REA

Oliver Helfrich and his wife Rea lead a family life dominated by violence and psycho terror – in the middle is their baby son Jonas. Oliver works on a promising project at his job, while Rea is in nostalgia and depression at home. Oliver decides to take their baby to his office. From then on, Rea makes him even more reproaches and feels like a failure in her mother’s role until her frustration finally erupts in domestic violence against her husband.

Year: 2019

Premiere Status: US Premiere

Screening in: Shorts Block 1

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany

Language: German

Runtime: 0:22:50 mins

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Director

Joanna Bielinski

Joanna Bielinski made short films since she was 11 years old. After her final exam she studied film at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mainz, Germany and finished her degree BA (Hons) in "Film Studies and Video Production" at Thames Valley University (University of West London) in 2009. After that she worked several years in the advertising and film industry. Today Joanna Bielinski works as a freelance film director and video artist in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.