The world of the hellriders: men and motorbikes, speed and stunts, gasoline and adrenaline. Racing their antique bikes around the wood-panelled walls of a circular tower, the riders appear to defy gravity while the captivated audience peers down from above. MOTODROM stylishly captures the atmosphere in beautiful black-and-white imagery using energetic camerawork and pulsating sound. A dying fairground attraction portrayed in a thrilling homage at 5000 rpm.

Original title: Motodrom
Director: Jörg Wagner
Cinematography: Peter Drittenpreis, Ayhan Salar, Patrick Orth
Production: Dirk Manthey
Editor: Andrew Bird
Cast: Hugo Dabbert, Jagath Perera, Tomasz Wyszomirski
Dialogue: without dialogue
Clearance of minors: 0 years
FBW rating: particularly valuable
Licensed territory: Worldwide
Themes: Suspense, Sport, Work

2008
Tiburon International Film Festival

2007
Flickerfest - International Short Film Festival Sydney
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Sundance Film Festival
Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
Adelaide Film Festival
ZagrebDox - International Documentary Film Festival
True/False Film Festival Columbia Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Diagonale Graz
Augsburger Kurzfilmwochenende
Aspen Shortsfest
Calgary Underground Film Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Durham
Ambulart - Muestra de Arte Audiovisual Quito
Götersloher Kurzfilmfestival
Festival of German Films in Australia Boston Independent Film Festival
Nemo Film Festival Paris
Courtisane Festival Gent
International Eskisehir Film Days Sydney Film Festival
SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival Nantucket Film Festival
New Zealand Film Festival Auckland/Wellington
Sarajevo Film Festival
Vladivostok International Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Aarhus Film Festival
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Izmir International Short Film Festival Interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin
Leeds International Film Festival

2006
Tampere International Short Film Festival
IndieLisboa – International Independent Film Festival
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein Augenweide Kiel
Vienna Independent Shorts
Soester Kurzfilmtage
Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg
Worldwide Shortfilm Festival Toronto Los Angeles Shorts Film Festival
FanTasia Film Festival Montreal
Curtas Vila Do Conde
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival
Dokufest Prizren
Open-air Filmfestival Weiterstadt Edinburgh International Film Festival Odense Film Festival
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
International Students Festival of Film Art Baltschik
Tinklai International Short Film Festival Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg Umeå Internationella filmfestival
Helsinki International Film Festival Kurzfilmfestival Halbbilder Magdeburg FilmLichter International Short Film Festival Detmold
Cinessonne - Festival du Cinéma Européen en Essonne Ris Orangis
Cork Film Festival
Unabhängiges FilmFest Osnabrück Festival du Cinéma Allemand Paris Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfesival Doc/Fest - Sheffield International Documentary Festival
Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig Interfilm Berlin
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm & Videofest Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur ALCINE - Festival de Cine da Alcalá de Henares
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis Deutschland
Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio Siena
Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden
Teheran International Short Film Festival
zwergWERK - Oldenburger Kurzfilmtage
IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Schwenninger Kurzfilmfestival Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival Tallin
Short Cuts Cologne - Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Köln
CurtaCinema-Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro
Festival du Film de Vendôme
Tirana International Film Festival

2009
Best Shortfilm, Shortfilmslam Hamburg

2007
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking, Sundance Film Festival
Best Cinematography Award, Aspen Shortsfest Best Documentary and Best Editing, International Festival of Independent Cinema Elche

2006
Award for the Best Short Film, 10. Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein Augenweide, Kiel
ZDF Dokukanal Award for the Best Documentary Film, 22. Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg
Nomination for the "German Short Film Award 2006"
1. Prize (German Competition) "Regensburger BMW-Kurzfilmpreis", 13. Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
1. Jury Award short cuts cologne nº9
Onda Curta Award, Curtas Vila Do Conde
Prize for the Best Documentary, Kurzfilmfestival Halbbilder Magdeburg
Jury Special Mention, Cork Film Festival
Jury Special Mention, International Students Festival of Film Art Baltschik