a short film by Michelle Pröstler
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Have you ever been so completely lost, you couldn't find any more reasons to go on?
Have you ever been hurting so much, you couldn't face another soul?
Have you ever been screaming so loud inside of your head, you lost your voice and became just quiet?
Have you ever been so deeply, heart wrenchingly sad, that all you wanted to do was save your loved ones from the "awful person" that you were - and just disappear?
Then maybe this short film is for you.
On the edge of giving up, a woman at rock bottom crosses paths with a rejected teenage girl — two strangers with nothing left to lose who, through shared pain, forge an unexpected bond and a flicker of something like healing.
Genre: Drama
Location: Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Shooting days: 3
Length: 10-13 minutes
Spoken language: Icelandic
Everybody involved in this short film is hard working and putting all their passion into it. But in order to actually shoot the best film possible, we need funding that will go into:
• Food & drinks for the crew
• Camera equipment rental
• Sound equipment rental
• Props, set-dress & make-up
When times are hard, it seems easy to give up, but there is always something worth going on for - even if it is to help a stranger who pushed everybody away, when all they really need is somebody to push back. Somebody to care.
Because the thing is: none of us are alone, even when it feels like we are.
So in the end of the day, all that really matters is that we treat each other with understanding and kindness instead of judgement. You never know what the next person you come across is going through. Maybe they have been abandoned. Maybe their own personal world just ended. Maybe they are just having a very bad day. Maybe things have been so bad, they are out of solutions and are about to throw their life away.
A smile, some kind words, compassion go a long way. And sometimes a cheap hot chocolate can maybe not fix everything, but feel like a safe soft place, a home, a space for a calm in the raging storm.
Michelle Pröstler (1990) is a German author turned screenwriter and filmmaker based in Iceland.
She moved to Iceland in the summer of 2022 where she started her studies at Kvikmyndaskóli Íslands in "Screenwriting & Directing" and graduated in February 2025 with the short film "And then the world stopped.".
Her short documentary "MISPLACED" was in the official selection of the Icelandic Stockfish Festival 2024. Her short film "After the Rain" was in the official student film selection of the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) 2024.
She has published 5 novels in Germany since 2022 and is currently working on her next short film "Awful people".
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15907401/
Elma Dís Davíðsdóttir was born and raised in Seltjarnarnes.
In the spring semester of 2025 she graduated from Kvikmyndaskóli Íslands in "Producing & Directing" with the short film "Strákastelpa".
She gained attention from her short documentary "I am just Elma" getting an honourable mention from Stockfish 2025.
Director: mcproestler@gmail.com
Producer: emmadavid97@gmail.com
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