Kirschen Essen | cherry on top
short fiction | 17 min | 2024 | 1.78:1 | color | DCP | 5.1 | german
When Mara, an analytical law student who has been unable to relate to anyone both physically and emotionally since a childhood abuse, is confronted with her pedophile rapist’s new love interest, she confronts the question of what justice is.

















CREDITS
Cast: Jule Hermann, Michael Foerster, Mona Kloos, Chieloka Nwokolo
Writers: Emma Holzapfel, Nandi Nastasja
Director: Nandi Nastasja
Director of Photography: Benedict Uphoff
Editor: Emma Holzapfel
Producers: Viviane Franquinet, Alexa Josef
Production Design: Felix Glawion
Costume Design: Jacqueline Koch
Hair & Make-Up: Jacqueline Koch
1st AD: Linda Bockmeyer
Script Continuity: Nikolai Paul
On Set Sound: Till Kauffer
Boom Operators: Daniel Erben, Jonas Winkler
Gaffer: Leon Golz
1st AC: Matthias Mischkolin, Daryl Ubido
2nd AC: Jonas Dohn, Lina Marzin
Best Boy: Leon Streveld
Electricians: Lasse Falk, Omoregie Osakpolor, Ron Vodovozov
Loading Aid: Fabian Nübling, Terry Kraatz, Dominic Schulz
Set Runner: Maja Rod, Maximilian Wiedemann
Assistant Production Design: Adja Jakomini, Luca-Joana Geisler, Carina Borgards
Assistant Costume Design: Isabel Snebli, Madeleine Badayei
Production Assistants: Linda Bockmeyer, Carina Borgards
Graphics: Barbara Reisner
Casting: Jessica Layher, Olga Melnyk
Intimacy Coordinator: Florian Federl
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Co-Production: Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg