ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Best Short Student Fiction
Micha Muhl
Germany,
Fiction,
German,
00:14:30
Gilles celebrates his finissage while his severely overweight brother passes out drunk. Upon waking, he discovers ‘Art has no borders’ on the back of his head—and pretends to be unconscious, triggering a bizarre rescue operation involving a fire crane.

Film block:
STUDENT FICTION / ON VIOLENCE AND ALIENATION
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 2
- Language German
- Country Germany
- Genre Fiction
- Cinematographer Sebastian Ganschow
- Scriptwriter Micha Muhl
- Producer Max Koehler
- Music Micha Muhl
- Editor Chris Hans
- Cast Burak Yigit, Hakan Orbeyi, Nico Ehrenteit
- Year of creation 2025
- Duration 00:14:30

Born in 1995 in Chur, Switzerland and raised in Zurich, Micha Muhl came straight to film after school. After working on the cheapest and most expensive film sets in Europe and a master school with a Swiss scandal director, he found a suitable place at the famous Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in the tiny town of Ludwigsburg.
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