38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Germany
2002 Fiction 28 min
Fremdkörper (Transposed Bodies) is the story of two inseprable friends, Jan and Jon, who are jealous of each other's phyiscal and mental capacities. They both fall in love with Marie and Marie falls in love with them...
With : Louis Marioth, Elias Zaghar, Oliver Elias, Patrick von Blume, Vera Baranyai, Sara Kneer, Grazyna Kania
Screenplay : Katja Pratschke
Image : Gusztav Hamos
Production : Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
Katja Pratschke was born in 1967 in Frankfurt am Main. From 1988 to 1992, she studied German and French literature at FU Berlin, before studying in Poland at the National School of Film, Television and Dramatic Art (PWSFTviT) from 1993 to 1995. Since 1995, she has worked as a scriptwriter. From 1995 to 2001, she studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. The photo-novel and photo-film Fremdkörper is her graduation film. Fremdkörper has won several awards, including the Golden German Short Film Prize 2002 (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis).