Film & Content

Film & Content — Amin Lakhal

“Schimmelreiter”

Awarded in Berlin and Milan

Berlin Short Film Festival · Milan Film Festival

Awarded Best Horror Short at the Berlin Short Film Festival 2026 and three prizes at the Milan Film Festival: Best Horror, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Design. Directed by Sami Bouguila, camera and editing by Kurt Richard, assistant director Amelie Boehm. I was executive producer together with Kurt Richard, co-wrote the script with Amelie Boehm, Kurt Richard and Sami Bouguila, and was responsible for project management and production.

Film website

Productions

From short film to company channel

Projects with material attached can be watched right here.

Selected

Production 01

Schimmelreiter — short film

Genre short film (2026), awarded at the Berlin Short Film Festival and the Milan Film Festival.

  • Executive producer, together with Kurt Richard
  • Co-writer of the script
  • Project management and production
Production 02

RLVVNT — “teer (im so lost)”

Official music video for the track “teer (im so lost)” by RLVVNT (2026). I was on camera.

  • Camera, together with Huu Thien Phan Ngoc, Asy Tetik and Kristoffer Müller
Production 03

formary × iThera Medical — case study

Customer case study for formary about high-speed prototypes for medical enclosures, shot in cooperation with Bebop Media.

  • Camera and lighting assistant
  • Camera settings and lighting on set

For formary

Production 04

formary YouTube channel

Company channel built from scratch. I produced most of the videos entirely myself, from concept and shoot to the edit.

  • 123 subscribers, more than 35,000 views
  • 65 uploads: 35 videos and 30 Shorts
  • Explainers, customer cases and tool tutorials
Production 05

Shorts & social clips

Short formats for formary cut from the long-form videos: compact explainers on materials, trays and processes.

  • 30 Shorts on the formary channel
  • Format adaptation from 16:9 to 9:16
  • Subtitles and motion titles
Production 06

Product photography

Plastic covers and enclosures for formary’s industry pages, e.g. robotics, plus cardboard blister packs for Roland Bittner GmbH.

  • Studio setup and lighting
  • Retouching and cut-outs
Production 07

Graphics & Design

Banners, social graphics and whitepaper layouts, the visual surface where campaigns become visible.

  • Banner for the blister pack page of Roland Bittner GmbH
  • Banner and ad sets
  • Whitepaper and download layouts

Student projects

Production 08

“A short stuntman” — 48h film challenge

Silent film about a job interview where something goes wrong. Made in 48 hours as part of a film challenge (2025).

  • Director
Production 09

Music video

Music video shot and produced: party setting with coloured club lighting, handheld camera and performance scenes.

  • Shoot and camera
  • Production
Production 10

“Lifted” — sound design

Complete new soundtrack for the animated film “Lifted” in Cubase: sound design, foley, ambience and mix to the silent picture.

  • Sound design and foley
  • Mix in Cubase
  • Picture: Pixar, sound as a university assignment
Production 11

Immersive mixes with d&b Soundscape

Two object-based mixes built from the original stems of Kendrick Lamar and Michael Jackson, presented at the Furtwangen University showcase (Werkschau).

  • Venue rebuilt in Soundscape, loudspeakers positioned
  • System provided by d&b audiotechnik
  • Supervised by Prof. Matthias Reusch
  • Pro Tools, Reaper and Cubase
Production 12

Low-poly short film in Blender

Self-produced low-poly animated film made during my studies, told as a silent film: modelling, animation, rendering and editing all by myself.

  • Furtwangen University, Media Informatics
  • Entire pipeline handled alone
Production 13

“Migros on the Mic” — podcast

University podcast that gives a voice to people with a migration background. Directed by Sami Bouguila (2025). I’m a guest in episode 2.

  • Guest in episode 2

Craft & Tools

Concept

  • Script and treatment
  • Shot list and storyboard
  • Production planning

Shoot

  • Camera
  • Lighting
  • On-set sound
  • Product photography

Post

  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Grading
  • Sound design

3D & Graphics

  • Blender
  • Motion design
  • Canva

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