CODE OF SILENCE
While pursuing a suspect, police officer Thomas loses his service weapon in a scuffle with the fleeing suspect. His partner, and long-standing friend Grebe, sees no other option than to shoot the suspect and kill him. Thomas is not entirely convinced that Grebe's actions were right, and now has to decide whether his moral obligation is to truth, or to loyalty.
Director: Leonard Mink
Producer: Leonard Mink
Screenplay: Clara Scheiner
Cast: Thomas Bartling, Nils Kreutinger
Leonard Mink was born in Bad Soden in 1994. After graduating in 2013, he began studying Economics (B.Sc.) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2014. Following the completion of this degree, he pursued a Bachelor's degree in Motion Pictures from 2017 to 2021 at Hochschule Darmstadt. Concurrently with his studies, in 2015, he founded the production company Seehund Media, where he works as a director and editor. He has garnered recognition for his work, including winning awards like the "New Talents" prize at the Eyes and Ears of Europe 2022.