Phil Freeborn

In the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor “shine”. Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented drama student, gets accepted at the „Matteusz Gdula“-school. When she bears witness to some strange occurrences, she gets drawn into the bizarre and deadly web that surrounds the dark secret of the school...

Adopting the metaphor of a record’s hidden B-side, the film follows Leila—a singer, actress, and newly self-appointed filmmaker—as she embarks on her first feature “Berlin Telegram,” secretly directing and starring while journeying between Berlin and Paris. She collects lost footage and rewrites her own narrative, creating a poetic hybrid that blurs autobiography, fiction, and the process of remaking one’s story.