Skin on Skin
Brutal yet perfectly impersonal, almost sterile. That is the slaughterhouse where the lives of two men – security guard Jakob and employee Boris – come together. In this place where animals are turned into meat, a different kind of evil is growing, the kind that plays out between people. Exploitation, the abuse of foreign labor, unpaid wages. But even in such an inhospitable environment, there is a place for tenderness and love. The German social drama Skin on Skin is as raw as the meat that comes off the slaughterhouse’s assembly line.
- Germany
- 2025, 30 min
- Director: Simon Schneckenburger
- Director of photography: Nico Schrenk
- Editor: Lukas Wengorz
- Screenplay: Simon Schneckenburger, Marie Wagner
- Music: Marc Grünhäuser, Christoph Erling
- Sound: Julian Berg
- Cast: Jonas Smulders, Jurij Drevenšek, Christian A. Koch
- Art Director: Bartholomäus M. Kleppek
- Coproduction: SWR, Arte, 3sat
- Producer: Leon Döhner, Marc Colditz, Gerd Schermann
- Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Simon Schneckenburger
Simon Schneckenburger comes from Germany. He graduated with a degree in Fiction Directing from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His first short film, Borzaya (2021), was made during his studies and has been shown at festivals all over the world. It was also shortlisted for the Student Academy Awards. His graduation film Skin on Skin (2025) was nominated for the German Short Film Award and was selected for the Future Frames program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Currently, Simon is developing his first feature film and a miniseries.