Trance

by Jona Schloßer

Filmakademie Ludwigsburg, Germany

Synopsis

Exhausted, Yasmin (28) struggles through her shift as a paramedic. She fights her way through the day, juggling critical emergency calls and the pressure of supporting her family alone. When she's forced to secretly take her little sister along in the ambulance, she's on the verge of losing control on the way to a cardiac arrest.

Director's biography

Jona Schloßer is a filmmaker with a strong narrative voice and visual sensibility. At 16, he directed his first feature-length documentary, My Big Journey (2018), chronicling his time aboard a traditional sailing ship. Following his high school graduation in 2019, he gained on-set experience across various feature films and series productions. His directorial debut, the short film Forgive Me, Father, won the German Youth Film Award and the Newcomer Prize at the Federal Festival of Young Film in 2021, and was selected for the LA Shorts International Film Festival. In 2022, his short film Allein was again awarded the German Youth Film Award. Since 2021, Jona has been studying directing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His 2025 social spot KUNYE was named a Top 10 finalist at the German Advertising Film Award and won silver at the 1.4 Award. Based in Munich.

Credits

Director: Jona Schloßer

Screenplay: Amar Mehmedovic, Jona Schloßer

Cinematography: Jona Riese

Editing: Katharina Jung

Music: Hannes Ohde

Producer: Sophia Beatrice, Hanna Martsensen

Sound design: Katharina Jung

Specifications

Original title: Trance

Running time: 20'

Film type: Fiction

Country: Germany

Completion date: January, 2026