THE SIMULATION OF BEING
A country vet is being persuaded by her ex-boyfriend, a cop, to issue a death certificate for a reclusive living painter, who allegedly died from a heart attack while painting his own daughter naked.
Director: Stefan M. Bürkner
Live-Action, Germany, 2020
17:47 min | trailer
nominiert für Southern Short Film Award 20MINMAX 2021
Stefan M. Bürkner started his career in the media industry with a leading role in a German feature film TV production, followed by few appearances in different TV Shows. He then quickly moved behind the camera and first studied directing and scriptwriting at South Seas Film&TV School in Auckland, New Zealand, later at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
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