Jan-Ole Gerster

It was a pleasure to talk to DOP Tim Kuhn – about filmmaking as a collaborative process, his job in a penguin preserve, an intense experience watching The Passion of Christ with no way to escape and his love for exploring. And we bonded over a shared frustration of our missing green thumbs. Plus a bonus mention of Olivia Colman. We had a blast – Enjoy! Find out more about Tim and his latest work: https://schlag-agentur.de/tim-kuhn#!/1 You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

If she wasn’t an actress, director & producer, radio/TV host creative multi-hyphenate Désirée Nosbusch might have become an architect or interior designer. She talks about her long-standing fascination of exploring the past by walking through cemeteries, her latest film as a director – Poison – and the terrific motto of her Italian grandmother. It was such a pleasure – Enjoy this episode! Find out more about Désirée and her latest work: https://studlar.de/actor/desiree-nosbusch/ https://lindenfels-pr.de/schauspielerinnen/desiree-nosbusch You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

It was a pleasure to talk to director/writer Jan-Ole Gerster. About his new film – the vacation-noir ISLANDS, his former job as an ambulance driver, an intense experience watching SCHINDLERS LIST and his love for walking – and Mexican food. Enjoy! Find out more about Jan-Ole and his latest work: https://players.de/directors/jan-ole-gerster/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

We had a lot of fun talking to director Christian Zübert about his search for the perfect Spaghetti Aglio e Olio recipe, his Lord of the Rings obsession, one of his early jobs as a Sous Chef, the 90-ies film The Dark Crystal on kickstarting his film career and his fervent wish to be better at three point shots when playing basketball. Enjoy!  Find out more about Christian Zübert and his latest work: https://www.abovetheline.de/de/drehbuch-de/christian-zubert You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Actress Lea Drinda joined us in our latest Podcast episode to talk about the many things that make her happy, Paella, books and movies, her favorite project so far - “Becoming Charlie” and the pleasure to just be.  And on top she had some great talent recommendations – Enjoy! Find out more about Lea and her latest work: https://schlag-agentur.de/lea-drinda#!/1 You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

We had the immense pleasure to talk to actress Thea Ehre – about the random happiness of cleaning one’s apartment, the regret of decaf coffee, the joy of doing short movies and her secret obsession with Trash TV. We had a blast – Enjoy! Find out more about Thea and her latest work: https://schlag-agentur.de/thea-ehre#!/1 You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Director Mala Reinhardt shared her love for mint-flavored TicTacs, Malaysian Curries and reenacting the Jungle book as a kid with us in our current #ShortTake episode. The “Second Attack” filmmaker is one of German Films’ Face to Face ambassadors 2025. Enjoy! Find out more about Mala and her latest work: https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/artikel/detail/abschlussfilm-familiar-places-von-ma-regie-studentin-mala-reinhardt-feiert-premiere-in-locarno You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Devrim Lingnau is the German Shooting Star 2025 – Congratulations! She has had a very busy past few years, with several projects under her belt as well as her art studies. We managed to catch up with her for a thoughtful and fun conversation for this #ShortTake episode. Enjoy! Find out more about Devrim and her latest work: https://spiel-kind.com/femaleactors/lingnau-devrim/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Oscar® Winner? Check! But actually getting paid for directing… Well, let’s just say Jens Kevin Georg has a bone to pick with the universe about that. We had great fun with the director in our latest #ShortTake episode, talking about his favorite pasta dish, impostor syndrome and his terrific pitch of who should play him in a film about his life. Enjoy! Find out more about Jens and his latest work: https://www.georg-wie-der-vorname.de/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Actor Damian Hardung shares some interesting thoughts with us about the importance of truly connecting and understanding other people in our latest #ShortTake episode. But we also talk about his love for all things sport – especially if it entails a ball. He recounts a favorite memory from shooting and traveling in Italy as well as from his internship at a GP’s office. We had a lot of fun - Enjoy! Find out more about Damian and his latest work: https://die-agenten.de/profile/damian-hardung/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de