“The promise of self-improvement is really a path to self-destruction.”

The screenplay of “Age of Worms” draws the audience in with comedic lightness, only to lead them somewhere genuinely unsettling. As social media continues to idealize bodies and masculinity, men grow more self-critical and dissatisfied. Our three protagonists chase that ideal into the woods and discover that the promise of self-improvement is really a path to self-destruction.

Berlin-based filmmaker, writer and producer. He studied media production at Offenburg University and went on to make numerous short films, commercials and music videos. His shorts “Gezeichnet”, “Peperit8” and “Slay Queen” screened at international festivals and won several awards. Co-founder of the Berlin production company Sinnflut Film, focused on narrative film.

“The greatest threat was never the forest.”

For me, “Age of Worms” is not a film about men’s problems. It’s about a universal human need: to be accepted as you are. Not as you’re told to be. In a world that constantly tells us we’re not enough, too small, too weak, too wrong, this film follows three men who chase those lies to their absolute limit.

Screenwriter and producer from Berlin, graduate of SAE Institute Berlin. Producer of “All Clowns Are Bastards”, winner of Best Trash Film at Fright Nights 2023.