ROMY ICH BIN KRANK / ROMY I´AM SHY
Short Documentary by Andreas Grützner / 14 :57 min. Hamburg / Germany 2013
English
Juergen Vollmer met The Beatles 1960 in Hamburg music club Kaiserkeller. They hung around together, Vollmer started photographing them and when they met again in Paris, The Beatles insisted to get his haircut. Narrow-minded Hamburg in the 50th and 60th made him escape to
Paris. He took pictures of beatniks while having sex, moved on to New York and L.A., where he started his career as set photographer on Hollywood filmsets (J.V.: ‘It was awful most of the time’) and took picture of several stars.
A montage of animated sequences, interviews and original artist
photos.
German
Jürgen Vollmer lernte die Beatles 1960 im Kaiserkeller kennen, hing mit ihnen ab, fotografierte sie, erfand die Pilzkopffrisur und schnitt den Beatles 1961 die Haare. Jürgen Vollmer rebellierte gegen die spießigen 50iger und 60iger Jahre in Hamburg, floh nach Paris fotografierte u.a. Anfang der 60iger “Halbstarke“ beim Sex, landete dann später in New York und LA, arbeitete als Fotograf für Hollywoodfilme (“Es war meistens furchtbar“ – O-Ton) und fotografierte diverse Stars.
Der Film ist eine Montage aus Animationssequenzen, Interviews
und Fotografien von Jürgen Vollmer.
Awards
moscowshorts / Moscow / Russia / 6.2018
Award for best documentary shortfilm
California Film Awards / California / USA / 1.2016
Silver Award foreign film competition
Mosaik World Film Festival / Rockford, Illinois / USA / 8.2015 –
Award for best documentary shortfilm
48th WORLDFEST HOUSTON / Houston / USA 4.2015 –
Special jury award for best documentary shortfilm
Shortcutz Berlin /
Nominees for the shortcutz Berlin Award 2014 / Germany / 3.2015
Orlando Filmfestival / Orlando / USA 10.2014 –
Award for the best documentary shortfilm
Clipaward / Germany / Mannheim / 10.2014 –
Audience Award for Romy, ich bin krank
Shortcutz Berlin, Pflügerstraße 19 / Germany 19.3.2014 –
Winner of the Month 3.2014
Festivals & Screenings
moscowshorts / Moscow / Russia / 6.2018
Award for best documentary shortfilm
Barcelona Planet Filmfestival / Barcelona / Spain / 4.2018
Warsaw Short Framing / Warsaw, Poland 9.2016
California Film Awards / California / USA / 1.2016
Silver Award foreign film competition
International Film Festival/ Lublin / Poland / 27.11.2015
Deutsches Filmmuseum / Frankfurt / Germany 27.10.2015
New York Independent Festival / New York / 10.2015
Mosaik World Film Festival / Rockford, Illinois / USA / 8.2015 –
Award for best documentary shortfilm
Int. Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg / Hamburg / Germany / 6.2015
Frederick Filmfestival / Maryland / USA 6.2015
Int. Filmfestival Ankara / Ankara, Turkey / 4.2015
48th WORLDFEST HOUSTON / Houston / USA 4.2015 –
Special jury award for best documentary shortfilm
SKEPTO Int. Filmfestival / Caligari / Italy / 4.2015
10th Athens ANIMFEST / Athens / Greece / 3.2015
NWShortFilmFestival / Vancouver / Canada 3.2015
Shortcutz Berlin /
Nominees for the shortcutz Berlin Award 2014 / Germany / 3.2015
Boomtown Film & Music Festival 2015 / Beaumont / USA / 2.2015
Shorts International Film Festival / Mumbai / India 12.2014
Int. Kurzfilmfestival Nürnberg / Germany / 12.2014
Cinema St. Louis / Whitaker, St. Louis / USA 11.2014
ALCINE / Madrid / Spain 11.2014
Orlando Filmfestival / Orlando / USA 10.2014 –
Award for the best documentary shortfilm
Moldist Filmfest / Kiev / Ukraine / 10.2014
Das Filmfest / Prag / Tschechien / 10.2014
TISFF / Greece / Thessaloniki / 10.2014
Clipaward / Germany / Mannheim / 10.2014 –
Audience Award for Romy, ich bin krank
International Films Festival Nancy-Lorraine / France / Nancy / 9.2014
Kunstgriffrolle / Heide / Germany / 9.2014
Portobello Film Festival / London / UK / 8.2014
CINEFRINGE FILM FESTIVAL / Edinburgh / Scottland / 8.2014
Vukovar Filmfest / Vukovar / Croatia 8.2014
CinemadaMare / Italy 7.2014
Int. Film Festival Salento Finibus Terrae / Italy 7.2014
Fusion Festival / Neustrelitz / Germany 6.2014
Ismalia Int. Filmfestival / Ismalia / Egypt 6.2014
festrioa int. filmfstival / Setubal / Portugal 6.2014
river fimfestival / Sorento / Italy 6.2014
Int. Shortfilmfestival Kiev / Ukraine 5.2014
Backup / Weimar / Germany 5.2014
Cellu l´art Festival / Jena / Germany 5.2014#
Filmkunstfest MV / Schwerin / Germany 5.2014
Newport Beach Filmfestival / Newport Beach / USA 5.2014
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile / Minsk / Belarus 4.2014
32 Int. Filmfestival of Uruguay / 4.2014
Taos Shortz Film Fest, New Mexico / USA 4.2014
ClujShorts International Shortfilmfestival Cluj / Romania 3.2014
Sofia International Filmfestival, Sofia / Bulgaria 3.2014
Shortcutz Berlin, Pflügerstraße 19 / Germany 19.3.2014 –
Winner of the Month 3.2014
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival / Germany 3.2014
Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Mediatheque / France 2.2014
Interfilm Shortfilmfestival Berlin / Germany 11.2013
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck / Germany 11.2013
Reeperbahnfestival Hamburg / Germany 9.2012
Shortfilmfestival Sapporo / Japan 9.2013
Docfest Sheffield UK 6.2013 Videotheque
Int. Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg / Germany 6.2013