World premiere

Interior

Local title
Interjöör
Original title
Interior
Director
Pascal Schuh
Country
Germany
Year
2025
Festival
29th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
First Feature Competition
Genre
Psychological drama, Thriller
Subject
society, LGBTQ, betrayal, based on a true story

Are you really sure you know what happens in your house when you lock the door?

The extraordinary debut film by Pascal Schuh tells the story of Kasimir, a burglar who uses a couch with a secret compartment to break into people’s homes and covertly film their private moments. The recordings are given to Dr. Liebermann, who watches them in a ritual-like study of human emotions.

“Interior” is a crystalline, voyeuristic cinematic journey that makes the viewer question the thin line between abuse and being abused, morality and empathy, tenderness and the strangeness of human experience. The abusive relationship is portrayed with an unsettling sensitivity, leaving the audience feeling trapped, much like being caught in the embrace of a praying mantis. The viewer will be drawn into the film’s slightly eerie atmosphere, a ritual dance of genius, dream, and cruelty. The film unfolds in a stylistically flawless structure, a martial-like architecture that links the provocative act of spying and observing the vulnerabilities of others, to an inseparable bond with human compassion.

A dazzling cinematic experience, and I’m convinced that this couch is already an iconic piece of cinematic history.

Fabio Tucci

Director
Pascal Schuh
Screenwriter
Joe Hofer, Timo Ackermann, Pascal Schuh
Cast
Andreas Nickl, Knut Berger, Daniil Kremkin, Monika Lennartz, Kristina van Eyck, Johannes Kühn, Malaya Stern Takeda, Ludwig Simon, Jennifer Sabel, Benjamin Kramme, Alma Löhr, Smilla Löhr
Producer
Timo Ackermann, William Eggert, Katrin Haase, Oliver Arnold
Cinematographer
Greta Isabella Conte
Production Design
Olga Gredig, Lore Walter
Editing
Frederik Franke
Music
Erik Johann Fodi
Sound
Philemon Montaser
Production
U5 Filmproduktion GmbH & Ko. KG | Schöne Aussichten
Runtime
Language
German
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Pascal Schuh

Pascal Schuh (1996) was born in Bonn, Germany. In 2017, he began studying film and television directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam. His bachelor‘s degree film “Auf Platte” (“Songs of a Caretaker”, 2021) was a finalist for the Student Academy Awards selection. His debut feature “Interior” won the Public Favourite Award at the Works in Progress International at PÖFF 2024.

Filmography:
Reborn Baby (2018, short, doc), Das Wie ist das Was (2019, short), Auf Platte (2021, TV Movie, short), Interior (2025, co-dir)

Interior (2024) - Feature Film

Bella Mamma Donna (2023) - Short Film

Auf Platte I Songs Of A Caretaker (2021) - Short Film; Student Oscar Finalist

Das Wie Ist Das Was (2020) - Short Film

Avec Plaisir (2019) - Short Film

Award for the best film, grant of 5000€ by

Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening100220 / Interjöör
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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