As Tim’s (18) time in High School comes to an end, he goes to parties, takes exams, has his first date with a classmate and secretly films himself at night. In these videos, he declares his hatred of women and announces his plans to commit an act of mass violence at his school. As his self-proclaimed “Judgement Day” edges closer his frustration continuously mounts, as he struggles to live up to his archetypical image of masculinity, both in his everyday teenage activities and in his self-aggrandizing videos.

“Performer is thus about toxic masculinity and a (planned) rampage – topics that are also hotly debated in this country. Of course, the film by director and script writer Oliver Grüttner cannot provide any conclusive answers, but it certainly gives some food for thought.” (www.film-rezensionen.de)

Oliver Grüttner, born in Berlin in 1987, grew up in Berlin and Berkeley/USA as the son of a teacher from Spain and an historian from Germany. After different stations in the film industry, among others as an Assistant Director on A COFFEE IN BERLIN, he began studying Film Directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) in 2014, where he made his first short films.

Filmography (selection): 2017 TWO YOUNG MEN SHOOTING A VIDEO (short film), 2022 PERFORMER