Mainland Pirates

Runtime

23 min

Year

2025

Country

Germany

Language

German

Type / Genre

Short, Student, Comedy, Romance

Director

Sandra Maria Irmscher, Katharina Irmscher

Writer

Sandra Maria Irmscher, Katharina Irmscher

Producer

Sarah Tschaikowski, Robin Kufner, Konstantin Kunze

Key Cast

Max Poerting, Julian Gutmann, Nils Thalmann

After having flirted online for months, FRANZ and HEINRICH finally meet in real life: They also hit it off offline. But while Heinrich is hoping to find „the one“, Franz‘ committment issues are triggered. They experience the 5 phases of a relationship during one date: from being in love head over heels, over their first big fight, to the end, at which two people find each other that should never have met.

Directors

Sandra Maria Irmscher

Sandra Irmscher studied German and English Language and Literature at the University of Augsburg and graduated in 2018. She worked as a secondary school teacher before she decided to become a story-teller herself. Since 2021, she studies screenwriting at the University of Television and Film Munich.

Katharina Irmscher

Katharina Irmscher studied History and German Literature before starting her screenwriting studies at University of Television and Film in Munich. Many of her stories draw from European history and literature and re-tell them with a modern twist. She writes feature films, series and novels, often together with her wife Sandra. Their short film “Mainland Pirates” was awarded best picture at the TakeOne Filmfestival in Innsbruck, Austria. In 2026, Katharina’s radio play original “The Witch from Pendach” aired at ARD SOUNDS.