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https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Persistence, love for her job as director and eating as a hobby – Student Oscar-Winner Tamara Denić is the full package. Listen to our conversation – jumping between fun and philosophy - in this week’s brand-new #ShortTake episode Enjoy!

Find out more about Tamara and her latest work:
https://www.fpberlin.de/client/tamara-denic/

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https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

How best to describe filmmaker İlker Çatak? The writer/director is a chess playing, former ice cream selling, deep sea diving creative who does not do regrets. And, has a penchant for cool cat Marcello Mastroianni in 8 1/2. After talking to İlker in our latest #Short Take episode I can only say: It takes one to know one! Enjoy!

Find out more about İlker and his latest work:
https://www.funke-stertz.de/portfolio/ilker-catak/

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https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

 For our ultimate #ShortTake episode 2023 we talked to the terrific @aaronhilmer about his passion for traveling to faraway places and being spontaneous. His love for medieval knighthood – hint: it’s actually about the horses! – and the wonderful thing that makes him happy. Happy Holidays! 

Find out more about Aaron and his latest work:
https://agentur-lambsdorff.de/schauspieler/aaron-hilmer/

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https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de