Schwarzmoll (2024) – A film by Alessia Mandanici

Written, directed, edited, casting by

Alessia Mandanici

PRODUCED BY

Tidewater Pictures
Holy Cannoli Films
Gigantic Studios

GENRE / LENGTH

Family Drama
19 min

WITH

Finja Leonie Meyer

Finja Leonie Mayer
Elisabeth Rath
Evi Kehrstephan

Elisabeth Rath

Evi Kehrstephan

Poster design for Schwarzmoll (2024) by Alessia Mandanici

Poster design for Schwarzmoll (2024) by Alessia Mandanici

A seven-year-old girl sets out to justify the mysterious world of her dementia-suffering grandmother.

BEHIND THE SCENES

Lead actress Finja Leonie Meyer on set of Schwarzmoll

Finja Leonie Meyer on set of Schwarzmoll

Festivals / Awards

25th Annual Woodstock Film Festival 2024 (Oscar qualifying) / Nominee: Mark Braunstein Award for Best Narrative Short

58th Hof International Film Festival 2024 / Nominee: Best Short Audience Award

23rd FILMZ Festival des deutschen Kinos 2024 / Winner: Best Local Short Audience Award

33rd Annual St. Louis International Film Festival 2024 (Oscar qualifying)

46th Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2025

13th Camarthen Bay Film Festival 2025 (BAFTA Qualifying)

26th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025 (Oscar Qualifying) / Nominee: Milbon Beauty Award

30th Stony Brook Film Festival 2025

8th Annual Indy Shorts Film Festival 2025 (Oscar Qualifying) / Nominee: Narrative Short Grand Prize

Grants

2022 Production Grant / Film and Media Commission Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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