SHORT / 2019 / 10 min / 35mm negative
Theater Lovers captures a moment in time. A young man of colour in a Berlin café gets approached by an elegant middle class woman who's interested in the book he's reading. Thinking she has him figured out, she is about to be surprised when she invites him to a theatre play later that night.
First Camera Assistant: Eduardo Mattos
Second Camera Assistant: Alex DePew
Clapper-Loader: Gregor Cunningham
Stills Photographer: Lucía Maraver
Chief Electrician : John F. McClellan
Electricians: Luka Matijašič and Virgile Bikindou
Key Grip: Luke Sullivan
Sound Recorder: Andrea Parolin
HMU: Artur Galeno
Stand-in for Mr. Abubakar: Basil Hylton
Storyboard Artist: Zeehyun Soh
Special Thanks
Anna Jarocka
Stefan Düll
Thomas Metzger
David Meynen
Jyrki Arnikari
Starring Saddiq Abubakar, Anne Alexander Sieder, Nela Mie Cara, Dirk Baumgarten
Director & Writer: Saddiq Abubakar
Produced by: Saddiq Abubakar and Kaspar Kamu
Executive Producer: Jochen Sturm and Mohammed Abubakar
DoP: Kaspar Kamu
Casting Director: Juliana Vaz
Line Producer: Maximilian Hink
First Assistant Director: Georgina Foley
Second Assistant Director: Danting Chan
AD PA: Lucien Noe
Continuity: Laura Tufano
Art Directors:Louise Pons
Set dresser: Sonji Jang
Costume Designer: Magdalena Starczyk
Costume Assistant: Dominik Szczepaniak