ONE ON ONE
Film - HFF Special 1 Filmfest 2023

ONE ON ONE

Directed by Saskia Kessler

Info

Director: Saskia Kessler
Section: HFF Special 1
Country: Germany
OT: EINS ZU EINS
Language: Sign Language
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Enrico Marino, Laurin Kusche
18+ (no age rating)

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Logline

ONE ON ONE

Enrico and Laurin are best friends. They play soccer, eat kebabs, stare at their cell phones and talk about their dreams and anxieties — as young people do — but they communicate in sign language. They are students at a boarding school for the deaf and hearing-impaired. Enrico dreams of a more inclusive society in which deaf people also play on the soccer team. Laurin, on the other hand, wonders how he will cope when he someday gets married and his deaf and hearing friends meet each other. This documentary gives insight into a world that is usually hidden to people who can hear.



  • Duration: 9 min.

Meet the director

ONE ON ONE

Saskia Kessler

Saskia Kessler majored in European studies at Maastricht University from 2014 to 2017 and sociology at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg from 2017 to 2021. Since October 2022, she has been studying documentary film directing and television journalism at the University of Television and Film Munich.

Credits

Screenplay: Saskia Kessler
Director of Photography: Jonathan Jotter
Film Editor: Saskia Kessler
Sound: Jakob Wahl
Sound design: Andreas Goldbrunner
Producer: Jakob Wahl
Production Company: HFF München