Estonian premiere
Skill Issue
After escaping from gym class, Simon (17) finds himself on the bank of a river with a group of teenagers. In the heat of the summer day and amidst all the pointless chatter, time passes as sluggishly as the river water. Only when Marie appears and both are catapulted into the nearby riverside forest by an unexpected incident do they escape the lethargic group and enter the timeless intermediate realm of the enchanted river landscape.
Recommended age 12+
Willy Hans was born in Freiburg. He studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts specialising in film under Professor Angela Schanelec and Wim Wenders. While still a student, his films were screened at numerous international film festivals and won several awards, including the Short Tiger Award 2013 and two nominations for the German Short Film Award. In 2014, he co-founded the artist collective Spengemann Eichberg Goldkamp Hans. His short film “What Probably Would Have Happened, If I Hadn't Stayed at Home” had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival in 2020. His debut feature film “Skill Issue” premiered at Locarno Film Festival in Concorso Cineasti Del Presente in summer 2024.
Das satanische dickicht (2017), Was wahrscheinlich passiert wäre, wenn ich nicht zu hause geblieben wäre (2022), Skill Issue (2023)
