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A Mean Time Between Failures 2019

The surreal short film portrays the story of a couple, who have lost their daughter in a car accident and must relive this tragedy, after Mary - the wife - forgets the traumatic experience after a brain operation. The film follows Frank - the husband - who tries to find and reconnect with Mary in both reality and the dream world.

"A Mean Time Between Failures" is a short graduate thesis film of Alison Burns and Daniel Menzel within the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt Bachelor of Arts program. 

Awards / Screenings
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Finalist in The Lift-Off Sessions 2020 (Pinewood Studios, UK)
Official Selection in Rome Prisma Award 2020 (Rome, Italy)
Nominated for Hessischen Hochschulfilmpreis 2019 (Frankfurt, Germany)
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Cast   J. David Hinze, Sarah Blake, Johanna Miller, Gerrit-Milena Falker, Miriam Zeller

Director + Writer   Alison Burns
1 AD + Producer   Hyung Guhn "Hugo" Yi
Assistant Producer   Marie Marxmeier​​

​​Director of Photography   Daniel Menzel
​Camera Assistants   Tim Brunkhorst, Anja Giele, Sophie Krieg, Janina Lutter, Lukas Materzok, Charlotte Paulsen,  Johannes Tran
​Gaffer   Darius Sobolewski, Fabian Geisbühl, Georg Gilstein, Sophie Krieg, Lukas Materzok 
​Set Manager   Naima Bouzouida, Simon Hauck, Ekaterina Mais, Hyung Guhn “Hugo” Yi
​Production Sound   Philipp Bodor, Marieke Czogalla, Dave Lowbay, Alex Simonov, Nico Spahn
​Set Decorator   Sophia Glänzer
​Makeup Artist   Charlotte Burns
Practical FX   ​Philipp Heinrich 
VFX Supervisor   ​Simon Hauck
Catering   Hanna Möbus, Lea Schliebusch
Set Driver   ​Young-Chae Lim

Editor   ​Alison Burns
Colour Grader   Benjamin Meyer
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Sound Design + Mixing   Till Gerneth
Music   David Kafka
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Making of Footage   Carolin Glomp
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