Title	THE SMALL ESCAPE
Brand	BMW AG
Product/Service	BRAND COMMUNICATION
Category	A04. Production Design / Art Direction
Entrant	JUNG VON MATT Hamburg, GERMANY
Idea Creation	JUNG VON MATT Hamburg, GERMANY
Production	TEMPOMEDIA Hamburg, GERMANY

Name	Company	Position
Thim Wagner	Jung von Matt AG	Executive Creative Director
Max Lederer	Jung von Matt AG	Executive Creative Director
Andreas Ernst	Jung von Matt AG	Managing Director
David Leinweber	Jung von Matt AG	Group Creative Director
Jan Anderßen	Jung von Matt AG	Group Client Service Director
Florian Panier	Jung von Matt AG	Head of TV
Yannick Schreiber	Jung von Matt AG	Senior Project Manager
Alex Feil	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Director
Khalid Mohtaseb	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Director Of Photography
Erwin Prib	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Production Designer
Vera Portz	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Executive Producer
Birgit Damen	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Producer
Emely Sudhaus	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Unit Production Manager
Csaba Lódi	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Art Director
Filip Marek	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Gaffer/Lighting Designer
Sosa Juristovszky	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Wardrobe Stylist
Melinda Szepesi	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Line Producer
András Hárskúti	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	1st AD
Iain Wainwright	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	Editor
Eric Schaechter	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	VFX Supervisor
Alessio Bertotti	Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH	VFX Supervisor
Sermed Darah	Spellwork GmbH	VFX
Emma Ashton	AH casting	Casting
Debs Hinkinson	AH casting	Casting
Phil Kay	Woodwork Music	Score
Christian Vorländer	2WEI Music	Score
Simon Heeger	2WEI Music	Score
Jens Thiemer	BMW AG	Head of Brand Steering and Marketing
Ann-Kathrin Raabe	BMW AG	Head of international Advertising and Campaign development
Daniela Sykes	BMW AG	Project Manager international Advertising and Campaign development

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

30 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, BMW recounts the story of the desire for freedom, ingenuity and engineering skill in the short film “The Small Escape.” It is based on the true story of a courageous man, who helped a friend flee East Germany by smuggling him across the Berlin Wall in a small BMW Isetta.

Cultural / Context information for the jury

1964. Berlin is a divided city. Flight from the German Democratic Republic is punished with an order to fire. Still, many people desperately try to cross the border. They forge identity papers, dig tunnels, climb into hot-air balloons and hide in cars going to the West – towards freedom. But as large vehicles are getting controlled more frequently and thoroughly, a West Berliner has a seemingly impossible but ingenious idea: the smallest and most inconspicuous car available at the time, the BMW Isetta, should help him smuggle a man across the border into the West.

Tell the jury about the production design / art direction. You may wish to comment on choices, challenges or effects.

“The Small Escape” was produced by director Alex Feil, camera man Khaled Mohtaseb and set designer Erwin Prieb in Hollywood blockbuster style. The props, costumes, vehicles and street sets were created in Budapest to stage a faithful 1960s Berlin setting. A checkpoint complete with wall and border strip was recreated resulting in an oppressive atmosphere which continues to grow throughout the course of the film to then culminate in a happy end.