Sophia Küstenmacher
FILMMAKING
PHOTOGRAPHY
WRITING
geschichte | Sorry Vienna
Fiction”
Sex kein Chaos geben kann”
WEDDING PORTFOLIO
Sophia Küstenmacher
FILMMAKING
PHOTOGRAPHY
WRITING
geschichte | Sorry Vienna
Fiction”
Sex kein Chaos geben kann”
WEDDING PORTFOLIO
The Matchmaker
A 20-Minute Live Action Short Film / Production by FURORE Film / Directed by Sophia Küstenmacher
Written by Sophia Küstenmacher, Tobias Bachem, Erik Kierzek
World Premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival, Official Competition
Amar: Mohammad-Ali Behboudi
Lise: Gabi Herz
Lothar: Paul Kaiser
Voices of the matchboxes: Julian Janssen, Dunja Bengsch, Arthur Becker, Louis Gering, Anna Luster,
Annika Neugart, Jonathan Jotter, Klaus B. Wolf, Alice Lefevbre, Lena Bacher, Paul Isselstein,
Leonie Maraska Menzel, Marlon Bienert, Enes Şahin, Mira-Belle Rose Bryld, Henning Grimpe
Crew
Written by: Sophia Küstenmacher, Tobias Bachem, Erik Kierzek
Director: Sophia Küstenmacher
Director of Photography: Jonathan Jotter
Editor: Tobias Kirschner
Producers (Furore Film): Julia Tilk, Erik Kierzek
Producers: Verena Hertel, Helena Bublak, Felix Nachbaur
1st Assistant Camera: Ferdinand Soldan
2nd Assistant Camera: Ida Ubl
Steadicam Operator: Johannes Neudert
Grip: Lorenz Bühler
Gaffer: Joshua Buchenau
Best Boy: Jasper Müller
Lighting: Alexander Baumgartner, Antonia Teichert
Additional Lighting: Natalia Brezewan
Colorist: Johan Nurmilehto
Production Designer: Sophie Horn, Afra Bruckner
Props: Anouk Friedmann
Assistant Production Design: Magdalena Braun, Timur Karayetis
Set Dresser: Paula Langer
Food Styling: Nuanz Dining
Costume Assistant: Lena Schauer
Makeup Artists: Nicole Semeniuk, Fatima Kanchwala
Music: Maximilian Kremser, Michel Berger
Vocals: Lena Halve
Sound Recordists: Jochen Wolkersdorfer, Luis Leinauer
Sound Assistant: Toni Flusser
Sound Design & Re-Recording Mix: Gerhard Auer
Conforming: Aaron Kuder
Subtitles: Cláudia Bilé
Script Continuity: Leon Celan, Miriam Keppler
1st Assistant Directors: Antonia Lindner, Fabian Weissenborn
2nd Assistant Directors: Maya Koutsoulis, Niklas Reinfelder
Production Assistants: Kaya Böttcher, Marlene Lidy, Katharina Graf
Set Photographers: Diego Reindel, Anosh Aibara, Maya Koutsoulis
Casting: Erik Kierzek
Credit & Title Design: Salomea Wörner
Redaktion (BR): Claudia Gladziejewski
Produced by: Furore Film
In Collaboration with: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
Co-Produced by: Bayerischer Rundfunk
Supported by: Freundeskreis der HFF München
© 2026: Furore Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
Full Credits on Crew United
A big thank you to everyone involved!