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#nippoff | Feature Documentary (2020) 10.0

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Completed On: 06 Jan, 2020

Director: Kay Becker & Nils Hünerfürst

Duration: 1 hr 37 min 38 sec

Genres: Docu-Feature, Experimental

Language: German, English, Japanese

Country: Germany

Submitted By: Kay Becker

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Out now on Amazon Prime US, UK and GER.

#nippoff is a Featured Documentary about Kay & Nils, two talky Berlin friends, going on the adventure journey of their lives. From Berlin to Ishigaki, Osaka, Kyoto, Hakone and Tokyo. A tour throughout Japan, where both men have to forgo one of their most important tools - to
speak!

14 days, 24 hours per day of no verbal communication.
What does that do to your own personality?
How does such a social experiment affect the mutual friendship, but above all, as Nils and Kay asked themselves, who are we without our words?

Of particular interest is the edit. Kay & Nils have taken great care to ensure that the tranquility, the sense of isolation, of being alone and not communicating were transported exactly as they were on the ground. #nippoff is an authentic movie that works without any verbal dialogues from departure on. A film in which the dreariness of everyday life almost crushes you.

We wanted to produce a film experience that is really different from the rest right now. A film who shows what happens when communication, no matter what language, does not
really work anymore. Forcing the viewer to listen and to fully engage with what we experienced. Staying silent and listen - just like us.

  • Directors
    Kay Becker
  • Directors
    Nils Hünerfürst
  • Producer
    Kay Becker
    HIMHIMHER GmbH
  • Co-Producer
    Juliane Keck
    OHANA PM GmbH
  • DOPs
    David Südel
  • DOPs
    Alexander Wendler
  • Edit
    Nils Hünerfürst
  • Cast
    Kay Becker
  • Cast
    Nils Hünerfürst
  • Associate Producer
    Angelo D´Agostino
  • Film Type
    Docu-Feature, Experimental
  • Genres
    Roadmovie,Social Experiment,Drama,LGBTQ
  • Runtime
    1 hours 37 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date
    06 Jan, 2020
  • Production Budget
    280.000 EUR
  • Country of Origin
    Germany
  • Country of Filming
    Finland, Germany, Japan, Turkey
  • Film Language
    German, English, Japanese
  • Shooting Format
    HD (1080i/1080p)
  • Aspect Ratio
    LB 1.85
  • Film Color
    Color
  • Student Project
    No
  • First-time Filmmaker
    Yes

Director's Biography

In 1985 Kay was born in Potsdam as a classical fringechild. Moving between Berlin and Brandenburg several times, he decided to finish high school on the country side and not emigrate with his family to Switzerland.

Since the age of 15, Kay has been working continuously on his professional career. After several detours in front of the film and photo camera, he successfully completed his apprenticeship as an Event Manager in 2009 and since then has worked his way up on various projects. The following years were peppered with editorial film and television experiences, as well as editor training.

In 2013 Kay founded his own online production company HIMHIMHER and invested everything he learned so far. He produced various online and offline spots for well known brands, created the online show „DIE SPREEGÄRTNER“ and directed different online spots. He writes film scrips, art directed photoshootings and lives through his passion.

Nils was born in 1991 in Berlin and moved pretty quickly to the community of Birkenwerder. After the usual ups and downs of primary and secondary school, Nils completed an apprenticeship as assistant to computer and electrical engineering. Subsequently, he successfully completed his training as a media designer for sound and vision at the IHK.

Nils is an excellent cameraman with his own views and the thirst for new fresh moments and attitudes. Also, his edits are impressive, where boundaries are crossed and rules are broken.

As the leading DoP and editor at HIMHIMHER, he realized various commercial productions and not only gained new experiences and skills, but also contributed with his very own handwriting and clearly shaped the success of HIMHIMHER.

Director's Statement

“What #nippoff means to me, I can neither put in a few words, nor put it so simply to the point. Having experienced this adventure not only as a private individual but also as a producer and director, this entire project has had such tremendous impact on my working life, my private life and, most importantly, has changed my view and perception of myself.

Since the beginning of planning in 2018, not a day went by without me thinking about #nippoff. Even now, months after the return and completion, I think, I reflect, I ponder, I regret? I miss it!

I think some people are fortunate enough to experience extraordinary things for a variety of reasons. Very different things, but things that will never make you feel like you were before. And that's exactly what #nippoff did to me.

I'm proud we made this movie, but the whole journey and all those feelings that are left behind make me even happier. We tried to give only a small sense of our emotions, in a very different and own
way. A way that maybe not everyone will like, understand or feel. That's okay. But whoever tried the same experience, I think would end up being not quite the same person he was before. At least that's how I feel. I think." (Kay Becker)

"Right from the beginning of planning #nippoff it was clear to me, that one day this means: "Okay - you have to shut up for 14 days, now!"

Not a problem at all, you would think… but in reality it was much more than a simple challenge. #nippoff demanded, as later in the editing room too, just everything.

From the first rough idea to the last cut, #nippoff was a unique project that probably noone could ever experience in the same way as Kay and I have experienced it." (Nils Hünerfürst)

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