Archive of films First Work, Then Play / First Work, Then Play
Germany
2022, 20 min
Section:
Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema
Year: 2022
After Maxi wins an important music award, the pressure for her to release an album only increases. But pressure equals crisis, crisis equals self-doubt, and self-doubt does not make for a creative atmosphere. Maxi’s inner child can lash out as much as it likes, but her inner cop won’t give it even a minute to play or relax. A playful, glitter-covered study of depression and burnout.
Synopsis
After Maxi wins an important music award, the pressure for her to release an album only increases. But pressure equals crisis, crisis equals self-doubt, and self-doubt does not make for a creative atmosphere. Maxi doesn’t know what to do. Her inner child is angry and resentful and her inner cop lowers her self-confidence, so she ends up feeling like a hamster on its little wheel – tired and useless. Brenda Lien’s graduation film is a playful, glitter-covered study of depression and burnout. She explores what it would be like if our inner child came to life and demanded the care and attention that we so rarely give it as adults.
Anna Kořínek
About the director
Brenda Lien (1995, Offenbach am Main, Germany). Filmography: Striated Stone Meets Fragile Ideals (2015, short), Call of Beauty (2016, short), Call of Cuteness (2017, short), Call of Comfort (2018, short), First Work, Then Play (2022, short).
Contacts
German Films
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Germany
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About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema |
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Director: | Brenda Lien |
Screenplay: | Brenda Lien |
Dir. of Photography: | Dubravka Kurobasa |
Music: | Brenda Lien |
Sound: | Lena Beck |
Editor: | Brenda Lien |
Art Director: | Nadine Wagner |
Producer: | Seemab Gul, Brenda Lien |
Production: | FLINTA |
Contact: | German Films |
Guests
Brenda Lien
Film Director