Alina Yklymova

Original title: Störenfrieda
International title: She Is a Good Boy
Short film | Fiction | Drama | 25 min.
Germany
Language: German
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Ava and Sasha stand for openness, visibility and a “right” way of living together. Then Gunter, Ava’s father, suddenly shows up: unemployed, loud, old-school and unexpectedly vulnerable. What begins as hospitality shifts into a clash of worldviews, until it becomes clear: closeness is not a theory, but a practice.

Störenfrieda is a tragicomic close-up of what happens when principles are forced to prove themselves in private.

Commissioning Editors: Brigitte Dithard (SWR), Laurence Rilly (arte)

Producers: Jana Klingseisen, Paul Hartmann

Screenplay: Lisa Brunke
Director: Alina Yklymova
Cinematography: Christian Neuberger
Sound: Roman Trost
Sound Supervision: Henrike Sommer
Editing: Lukas Wengorz
Music: Maximilian Schieder
Casting: Laura Buschhagen
Production Design: Nele Seifert
Costume Design: Janina Kaßan
Sound Mix: Henrike Sommer
Color Grading: Christian Neuberger

Festivals:
2022 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
2022 Biberacher Filmfestspiele
2022 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage
2022 Pride Pictures – Queer Film Festival Karlsruhe
2022 Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover
2022 Filmzeit – Das Allgäuer Autorenfilmfestival
2022 Bundesfestival junger Film
2022 Freiburger Lesbenfilmtage
2023 Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
2023 Filmschau Baden-Württemberg

Awards
filmreif! – The National Festival of Young Film 2022 – Bester Film
Filmzeit Kaufbeuren 2022 – DACHfilmzeit Innovations Preis
Düsseldorf Filmfest 2022 – Jury’s Special Mention