Directed by Nikias Chryssos
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, GERMANY
A weekend in Germany. Daniel (12) and his seventeen-year-old brother Patrick live together in a tower block in Germany, in a world without parents. Patrick forces Daniel to go around collecting money for the "hungry children in Africa" and plays sadistic games with him. Daniel escapes into fantasy worlds. As he suffers more and more from his brother's tyranny, he believes to have found a friend in Bernd, a heroin junkie from the area.
From Daniel’s point of view, Hochhaus (Tower Block) tells the raw, tough, and poetic story of a little boy who has to grow up too early, living in a world that doesn’t seem to have a place for him.
Category: Narrative
Run-Time: 29:00
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, GERMANY
Year of completion: 2006
Shooting location(s): Halle/Saale, Germany
Original shooting format: HD-35
Screening format: 35mm. Dolby SR. 1:1,85. German with English subtitles.
Principle Cast
Daniel Paul Preuss
Bernd David Scheller
Patrick Daniel Fripan
Vera Elisa Schrey
Crew
Written and directed by Nikias Chryssos
Producer Sophia Rosa Schwert
Director of Phootography Mathias Prause
Production design Bernd Trasberger
Editor Carsten Eder
Original music Bülent Kullukcu (The Mistakeman/Generation Aldi)
Costume design Sonja Hesse
Animation Felix Kiessling
Sound design Oliver Achatz, Janis Guckes
Additional music Bonnie, Prince Billy, Electronicat, Waldeck, Richard Wagner
Filmmaker Bio
Nikias Chryssos
Nikias Chryssos was born in 1978 near Heidelberg, Germany. He was a student of Film & Video Production in England 2001/2002. Since 2002, Nikias has attended the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany. His short film Down (2003) was shown at over 60 festivals around the world. He took part in the 2005 Berlinale Talent Campus and attended a Masterclass Programme at the UCLA in Los Angeles. He published several short stories and produced a remix for 80’s cult band Siouxsie and the Banshees. He is currently preparing his first full length feature film.
NextFrame Screening Dates
Aug. 1 - 4, 2006
NEXTFRAME WORLD PREMIERE
Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Chapman University
Program(s) screening: All Programs
Orange, CA
Web: www.chapman.edu
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Friday, Nov. 3, 2006
Bowling Green State University
Gish Film Theater
Program(s) screening: Award Winners
Bowling Green, OH
Web: www.bgsu.edu
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Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006
Indie Memphis Festival
Program(s) screening: Award Winners, Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Memphis, TN
Web: www.deltaaxis.org
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Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006
Eastern Washington University
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary
Cheney, WA
Web: www.ewu.edu
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Friday, Jan. 19, 2007
Grand Valley State University
Program(s) screening: Award Winners
Allendale, MI
Web: www.gvsu.edu
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March 2 & 5, 2007
Morehead State University
Breckenridge Hall
Program(s) screening: Award Winners
Morehead, KY
Web: www.moreheadstate.edu
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March 21 - 22, 2007
University of Northern Iowa
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary
Cedar Falls, IA
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March 26, 2007
Flagler College Auditorium
Flagler College
Program(s) screening: Award Winners
St. Augustine, FL
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March 30, 2007
Coolidge Corner Theater
New England Institute of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Brookline, MA
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April 19, 2007
Griffith Film School
South Brisbane
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Queensland, Australia
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April 20, 2007
St. Olaf College
Program(s) screening: Award Winners
Northfield, MN
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April 27 - May 7, 2007
Cinefest Fairfield
Fairfield University
Program(s) screening: Award Winners
Fairfield, CT
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April/May 2007
University of Tennessee
School of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Knoxville, TN
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May 2007
The Reel
Temple University
Program(s) screening: Award Winners
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Contact: NextFrame
Web: www.temple.edu/nextframe
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