J E S U S E G O N C H R I S T U S (Fiction, 51 min, 2021)
World premiere at the 71st Berlinale (Perspektive Deutsches Kino)
Int. Premiere at IFFR Rotterdam (Midlength)
Egon, a sleepless psychotic and oddball, encounters the messiah and a group of addicts at an evangelical parish in the countryside. As he takes Jesus at his word, his mental state gradually disintegrates. A character study.
starring Paul Arámbula, Sascha Alexander Geršak, Roxanna Stewens, Angelo Martone, Benjamin Stein, Zora Schemm
Written & directed by: David & Saša Vajda
Director of photography: Antonia Lange
Produced by: David Vajda
Edited by: Benjamin Mirguet, David & Saša Vajda
Funded by Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg and the German Minister for Culture and Media (BKM).