1 min. 2012,
with dialogue, English
About running, about being behind, about big moments, about daily life..
Kuesti Fraun is an multiple-award-winning independent filmmaker and producer from Germany. His short film "BEN" was the winner of category "Best Smartphonemovie" at 2012's International Film Festival Frontale in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, and was awarded Best Short at International Film-Contest „Meet & Street“ by the Artcommission of Kreuzlingen Switzerland. It went on to screen at over 50 film festivals around the world, receiving a Marler Videoartprize- and a AVIFF Art Film Festival nomination in Cannes.
In 2014 Fraun won the People's Choice Award for his videoinstallation WAS IST SCHON GERECHT? at the Mediaartprize of Horb, and also receiving honors in scriptwriting being nominated for the Samsung Smartfilm Award during Berlinale International Filmfestival Berlin.
His special dedication to political and social themes find expression in the shortdocumentary "Trümmerfeld" and the mockumentary "Volkspark" both receiving People's Choice Awards and Juryprizes at annual Linke Kinonacht in Berlin 2012 and 2013.
In his diverse film career that spans over 15 years Fraun has contributed his passion and experience to more than 100 projects from media art to traditional fictional stories in pictures and sound, participating by himself and as a member and co-founder of the creative collective mobtik worldwide in numerous exhibitions, film and video presentations (e.g. International Shortfilmfestival Berlin, Köln Comedy Festival, Bunter Hund München), at festivals and events on all continents, on radio (Bavarian Radio, SWR and Germany Radio Culture) and television (including MDR, ARTE, Eins Festival, Channel5 Tobago)
Furthermore Fraun has also delved into the realm of live-action performances, being honored for his installation "Mal seh ́n wofür ich es noch brauch" as part of the exhibition "Jean Paul ein wenig anders" in the opening of Bayreuth`s Shortfilmfestival Kontrast in 2013, as well as in object art, receiving a prize award for the documentation of the building process of his sculpture "WWZD/ Quem chegou primeira?" by Goethe Institute of Salvador do Bahia Brazil in 2011.
For news and recent activities you can check www.facebook.com/mobtik
- kaputtccino (2014)
- `Spast Schon (2014)
- The Way The Cookie Crumbles (2013)
- Trümmerfeld (2013)
- Bonjour Liberté (2012)
- BEN (2012)
- Volkspark (2011)
- CAPACITIES (2011)
- WWZD? (2011)
- Sauber (2009)
- money4nothing (2009)