Skin on Skin

Simon Schneckenburger

Shorts Competition

An industrial slaughterhouse somewhere in Germany. Jakob is a security guard, while Boris from Bosnia does the slaughtering. Amid the cold and the violence, a silent bond develops between the two, as does an unspoken longing for freedom.

Nominated for the Shorts Competition award
All nominations

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Credits

Director
Simon Schneckenburger
Producer
Leon Döhner, Marc Colditz, Gerd Scherrmann
Year
2025
Country of production
Germany
Type
Fiction
Genre
Short film
Duration
30 minutes
Spoken language
Bosnian, English, German
Subtitles
EN
Production company
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
World Sales
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Dutch distributor
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH