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Sophie Linnenbaum’s graduation film for her Master‘s degree at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF describes a world run by “main characters“ and supported by “side characters“, while the ”outtakes“ are marginalized and oppressed.

16-year-old Paula has worked her way up from the status of a simple supporting character and is about to take the crucial test to become a main character, but she simply isn‘t able to create the kind of emotional music required by the test. Searching for a solution, she finds herself in the world of the ostracised outtakes with whom she has more in common than she might have initially wished for...