EINMAL WIEDER DIESER JUNGE SEIN

My mother started drinking when I was 8 years old. Family life got chaotic even more. The following years changed me a lot, and it took a long time finding my inner self again.
This is a story about lost trust, toxic relationships and disconnection to others, but also finding light in life again.

Directors: Jan Koester, Lisa Violetta Gaß
Germany, 2022
7:30 min | trailer

Jan Koester was born 1978 in Berlin. He spent his youth in small towns of western Germany, where he learned to love nature, adventure and trance music. He studied at Filmuniversity Potsdam „Konrad Wolf“ and won a silver bear at the Berlinale with a film about a rockstar that doesn’t want to age and prefers to stay in Nirvana. Jan co-funded the Talking Animals Animation Collective after university with animation friends and colleagues.

After working for almost every animation business there exists, he is now focusing on short films again, working on different subjects such as intimacy, body issues, masculinity and dancing. Jan is also exploring and working on an AR experience.

He’s also a photographer and a musician.

Filmography: (selection)

Brand, 5 min, animation (2019)

Tracing Addai (animation director), 30 min, animation (2018)

Eine Villa mit Pinien, 13 min, animation (2016)

Seeed: Beautiful, 3 min, animation (2012)

Our Man In Nirvana, 10 min, animation (2005)

Müsli, 2 min, animation (2002)

OPENING CEREMONY

Movies



  • SCHWIMMSTUNDE

    An elderly woman and her caregiver develop a secret attraction to each other while trying to untangle themselves from social taboos....

  • SAFT

    Meaty creatures must learn to share their juicy world with the pesky little bugs, before they run dry. ...

  • GOLDFISCHE KÖNNEN 30 WERDEN

    Jan and Jule’s relationship goes according to plan – just like everything else in their lives. Until they realize that although they don’t want to break up yet, they can’t imagine doing this forever. But there needs to be a plan for everything. And so, they decide to rehearse their separation... ...

  • EINMAL WIEDER DIESER JUNGE SEIN

    My mother started drinking when I was 8 years old. Family life got chaotic even more. The following years changed me a lot, and it took a long time finding my inner self again. This is a story about lost trust, toxic relationships and disconnection to others, but also finding light in life again. ...

  • DIE TELEFONZELLE

    Tom wants to throw a surprise party for his best friend Anna, since he’s a bit in love with her. Unfortunately, the bar has messed up his reservation - and the only room available at short notice is the phone booth in the backyard....

  • TABU LA RASA

    "What if I had just dared?" Thea's perfectly composed life suddenly gets completely out of sync with this all-questioning mind game....

  • EARL GREY

    Paranoid passion drives a young woman deep into the forest, but what will she find there? ...