Documentary // 2023 // 84 Min
Frank Meyer
FRANK MEYER follows a retired bodybuilder for 10 years. He begins to question his masculinity and reflects upon his violent childhood. Unable to embrace his feelings, animals become a replacement for human relationships. He suffers a stroke, heart attack and kidney failure. But despite his limitations, he continues to train hard and hopes to eventually bounce back.▷ Trailer
Crew
Director // Riccardo Dejan Jurković & Leonhard Hofmann
DOP // Leonhard Hofmann
Editor // Riccardo Dejan Jurković & Leonhard Hofmann
Sound // Paul Ziesche, Constantin Stemmler, Florian Biehler, Hendrik FellerFestivals and Awards
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, 2023
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, 2023 // Best Documentary Film
Lichter Filmfest, 2024 // Audience Award for Best Feature Film
Docpoint Helsinki, 2024
Sehsüchte, 2024
dokKa, 2024
Festival de Cine Alemán, México, 2024 // Best Feature Film
Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival, 2024
Documentary // 2024 // 15 Min
Gorndorf - Texas
Gorndorf - Texas tells stories about wild west enthusiasts pursuing their American Dream in Germany’s eastern states. In the dreary and decaying concrete landscapes of the former Eastern Bloc, people live out their roles as cowboys, Indians and pioneers. Fascinated by the southern states of North America, they spend their time in the saddle, around the campfire and with line dancing. The constructed reality of the United States as the promised land is rather a remain of German Democratic Republic socialist culture than a new phenomenon. Since the 1950s, GDR citizens dreamed of the vastness of the prairie - and lived in a reservation of a different kind. The project is touching upon issues of escapism, nostalgia, and the longing for the wild west in today's German East with Gorndorf taking the center stage.
Crew
Director // Riccardo Dejan Jurković & Josefine Rauch
DOP // Riccardo Dejan Jurković
Editor // Riccardo Dejan Jurković
Sound // Paul Ziesche & Riccardo Dejan Jurković
Documentary // 2016 // 35 Min
Pjesma sela Rude
"Pjesma sela Rude - The Song of the Village Ruda" tells the story of Dujo Jurković, who returns to his Croatian hometown village, after 40 years in Germany. Though he dreamed of retiring there, he finds the village changed. Both the socialist era and the recent civil war left marks on Ruda and its people. As Dujo reconnects with old friends, he faces both serious and humorous moments, reflecting the complex reality of Croatia—a place caught between disillusionment and hope for a European future.▷ Trailer
Crew
Director // Riccardo Dejan Jurković & Leonhard Hofmann
DOP // Leonhard Hofmann
Editor // Riccardo Dejan Jurković & Leonhard Hofmann
Sound // Martin Bürner & Riccardo Dejan JurkovićFestivals and Awards
Berlin Short Film Festival, 2016
Phenicien International Film Festival, 2017 // Best Doc Short
International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra Filmfest, 2017
Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, 2017
Blue Danube Film Festival, 2017
Paris Short Film Festival, 2018
Short Film // 2017 // 30 Min
The Rainbowmachine
Young Eritrean refugee Binjam shares a container home with Omid, an asylum seeker from Iran. Both work as cleaners in a sports club, where Binjam's remarkable sprinting talent is accidentally noticed by running coach Helmut. Driven by different motives, both men dedicate themselves to building Binjam's career as an athlete. Along the way, they face resistance from society and the envious chairman of the club. Yet, Binjam hopes his achievements in sprinting will allow him to build a future in Germany.▷ Trailer
Crew
Director // Samuel Maasho
Producer // Riccardo Dejan Jurković
DOP // Theo von Asmuth & Gregory Weisert
Editor // Samuel Maasho & Riccardo Dejan Jurković
Sound // Paul SchuhladenFestivals and Awards
Lichter Filmfest, 2017
Golden Eagle Film Festival, 2017 // Best International Short
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, 2017
Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, 2017 // Best Student Film
Berlin Motion Picture Festival, 2017 // Best Short Film
Refugees Film Festival, 2018
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