Estonian premiere

Skill Issue

Local title
Oskuste küsimus
Original title
Der Fleck
Director
Willy Hans
Country
Germany, Switzerland
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Children's Rights Programme
Genre
youth film
Subject
friendship, coming of age

An idyllic day in the woods.

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+

Director
Willy Hans
Screenwriter
Willy Hans
Cast
Shadi Eck, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Darja Mahotkin, Malene Becker, Charlotte Hovenbitzer, Lasse Stadelmann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Sina Genschel, Rumo Wehrli, Matthias Neukirch, Shadi Eck, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Darja Mahotkin, Malene Becker, Charlotte Hovenbitzer, Lasse Stadelmann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Sina Genschel, Rumo Wehrli, Matthias Neukirch
Producer
Julia Cöllen, Frank Scheuffele, Karsten Krause, Michela Pini, Matthias Huser
Cinematographer
Paul Spengemann
Music
isolée, Daniel Hobi, Christoph Blawert
Sound
Marco Teufen
Runtime
1h 34m
Language
German
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Willy Hans

Willy Hans (1982) 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)

Screenings

9th Nov, Saturday
14:45
9th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening020903 / Oskuste küsimus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration1h 39m
12th Nov, Tuesday
14:15
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening050702 / Oskuste küsimus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration1h 39m
18th Nov, Monday
14:45
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening110702 / Oskuste küsimus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration1h 39m
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