Suspect / Der Verdacht
Germany , 2007

Directed by: Felix Hassenfratz
Script: Felix Hassenfratz
Producer: Mathias Casanova
Production company: Internationale Filmschule Köln gmbh
Cinematography: Yoshi Heimrath
Editing: Barbara Toennieshen
Music: Aylin Aykan
Cast: Anne Weinknecht, Heinrich Schmieder, Daniela Holtz

Format: boja, color, 35mm
Running time: 25'

Synopsis
Conny lives with her husband in a small German village. She has lived there all her life and is strongly rooted in her community. Conny and her husband, Udo, run a traditional bakery and she sings in the local church choir. She leads a very content and simple life. Until one day, her husband is questioned about the murder of a young woman found dead three months before. Apparently, he had been the last person to see her alive. From then on Conny’s world is plagued by rumours and the suspicions of her neighbours, family and friends. Her love for him gives her strength to fight the rumours and her own suspicions for a short time.

Awards
2008 BMW short film prize 2008 Wendland Shorts - Prize of the Jury 2008 Best Screenplay Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award

Directors Biography
Felix Hassenfratz is born in 1981 in Heilbronn, Germany. Since 2003 he's making his own short films, work as set photographer and director for corporate film & advertising. In 2004 to 2007 he studied Film Directing at the ifs internationale filmschule Köln and got Degree: B.A. “Bachelor of Arts” in Film Directing. Filmography: Sagan (Documentary, 2008), Long Hello and Short Goodbye (Short, 2008), Suspect (Short, 2007), The Tin Lemming (short, 2006), Der Bäcker war`s (documentary, 2006).

Location and screening schedule:
matinee: SC Cinema, Tuesday, October 21st at 9.00
premiere: SC Cinema, Tuesday, October 21st at 20.00
reprisal: EUROPA Cinema, Wednesday, October 22nd at 10.00