Maximilian Bungarten

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N3ymar
(short, Ger, 2024)

Directed by Maximilian Bungarten
Director of photography: Tom Otte
Producer: Camille Tricaud, Felix Herrmann, Maximilian Bungarten
Sound: Francesca Bertin
Editor: Maximilian Bungarten, Mykyta Gibalenko
Music: Pablo Altar
Sound mix: Ange Huber
Color grading: Alexandra Poquet

Berlin International Film Festival 2024
Munich International Documentary Film Festival 2024
Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2024
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2024
İzmir International Short Film Festival  2024
Trieste Film Festival 2025 



The Age of Innocence
(short, 20 min, Ger, 2022)

Lev works at a construction site in a new suburban residential area in Western Germany. But things change, friends will leave and the forest becomes a place of desire

Eren M Güvercin, Jonathan Stolze, Lisan Lantin, Max Krause
Directed by Maximilian Bungarten
Director of photography: Tom Otte
Produced by Maximilian Bungarten, Camille Tricaud & Felix Herrmann
Line producer: Felizitas Hoffmann
Costume design: Laura Andraschko

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023
68. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2022
Filmfestival Max-Ophüls Preis 2023
Drama International Short Film Festival 2023 - Special Mention International Competition
KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln n°16 2022
Rencontre Internationales Paris/Berlin 2023  - Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris / Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin
Torino Film Festival & Talents and Short Film Market 2023 - presented by T-Port
15th Lviv International Short Film Festival 2023
Giornate Di Cinema Queer 2022
28 OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg 2023
Kreivės Vilnius Queer Film Festival 2023
Hive Short Film Days Berlin 2023
Mix México - Diversidad Sexual en Cine y Video 2023
Pink Life Queer Fest Ankara/Instanbul 2024
Una Isla Desierta - Tabakalera International Centre For Contemporary Culture San Sebastian 2024

“Maximilian Bungarten composed as director and editor from cool, excellently framed images of an emotionally cold and limited everyday life in a small West German town, from which two young men silently but desperately want to break out.” - Achim Forst for epd film


Take Me Home
(Advertising, 1 Min, Ger, 2022)

Melinda Mohajer
Directed by Maximilian Bungarten & Felizitas Hoffmann
Director of photography: Tom Otte
Styling: Marleen Johow
Hair & make-up : Sabrina Reuschl
Color grading: Florian Staerk

ADC Talent Award 2022
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2022
Fashion Film Festival Milan 2023
The Young Ones Student Awards - Student Silver Cube 2023
Berlin Commercial - New Generation Award (Nominated) 2023
Berlin Fashion Film Festival 2023


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