Two-Headed Calves

(Kälber mit zwei Köpfen)

Two-Headed Calves is Johannes' and Marie’s wedding video. For Johannes the marriage is supposed to mark the start of a new life, and in the end it does, just differently than expected.

TWO-HEADED CALVES (Kälber mit zwei Köpfen) is a dark comedy about "conversion therapy".

with Andreas Hammer, Jennifer Sabel, Dominique Horwitz

CREW

DIRECTOR Benjamin Kramme

SCRIPT  Jennifer Sabel, Andreas Hammer, Benjamin Kramme 

CAMERA  Paul Raatz

LIGHT  Julius Holtz

PRODUCERS  Benjamin Kramme, Andreas Hammer 

CO-PRODUCERS  Birgit Baumgärtner, Jean Christophe Blavier 

SET DESIGN  Robert-Christian Friebe 

SET DESIGN ASSISTANT  Maike Lindner

SOUND  Phillip Lehner

SOUND DESIGN  Bernd Göbel

MAKE UP  Maite Herrendorf

COSTUME  Jennifer Sabel

SET RUNNER  Tim Matschkowski

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS  Sascha Grüb, Franziska Steinhagen

EDITING  Jennifer Sabel, Benjamin Kramme 

VFX & GRADING  Jean-Pierre Meyer-Gehrke

FILM MUSIC  Artem Lauk

EXTRAS  Kirsten Schultz 

HORSE TRAINER  Ina Krüger-Oesert, Maya Johanna Japp, Paul Henriksen 

DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY  Davina Kramer-Perju 

RAIN  Thomas Norberat, Antje Schuster, Andy Meschkat, Denny Schultze, Basti Siewers, Alex Henkel, Andreas Giese, Mirko Nickel

CAST

JOHANNES  Andreas Hammer

MARIE  Jennifer Sabel

DR. HUMMEL  Dominique Horwitz

JOHANNES' MOTHER  Mignon Remé 

MARIE'S MOTHER  Angelika Böttiger 

JOHANNES' FATHER  Dirk Audehm 

MARIE'S SISTER  Marlene Eiberger 

CHRISTIAN  Robert Höller 

MARKUS  Christoph Götz 

DAVID  Sascha Grüb 

FARSHAD  Ruben Sabel

PASTOR  Axel Kramme 

UNICORN  Kessy 

WEDDING COMMUNITY  Heike Benterbusch, Urs Benterbusch, Mariana Born, Hildegard Braesel, Philipp Brummund, Theresia Eke, Volker Euhus, Doris Ezelius, Karl-Heinz Ezelius, Elea-Darja Fellmann, Steven Marc Fischer, Barbara Gerloff, Ines Gehrmann, Hedwig Golpon, Andreas Harksen, Roxana Harksen, Silke Kießling, Anja Laskowski, Matthias Leesch, Christoph Meissner, Heiko Müller, Heide Nicklas, Reiner Nicklas, Sofia Plich, Katja Raetzke, Renate Rehberg, Maria Schatz, Ulla Soppa, Barbara Stegemann, Kathrin Steinke, Christa Vogt, Frank Wellsow, Andreas Zeides 

 Festivals

  • Internacional Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen, MEXICO (2022)
  • Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, Hawai, USA (2022)
  • Filmtage Oberschwaben, Ravensburg, Germany (2022)
  • QUEER-Streifen Regensburg, Germany (2022)
  • Filmkunstfest MV, Schwerin, Germany (2022)
  • SF Queer Film Fest, San Francisco, USA (2022)
  • Out & Loud - Pune International Queer Film Festival, India (2022)
  • OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina, USA (2022)
  • Out of Bounds Film Festival, Bari, Italy (2022)
  • OUTSHINE LGBTQ+ Miami, USA (2022)
  • KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India (2022)
  • Taiwan International Queer Film Festival, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (2022)
  • Madrid Indie Film Festival, Spain (2022)
  • Festival de Nouvelle Comédie, Villeurbanne, France (2022)
  • Moscow Shorts, Russia (2022)
  • qFLIX Philadelphia, USA (2022)
  • Filmfest Bremen, Germany (2022)
  • Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, USA (2022)
  • Los Angeles Queer Film Festival, USA (2022)
  • Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA (2022)

 

AWARDS

  • Best Short Film - Runner Up, OUTshine Miami, USA
  • SUNRISE Award, Better World Film Festival, Munich, GERMANY