Porcelain

Porcelain (2025)

Porzellan

On a remote German island, the inhabitants of a village come together to celebrate a traditional eve-of-wedding party. As the shards of the crockery smashed by the guests pile up, ten-year-old Fina struggles to keep a piece of herself intact.

Date of release
2025-04-05
Runtime
16m
Genres
Drama
Director
Annika Birgel

Casting

Interesting facts

Porcelain is a 2024 German short drama film co-written and directed by Annika Birgel. As per Berlinale's profile the film "is a tender, timeless reflection on the coming-of-age of girls in a patriarchal society. Through Fina’s eyes, the film looks at female role models and the experiences and emotions which shape growing up across generations."

Production

The film produced by Problemkind Film was funded by MOIN Film Fund Schleswig-Holstein, Board of Trustees for Young German Film, The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), German Films and German Federal Film Board.

Filming took place from 15 October to 22 October 2022, in Hamburg, Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein, under director of photography Lydia Richter.

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