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AFM Screening Schedule                                                         Lineup

                          Friday / November 2nd / 3:30 pm
                          Broadway Cineplex - 2 / Private Screening
                                                                               Upcoming Titles              Current Titles

100 Things                Saturday / November 3rd / 11:30 am
                          Broadway Cineplex - 2 / Private Screening
                                                                               100 Things                   A Jar Full of Life

                                                                               Alma & Oskar (WT)            Fack Ju Goehte 3
                          Thursday / November 1st / 3:00 pm
Dark, Almost Night        Arclight - 5 / Private Screening
                                                                               Dark, Almost Night           Hot Dog

                                                                               Drive me Home                Monky

                          Thursday / November 1st / 1:00 pm
                                                                               Endzeit - Ever After         Outmastered
Endzeit - Ever After      Arclight - 3
                                                                               Kingdom of Sweden            Playmaker

                                                                               Little King December
                          Wednesday / October 31st / 3:30 pm
                          Broadway Cineplex - 4 / Market Premiere
                                                                               Sweethearts
Kingdom of Sweden                                                              The Beast in the Jungle
                          Friday / November 2nd / 9:30 am
                          Broadway Cineplex - 4 / Market Premiere
                                                                               The Ground Beneath my Feet

                          Wednesday / October 31st / 11:00 am
The Beast in the Jungle   Laemmle Monica Film Center - 1 / Private Screening
                                                                               Library Titles
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PIC T UR E T R EE I N T E R N ATIONAL
                          P RESENTS                              100 Things

  100                                                            FLORIAN DAVID FITZ                                MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER

 THINGS
                                                                 Director, Scriptwriter, “Paul“                    “Toni“

                                                                 Florian David Fitz studied drama at the           Matthias Schweighöfer is one of the most
                                                                 Boston Conservatory. His acting credits           successful German actors. In 2011, he started
                                                                 include internationally acclaimed films such as   the    production     company      PANTALEON
                                                                 MEASURING THE WORLD (2013) and audience           ENTERTAINMENT together with Dan Maag.
                                                                 favourites such as VINCENT WANTS TO SEA           Schweighöfer is best known for his many hit
                                                                 (2009). JESUS LOVES ME (2012) marked Fitz’        movies, such as THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY
                                                                 debut as a director, followed by THE MOST         (2016) and THE MANNY (2015). He also
                                                                 BEAUTIFUL DAY (2016), which sold more than        produced, directed and starred in the first
                                                                 1.6 million tickets in Germany. 100 THINGS        German-language Amazon Original Series YOU
   HOW MANY POS S E S S IO N S DO W E                            is Fitz’ latest project as writer-director and    ARE WANTED (2017). In the PANTALEON
                                                                 actor alongside fellow German star Matthias       production 100 THINGS Schweighöfer is the
   REALLY NE E D T O E NJ O Y L I F E ?                          Schweighöfer.                                     leading actor alongside Florian David Fitz.

                                                                                                                   SYNOPSIS

                                                                 ORIGINAL TITLE       100 Dinge                    Toni loves his espresso machine. Paul adores his
                                                                 DIRECTOR             Florian David Fitz           smart phone. Toni can’t do anything without his
                          A F ILM BY                             GENRE                Comedy
                                                                                                                   hair-growth pills. Paul can’t function without
                                                                 LENGTH               115 min
                 F L OR I A N D A V I D F I TZ                   CAST                 Matthias Schweighöfer        Amazon, Siri and his sacred sneakers. Both can’t
                                                                                      Florian David Fitz           make it through one day without each other, but
                                                                                      Katharina Thalbach           every day is a constant battle to see who’s the
                                                                                      Hannelore Elsner             biggest and the best. Everything changes when
                           STARRING                                                   Miriam Stein
                                                                                                                   they find themselves sitting at home without
FLORIAN DAV I D F I T Z   AND   M A T T H I AS SCHWE IG HÖFE R   PRODUCTION           Pantaleon Films GmbH
                                                                                      in co-production with        any possessions, naked and freezing. It’s day 1 of
                                                                                      Warner Bros.                 a 100-day wager Toni and Paul have made with
                                                                                      Entertainment GmbH           one another. They’ve given up everything they
                                                                 STATUS               In Post-Production
                                                                                                                   own and will only get one item back per day.
                                                                 DELIVERY             Spring 2019
                                                                 NATIONALITY          Germany                      How much do we really need and who are we
                                                                 LANGUAGE             German                       without our possessions? Suddenly, everyday life
                                                                                                                   becomes immensely complicated,
                     C OM I N G SOON                                                                               but also incredibly simple for Toni and Paul if
                                                                                                                   there wasn’t the ongoing wager and their desire
                                                                                                                   to win over the other.
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               P RESEN TS             Alma & Oskar (WT)
                                      SYNOPSIS

                                      ALMA AND OSKAR explores the passionate and
                                      tumultuous three-year relationship between the
                                      Grand Dame of Viennese society Alma Mahler
                                      (1879-1964) and the Austrian artist and enfant
                                      terrible Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). In the
                                      early 1900s, Kokoschka was an up-and-coming
                                      painter, influenced by the work of Gustav Klimt
                                      yet with his own distinctive expressionist style.
                                      Considered one of the greatest expressionist
                                                                                          DIETER BERNER
                                      artists of the 20th century, Kokoschka created
                                      his most famous work using Alma as a model,         Director
                                      and the years of their relationship marked the
                                      most prodigious period in his life. A composer in   Dieter Berner was born in 1944 in Vienna. He
                                      her own right, Alma Mahler was a vibrant figure     studied at the Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and
                                      on Vienna’s art and music scene, and by the time    Berlin. Since 1969 he is a director for theatre and
                                      she started her fiery affair with Kokoschka, she    film in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, inclu-
                                      had already buried her first husband, composer      ding the ALPENSAGA, a TV miniseries, for which
                                      Gustav Mahler, and begun an on-again-off-again      he was awarded with numerous international
                                      relationship with architect Walter Gropius.         awards (including Silver Nymph Monaco, the
                                      ALMA AND OSKAR is a testament to the power          „British Academy Award“), THE LURE (Berlinale
                                      and perils of their passion.                        Panorama 1989) and THE IMPRISONMENT OF
                                                                                          JOHANN NEPOMUK NESTROY (golden Romy
                                                                                          Austria 2000). He played the male lead role in
                                                                                          Michael Hanekes first feature film THE SEVENTH
                                                                                          CONTINENT. Dieter Berner is a lecturer in
                                                                                          directing, screenwriting and film acting at

ALMA & OSKAR                                                                              several international universities: dffb Berlin, Film
                                                                                          Academy Vienna, Zurich University of the Arts,
                                                                                          HFF Munich. From 2004 to 2009 he was Pro-
                                                                                          fessor for film acting at the HFF Konrad Wolf in
                                                                                          Potsdam-Babelsberg.

                                      ORIGINAL TITLE      Alma & Oskar
                                      DIRECTOR            Dieter Berner
                                      GENRE               Biopic
                                      LENGTH              tba
                                      CAST                tba
                                      PRODUCTION          Novotny & Novotny
                                                          Filmproduktion GmbH
                                                          Amour FOU Luxembourg Sàrl
                                                          Wüste Film GmbH
                                      STATUS              In Pre-Production
                                      DELIVERY            Spring 2020
                                      NATIONALITY         Austria, Luxembourg,
                                                          Germany
                                      LANGUAGE            German
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                                                    P I C T U R E T R E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L P R E S E N T S

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         When Walbrzych experiences a series of mysterious
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         child kidnappings, Alicja Tabor, a journalist, shows
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         up in town. After years of absence the tenacious
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         reporter returns home to meet the families of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         the missing children and solve a mystery which
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         puzzles even the police. During her private
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         investigation, Alicja quite unexpectedly picks up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         a trail of dramatic events which started decades
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         earlier. In her quest for truth, the journalist faces
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         a new threat as well as the one she had been
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         running away from her entire adult life – the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         shocking secrets of her family and her own child-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         hood. As the story progresses, the dark criminal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         scheme binds everything together: the child
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         disappearances, the war-tainted past, the legend
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         of a lost treasure and even Alicja’s fate, who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         during her journey faces pure evil, but also finds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         allies standing on the side of good.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         DIRECTOR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Borys Lankosz – director, screenwriter, maker of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         feature and documentary films. Graduate of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Lodz Film School Direction Department. Member
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         of the Polish Film Academy and the European
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Film Academy. From the very beginning his films
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         received high acclaim from audiences and critics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         alike, both at Polish and international film festivals.
                                                                                                                                                                                             ORIGINAL TITLE   Ciemno, prawie noc         Already the director’s debut, REVERSE, received
                                                                                                                                                                                             DIRECTOR         Borys Lankosz              numerous awards, among others, the Golden
                                                                                                                                                                                             GENRE            Thriller, Fantasy, Drama
                                                                                                                                                                                             LENGTH           111 min                    Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival. The film
                                                                                                                                                                                             CAST             Magdalena Cielecka         was also awarded eight Eagles by the Polish Film
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Marcin Dorocinski          Academy, including for the Best Film.
                                                                                                                                                                                             PRODUCTION       Aurum Film
                                                                                                                                                                                             STATUS           In Post-Production
                                                                                                                                                                                             DELIVERY         Spring 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                             NATIONALITY      Poland
                                                                                                                                                                                             LANGUAGE         Polish
                                                         A FILM BY         BORYS LANKOSZ
                                BASED ON THE BESTSELLING NOVEL BY                 JOANNA BATOR
                            AURUM FILM PRESENTS IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH ODRA-FILM WFS WALTER FILM STUDIO ARTPARK DI FACTORY DREAMSOUND A POLISH FILM INSTITUTE CO-FINANCED PRODUCTION
                                                                MAGDALENA CIELECKA MARCIN DOROCIŃSKI IN A BORYS LANKOSZ FILM ‘DARK, ALMOST NIGHT‘
AGATA BUZEK PIOTR FRONCZEWSKI ROMA GĄSIOROWSKA ALEKSANDRA KONIECZNA DOROTA KOLAK DAWID OGRODNIK ELIZA RYCEMBEL JERZY TRELA SOUND DESIGN ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI KACPER HABISIAK MARCIN KASIŃSKI
           MUSIC MARCIN STAŃCZYK EDITING MAGDALENA CHOWAŃSKA MAKE-UP POLA GUŹLIŃSKA COSTUME DESIGN MAGDALENA BIEDRZYCKA AGATA CULAK PRODUCTION DESIGN KATARZYNA FILIMONIUK JAGNA DOBESZ
            CO-PRODUCERS PIOTR WALTER JAROSŁAW PERDUTA RAFAŁ BUBNICKI MAREK MAŚLANKA BORYS SZYC JAROSŁAW KUŹNIAR JĘDRZEJ SABLIŃSKI RAFAŁ GOLIS KACPER HABISIAK MARCIN KASIŃSKI
           CINEMATOGRAPHY MARCIN KOSZAŁKA SCREENPLAY BASED ON A NOVEL BY JOANNA BATOR MAGDALENA LANKOSZ BORYS LANKOSZ PRODUCERS LESZEK BODZAK ANETA HICKINBOTHAM DIRECTED BY BORYS LANKOSZ
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                                                                         Drive me Home
                                                                                                               SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                               Close childhood friends Antonio and Agostino
                                                                                                               grew up together in rural Sicily, desperate to
                                                                                                               escape life in their small village and discover the
                                                                                                               world. Now in their 30s they both live abroad but
                                                                                                               haven’t seen each other in years. When Antonio
                                                                                                               one day learns that his family house, since long
                                                                                                               abandoned, is about to be sold, he embarks
                                                                                                               on a journey to find his old friend and travel

DRIVE
                                                                                                               back to Sicily to reclaim it. However, with their
                                                                                                               relation forever changed, old conflicts and new
                                                                                                               revelations are threatening to put a dramatic end
                                                                                                               to their road trip across Europe. A generational
                                                                                                               story about finding a place called home, wherever

ME
                                                                                                               you are.

                                                                                                               DIRECTOR

                                                                                                               Simone Catania co-founded Indyca, an

HOME
                                                                                                               independent production company based
                                                                                                               in Turin, in 2007, together with friends and
                                                                                                               professionals. He has directed short films and
                                                                                                               produced international feature documentaries,
                                                                                                               among them BECOMING ZLATAN by Fredrik
                                                                                                               and Magnus Gertten, and more recently HAPPY
                                                                                                               WINTER by Giovanni Totaro (Official Selection
                                                                                                               Venice 2017 and IDFA 2017). DRIVE ME HOME
                                                                                                               is his feature debut as director.

                                                                         ORIGINAL TITLE   Drive me Home
                                                                         DIRECTOR         Simone Catania
                                                                         GENRE            Road Movie
                                                                         LENGTH           90 min
                 DIRECT ED B Y   S I MO N E C ATA NI A                   CAST             Marco D`Amore
                                                                                          Vinicio Marchioni
                                                                                          Jennifer Ulrich
                                                                         PRODUCTION       Inthelfilm s.r.l.
 S TA RRING M A RC O   D ’ AMO R E ( G O MO R R A H – T V S E RI E S )                    Indyca S.n.c.
                                                                         STATUS           In Post-Production
                                                                         DELIVERY         Fall/Winter 2018
                           IN POST PRODUCT ION                           NATIONALITY      Italy, Belgium
                                                                         LANGUAGE         English, Italian
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Endzeit - Ever After
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A different kind of zombie film. Female written,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        directed, shot and produced.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Two years after zombies have overrun the earth,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the German towns of Weimar and Jena are the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        last hold-outs of human civilization. Two young
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        women, VIVI and EVA, flee the confines of the
                        Directed by                                                                                                                                       Based on a Graphic Novel by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Weimar zombie-free community. Their journey
     CAROLINA HELLSGÅRD                                                                                                                                                           OLIVIA VIEWEG                                                                                                         takes them into a lush and beautiful post-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        apocalyptic landscape: in the absence of humans,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        nature has taken over. Finally realizing that the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        fight against the undead may not be theirs, a new
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        understanding emerges.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DIRECTOR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Carolina Hellsgård is a writer-director, born
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        in Sweden and based in Berlin. After studying
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        experimental media design in Berlin and film
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        at Cal Arts in L.A. she made her feature debut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        with WANJA which premiered at the Berlinale
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2015 and was nominated for the Berlinale Best
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        First Feature Award. In 2017, she was a Villa
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Aurora Fellow in Los Angeles. Endzeit - Ever
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        After is Carolina‘s 2nd feature film as a director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and the first zombie film with an all-female team.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ORIGINAL TITLE   Endzeit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 DIRECTOR         Carolina Hellsgård
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 GENRE            Horror / Zombie /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Post-apocalyptic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 LENGTH           90 min
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 CAST             Gro Swantje Kohlhof
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Maja Lehrer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Trine Dyrholm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Barbara Philipp
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Axel Werner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Amy Schuk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Muriel Wimmer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 PRODUCTION       Grown Up Films
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 STATUS           In Post-Production
                                                                                      A PRODUCTION BY GROWN UP FILMS IN COPRODUCTION WITH ZDF DAS KLEINE FERNSEHSPIEL IN COOPERATION WITH ARTE                                                                   DELIVERY         Winter 2018
             FUNDED BY MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG DIE BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS CO-FINANCER DREFA MEDIA HOLDING GMBH WITH GRO SWANTJE KOHLHOF MAJA LEHRER TRINE DYRHOLM
CASTING ANNEKATHRIN HEUBNER, BVC MAKEUP KATRIN WESTERHAUSEN (SFX) ASTRID STEBICH AISHA KING COSTUME DESIGN TERESA GROSSER PRODUCTION DESIGN JENNY ROESLER MUSIC FRANZISKA HENKE SOUND MARTIN WITTE SOUND DESIGN SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT RE-RECORDING MIXER OLAF MEHL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 NATIONALITY      Germany
                   VFX SUPERVISOR MARKUS FRANK VFX PRODUCER RUFIN WIESEMANN PRODUCTION MANAGER KLAUS SCHMUTZER EDITOR RUTH SCHÖNEGGE JULIA OEHRING IRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY LEAH STRIKER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER INGELORE KÖNIG PRODUCER CLAUDIA SCHRÖTER               LANGUAGE         German
                                         COMMISSIONING EDITORS CHRISTIAN CLOOS (ZDF) DORIS HEPP (ZDF/ARTE) BIRGIT KÄMPER (ARTE) WRITER OLIVIA VIEWEG DIRECTOR CAROLINA HELLSGÅRD GRAPHIC NOVEL ENDZEIT PUBLISHED BY CARLSEN, 2018

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Kingdom of Sweden
                                        SYNOPSIS

                                        Joseph & Mary are crossing the desert looking
                                        for a safe home for their unborn child. More
                                        specifically, they’re trying to reach Sweden, the
                                        land of peace, equality and IKEA. At the very
                                        same time, an older couple leaves the Promised
                                        Land in search of the Caribbean sun, eager to stay
                                        slim, fit and forever young. There’s no place like
                                        home, away from home. A very contemporary
                                        comedy about our constant longing for greener
                                        grass and a fresh start, anywhere but here.

                                        DIRECTOR

                                        Peter Dalle is a Swedish actor, comedian, writer
                                        and film director. He is most famous for LORRY,
                                        a long-running comedy show that premiered on
                                        Swedish TV back in 1989. Most recently he wrote
                                        and directed a 1939-set thriller AN ENEMY TO
                                        DIE FOR (Karlovy Vary 2012). As writer/director
                                        he also made AMONG OTHERS and ILLUSIVE
                                        TRACKS in 2003, UNMARRIED COUPLES –
                                        A COMEDY THAT WILL BREAK YOU UP in
                                        1997 and YRROL – AN ENORMOUSLY WELL
                                        THOUGHT OUT MOVIE in 1994.

ORIGINAL TITLE   Lyrro
DIRECTOR         Peter Dalle
PRODUCER         Patrick Ryborn
GENRE            Comedy
LENGTH           88 min
CAST             Claes Månsson
                 Johan Ulveson
                 Peter Dalle
                 Björn Gustafsson
                 Nour El-Refai
                 Sanna Sundkvist
                 Suzanne Reuter
                 Henrik Dorsin
PRODUCTION       Unlimited Stories AB
STATUS           In Post-Production
DELIVERY         Spring 2019
NATIONALITY      Sweden
LANGUAGE         Swedish
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                                                            PRESENT S             Little King December

                                                LITTLE KING
                                                                                  SYNOPSIS                                               DIRECTOR

                                                                                  Victor is trapped in the wrong life. The pragmatic     Ralf Huettner graduated from the University
                                                                                  aircraft engineer in his late thirties believes that   of Television & Film in Munich (HFF) in 1985.
                                                                                  divorcing his wife Julia was a blessing and that       His feature debut CRIPPLES GO CHRISTMAS

                                                DECEMBER
                                                                                  the acute hearing loss he suffers from is not, in      in 1987 was a major success and nominated for
                                                                                  fact, a stress symptom. He is certain that his work    the European Film Prize. After his follow-up films
                                                                                  suits his personality and that working with test       MUSTERKNABEN (2001), THIRTYSOMETHING
                                                                                  pilot Richard is “just fine,” even though Richard is   (1995) and A MERE FORMALITY (2006), Ralf
                                                                                  now his ex-wife’s new lover. As a child, Victor was    Huettner won a Grimme Prize for directing the
                                                                                  imaginative, musical and creative but his mother       hit series DR. PSYCHO. In 2010 he directed the
                                                                                  managed to cure him of these qualities. It was her     box office hit VINCENT WANTS TO SEA which
                                                                                  who forbade him to talk to Little King December,       won the Golden Lola for Best Film at the German
                                                                                  the peculiar creature who had affectionately           Film Awards. After being awarded with the first-
                                                                                  accompanied young Victor up until then. Victor         ever Metropolis Prize of the German Directors
                                                                                  was forced to say a tearful goodbye to his             Association in 2011, he followed up with the
                                                                                  imaginary companion. The exact same Little King        family franchise SHIVERSTONE CASTLE 1 and 2.
                                                                                  December, the size of a pencil, wearing a crown
                                                                                  and a purple coat, reappears to the adult Victor.
                                                                                  Even though Victor desperately tries to ignore
                                                                                  him, he stays and makes Victor realize that he
                                                                                  has forgotten himself and must try to win his true
                                                                                  identity back.

                                                                                  ORIGINAL TITLE        Kleiner König Dezember
                                                                                  DIRECTOR              Ralf Huettner
                                                                                  GENRE                 Literary adaptation, Comedy
                                                                                  LENGTH                tba
                                                                                  CAST                  Uwe Ochsenknecht
                                                                                                        Mina Tander
                                                                                                        Oliver Wnuk
                                                                                  PRODUCTION            collina filmproduktion GmbH
                                                                                  STATUS                In Pre-Production
                                                                                  DELIVERY              Summer 2020
                                                                                  NATIONALITY           Germany
                                                                                  LANGUAGE              German
PAINTING ©Michael Sowa/Verlag Antje Kunstmann

                                                                                  PAINTING
                                                                                  ©Michael Sowa/Verlag
                                                                                  Antje Kunstmann
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                                                 PRESENTS                                                     Sweethearts
                                                                                                                                                     DIRECTOR

                                                                                                                                                     Karoline Herfurth was discovered in a Berlin
                                                                                                                                                     schoolyard at age 15 and soon thereafter found
                                                                                                                                                     herself on the set of CRAZY (2001) next to Tom
                                                                                                                                                     Schilling (NEVER LOOK AWAY, 2018). Herfurth
     2 0 1 9 ON VALENTINE’S D A Y G E R M A N Y W IL L B E S U GE R E D , R O B B E D , D I A M O N E D B Y                                          went on to graduate from Berlin’s renowned
                                                                                                                                                     Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts and
                                                                                                                                                     soon launched her international career as The
                                                                                                                                                     Plum Girl in Tom Tykwer’s screen adaptation
                                                                                                                                                     PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
                                                                                                                                                     (2006). She then starred next to Kate Winslet and
                                                                                                                                                     Ralph Fiennes in THE READER (2008). Karoline
                                                                                                                                                     made her directorial debut with the romantic
                                                                                                                                                     comedy TEXT FOR YOU (2016).
                                                                                                                                                     SWEETHEARTS marks Karoline’s second outing
                                                                                                                                                     as a feature film director.

                                                                                                                                                     SYNOPSIS
                             AN A C T IO N C O M E D Y F O R G IR L S AN D B O Y S
                                D IR E C T E D B Y K A R O L IN E H E RF U R T H                                                                     It‘s double trouble when fate and an ill-executed
                                                                                                                                                     diamond robbery throw Mel and Lise together in
                                                                                                              © Anne Wilk                            a race and chase against time.
                                                                                                                                                     Mel, a professional criminal and single mum
                                                                                                              ORIGINAL TITLE   Sweethearts           looking to pull off her greatest coup, and her
                                                                                                              DIRECTOR         Karoline Herfurth     nerdy, easily panic-stricken hostage Lise are soon
  I T ' S DO U B L E T R O UBLE WHEN FATE AND AN ILL-EXECUTED DIAM OND                                        GENRE            Comedy / Action       pursued by the relentless detective Ingrid, who
                                                                                                              LENGTH           105 min
R OB BE RY T H R O W Y OU TOGETHER IN A RACE AND CHASE AGAINST TIM E.                                         CAST             Karoline Herfurth
                                                                                                                                                     always gets her man, or women, at any price.
                                                                                                                               Hannah Herzsprung     On the run, the mismatched and constantly
                                                                                                                               Frederick Lau         fighting pair have to dispose of the loot in the face
                                                                                                                               Christopher Doll      of a Berlin underworld also determined to get its
                                                                                                                               Monika Fäßler
                                                                                                                                                     hands on them and the precious stones.
                                                                                                              PRODUCTION       Hellinger / Doll
                                                                                                                               Filmproduktion GmbH   As the forces of law and disorder close in, Lise
                                                                                                              STATUS           In Post-Production    develops a liking for Mel, deciding she is going to
                                                                                                              DELIVERY         Spring 2019           help her ‚captor‘. Mel is far less than enthusiastic,
                                                S T A R R IN G                                                NATIONALITY      Germany               especially given Lise‘s idea of support. With no
                KAROLI NE HE R F U R T H , H A N N A H H E R Z S P R U N G , F R E D E R I C K L A U          LANGUAGE         German
                                                                                                                                                     choice the odd couple soon become a perfect tag
                                                                                                                                                     team.
                                                                                                                                                     But when Mel then adds the good looking cop
                                                                                                                                                     Harry to her collection of hostages and Lise
                                                                                                                                                     immediately falls for him, the chaos becomes
                                                                                                                                                     perfect - with a happy ending looking to be an
                                                                                                                                                     impossibly long way off.

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                                                       The Beast in the Jungle
                                                                                                        SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                        THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE is a film adaptation
                                                                                                        of Henry James’ 19th century novella of the
                                                                                                        same name. Set in a remote English country
                                                                                                        mansion and stretching from the Jamesian era
                                                                                                        to a globalized present-day setting, the film uses
                                                                                                        dance to recount the epic and unconventional
                                                                                                        love story of John Marcher (Dane Jeremy Hurst)
                                                                                                        and May Bartram (Sarah Reynolds). During a
                                                                                                        chance encounter ten years after first meeting,
                                                                                                        May reminds John that he once revealed to her
                                                                                                        a deep and menacing conviction that his life
                                                                                                        would be defined by a life-changing experience
                                                                                                        – one that was waiting for him “like a Beast in
                                                                                                        the Jungle.” Intrigued by his continued belief in
                                                                                                        this foreboding secret, May decides to stay by
                                                                                                        John’s side and soon develops feelings of genuine
                                                                                                        love for him. John is not able to reciprocate
                                                                                                        her devotion, preferring instead to resume his
                                                                                                        shallow life as a travelling businessman. Only
                                                                                                        when it’s too late, does John realize that the
                                                                                                        beast had already sprung into the jungle of his life.

                                                                                                        DIRECTOR

                                                                                                        Clara van Gool is based in Amsterdam, The
                                                                                                        Netherlands. She graduated from the Dutch Film
                                                                                                        & Television Academy in 1985. Her films thrive
                                                                                                        on the border between fiction and a form that
                                                       ORIGINAL TITLE   The Beast in the Jungle         is usually described as ‘dance-film’. RESERVAAT
                                                       DIRECTOR         Clara van Gool                  (1988) COURZAND (1993), BITINGS & OTHER
                                                       GENRE            Literary Adaptation / Drama /
                                                                        Dance / Love Story              EFFECTS (1995), EXIT (1996) and REIMERSWAAL
                                                       LENGTH           87 min                          (2004) are highly visual stories that are expressed
                                                       CAST             Dane Jeremy Hurst               through movement, dance, mise-en-scène and
                                                                        Sarah Reynolds                  montage. Her work includes successful adaptations
                                                                        Claire Johnston
                                                                                                        of dance performances for the screen: ENTER
                                                       PRODUCTION       KeyFilm, Amour Fou
                                                                        Luxembourg                      ACHILLES (1996), by the renowned English
                                                       STATUS           Completed                       group DV8 Physical Theatre won the International
                                                       DELIVERY         Winter 2018                     Emmy Award of Performing Arts (New York
                                                       NATIONALITY      Netherlands                     1997) followed by the award winning NUSSIN
                                                       LANGUAGE         English
                                                                                                        (1998), LUCKY (2001), UP AT DOWN (2003) and
                                                                                                        COUP DE GRACE (2011).
P IC T U R E TR EE IN TERN ATION AL P R E S E N T S   The Ground Beneath my Feet
                                                                                                     SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                     Lola, young company consultant, 100 working
                                                                                                     hours and 5 sports units per week. Conny, her
                                                                                                     older sister, paranoid schizophrenic and unable
                                                                                                     to leave the apartment.
                                                                                                     Conny swallows 120 sleeping pills and is saved.
                                                                                                     And Lola does not even tell anyone that she has
                                                                                                     a sister at all.

                                                                                                     DIRECTOR

                                                                                                     Marie Kreutzer was born in Graz, Austria, in
                                                                                                     1977 and studied screenwriting at the Film
                                                                                                     Academy Vienna. Her first feature length film,
                                                                                                     THE FATHERLESS, premiered at the Berlin Film
                                                                                                     Festival in the Panorama Special sidebar in 2011,
                                                                                                     receiving Special Mention for ‘Best First Feature‘.
                                                                                                     Her second film, GRUBER IS LEAVING (2015),
                                                                                                     was nominated for the Austrian Film Award and
                                                                                                     won Special Mention as ‘Best Film‘ at the Zurich
                                                                                                     Film Festival. In 2016, her third feature film WE
                                                                                                     USED TO BE COOL also premiered at the Zurich
                                                                                                     Film Festival in competition. After finalizing her
                                                                                                     first TV movie EMERGENCY LIES starring Josef
                                                                                                     Hader in 2017, THE GROUND BENEATH MY
                                                                                                     FEET is Marie Kreutzer’s newest feature film as
                                                                                                     writer and director.

         A FILM BY M AR IE K R EUT ZER                 ORIGINAL TITLE   Der Boden unter den Füssen
                                                       DIRECTOR         Marie Kreutzer

  THE GROUND
                                                       GENRE            Drama
                                                       LENGTH           95 min.
                                                       CAST             Valerie Pachner
                                                                        Mavie Hörbiger
                                                                        Pia Hierzegger
                                                       PRODUCTION       Novotny & Novotny

BENEATH MY FEET
                                                                        Filmproduktion GmbH
                                                       STATUS           In Post-Production
                                                       DELIVERY         Spring 2019
                                                       NATIONALITY      Austria
                                                       LANGUAGE         German

             IN POST-PROD U CTION
JELLA HAASE                         A Jar Full of Life
                                                                                     SYNOPSIS

                                                                                     Marleen is a young woman whose life hasn’t
                                                                                     started yet. Already in her early 20s, she still
                                                                                     lives at home with her parents and has no goals
                                                                                     or aspirations to speak of. Like a lot of people her
                                                                                     age, she’s stuck in a rut that seems impossible to
                                                                                     overcome. Even her beloved big brother can’t
                                                                                     save her from what looks like a permanent slump.
                                                                                     Ultimately, it takes a personal tragedy to shake
                                                                                     her awake. Out of a sense of guilt and despair,
                                                                                     Marleen embarks on an adventure she’s clearly
                                                                                     not prepared for. Indeed, there’s a ship waiting
                                                                                     in Hamburg to sweep her off to Antarctica.
                                                                                     But how is she supposed to get there with only
                                                                                     eight euros in her pocket? It’s the beginning of
                                                                                     a storybook journey that’s just as funny as it is
                                                                                     emotionally poignant. In the course of her road-
                                                                                     trip adventure, Marleen realizes the world is full
                                                                                     of people who are even wilder and crazier than
                                                                                     she is. She also makes an unexpected discovery:
                                                                                     the further she travels away from home, the
                                                                                     closer she gets to herself.

                                                                                     DIRECTOR

                                                                                     Florian Ross was born in Saarbrucken in 1982. He
                                                                                     made his first short film at the age of 16. In 2002,
                                                                                     after completing a degree in image and sound
                                                                                     design in Düsseldorf, he worked for four years
                                    ORIGINAL TITLE   Vielmachglas                    in the field. From 2010 to 2014, he studied film
                                    DIRECTOR         Florian Ross                    directing at the International Film School (ifs) in
                                    GENRE            Comedy
                                    LENGTH           85 min.                         Cologne. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree,
                                    CAST             Jella Haase                     he worked on various projects at Pantaleon Films.
                                                     Marc Benjamin                   Ross‘ short films have screened at numerous
                                                     Matthias Schweighöfer           international festivals and won several awards.
                                                     Uwe Ochsenknecht
                                                                                     He also made a number of commercials. A JAR
                                    PRODUCTION       PANTALEON Films,
                                                     Warner Bros. Film Productions   FULL OF LIFE marks his feature film debut.
                                                     Germany in coproduction with
                                                     Traumfabrik
                                                     Babelsberg, Erfttal Film
                                                     Fernsehproduktion
                                    STATUS           Completed
                                    DELIVERY         Available
                                    NATIONALITY      Germany
                                    LANGUAGE         German

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Fack Ju Goehte 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Max Frisch’s Homo Faber, curve sketching and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      toxic asbestos in the restrooms: It’s just another
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      stressful year at Goethe Comprehensive School.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      But this time teacher Zeki Miller (Elyas M‘Barek)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      is actually keen on whipping his students into
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      shape to pass their A-Levels. Unfortunately,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the kids in his “chaos class” – especially Chantal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (Jella Haase), Danger (Max von der Groeben) and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Zeynep (Gizem Emre) – are simply not having
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      it. In fact, the guidance counselor at the Job
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Information Center (JIC) has just quashed any
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      dreams they had about their future prospects.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Indeed, at this point, their frustration has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      reached a new level, which means they’re
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      getting into even more trouble and refusing to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      do anything at all. How on earth is Mr. Miller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      going to motivate these teens? He can’t even
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      count on help from Principal Gudrun Gerster
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (Katja Riemann), who’s already at loggerheads
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      with the Department of Education for heading
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      up the worst-performing comprehensive school
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      in the state – a status owed in no small part
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      to these very “problem” students. At least Mr.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Miller has fresh support from newcomer Biggi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Enzberger (Sandra Hueller), who’s helping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      him out with an anti-bullying campaign.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      DIRECTOR
                                                                                                                                                                                        ORIGINAL TITLE   Fack Ju Goehte 3
                                                                                                                                                                                        DIRECTOR         Bora Dagtekin                Bora Dagtekin studied screenwriting and made
                                                                                                                                                                                        GENRE            Comedy
                                                                                                                                                                                        LENGTH           120 min.                     his directorial debut in 2012 with TURKISH FOR
                                                                                                                                                                                        CAST             Elyas M’Barek                BEGINNERS, the most successful German film
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Jella Haase                  of that year. His second film, FACK JU GOEHTE,
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Sandra Hueller               became the highest grossing movie in Germany in
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Katja Riemann
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2013 and was surpassed only by the sequel, FACK
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Max von der Groeben
                                                                                                                                                                                        PRODUCTION       Constantin Film Produktion   JU GOEHTE 2 (2015). Bothlments sold about 15
                                                                                                                                                                                        STATUS           Completed                    million tickets in Germany and were licensed to
                                                                                                                                                                                        DELIVERY         Available                    more than 40 international territories. Bora’s
                                                                                                                         ACK
                                                                                                                                                                                        NATIONALITY      Germany                      FACK JU GOEHTE 3 marks the last chapter in
                                                                                                                 I N A LF                                                               LANGUAGE         German
                                                                                                              #F                                                                                                                      the high-school comedy trilogy that has become
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      a cultural and commercial phenomenon in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Germany and abroad.
PRODUCTION              LINE                                                                                                                                              DIRECTOR OF
  DESIGNER        PRODUCER                                                                                                                                              PHOTOGRAPHY
              EXECUTIVE
              PRODUCER
             CONSTANTIN FILM VERLEIH GMBH IS THE EXCLUSIVE OWNER OF ALL EXPLOITATION RIGHTS   © 2017 CONSTANTIN FILM PRODUKTION GMBH / CONSTANTIN FILM INTERNATIONAL GMBH

                                            FUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY
TIL
SCHWEIGER
                          MATTHIAS
                        SCHWEIGHÖFER
                                                                                                             ANNE
                                                                                                            SCHÄFER
                                                                                                                                                                           LISA
                                                                                                                                                                      TOMASCHEWSKY
                                                                                                                                                                                     Hot Dog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A fast-paced buddy comedy with Germany’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      most successful stars Til Schweiger and Matthias
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Schweighöfer – the dream team of German cinema.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The two GSG10 officers Luke and Theo couldn’t
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      be any more different, but have to join forces
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      to save Mascha, the daughter of the Moldavian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ambassador: chaos is predestined. Schweighöfer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      takes on the role of the eager beaver Theo, who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      has an uncanny photographic memory, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Schweiger plays the smart and tough policeman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Luke. In the course of their investigation, Luke
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and Theo realize that the demand for ransom is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      just the tip of the iceberg and that the kidnapping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      has far greater reaching implications than initially
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      suspected… During their mission, the two
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      opposite characters become an unbeatable
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      dream team and are supported by their hacker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      colleague Nicki, who even manages to lure the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      romantically inexperienced Theo out of his
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      reserve…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      DIRECTOR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Torsten Künstler has been working primarily with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the multi-hyphenates Matthias Schweighöfer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and Til Schweiger for years, also co-directing and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      associate producing many of their own films with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      them.
                                                                                                                                                                                     ORIGINAL TITLE   Hot Dog
                                                                                                                                                                                     DIRECTOR         Torsten Künstler
                                                                                                                                                                                     GENRE            Action, Comedy
                                                                                                                                                                                     LENGTH           105 min.
                                                                                                                                                                                     CAST             Til Schweiger
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Matthias Schweighöfer
                                                                                                                                                                                     PRODUCTION       PANTALEON Films
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Warner Bros. Film Productions
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Germany
                                     ONE BRAIN. TWO COPS.                                                                                                                                             Erfttal Film &
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fernsehproduktion
       WARNER BROS. PICTURES PRESENTS A PANTALEON FILMS, WARNER BROS. FILM PRODUCTIONS GERMANY AND ERFTTAL FILM & FERNSEHPRODUKTION PRODUCTION “HOT DOG”                             STATUS           Completed
           TIL SCHWEIGER MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER ANNE SCHÄFER LISA TOMASCHEWSKY SAMUEL FINZI TIM WILDE AS GUEST HEINO FERCH CASTING IRIS BAUMÜLLER
             KEY MAKE-UP ARTIST CHARLOTTE CHANG (BVM) PAMELA GRUJIC COSTUME DESIGNER METIN MISDIK SOUND BERTIN MOLZ DOMINIK LEUBE SOUND MIX BEN ROSENKIND                            DELIVERY         Available
                SOUND DESIGN STEFAN BUSCH MUSIC MARTIN TODSHAROW JOSEF BACH ARNE SCHUMANN PRODUCTION DESIGNER CHRISTIAN EISELE EDITOR ROBERT KUMMER
                                  LINE PRODUCER PHILIPP KLAUSING UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER BENEDIKT BOTHE PROJECT MANAGER STEPHANIE SCHETTLER-KÖHLER                                   NATIONALITY      Germany
                    POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR CHRISTIAN VENNEFROHNE SEBASTIAN SCHWEIGER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MARKUS NESTROY CO-PRODUCER KLAUS DOHLE
                   PRODUCER DAN MAAG MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER MARCO BECKMANN SCREENPLAY LO MALINKE AND TRIPPER CLANCY DIRECTOR TORSTEN KÜNSTLER                                         LANGUAGE         German
                                  © 2017 PANTALEON FILMS GMBH, BAREFOOT FILMS GMBH, ERFTTAL FILM & FERNSEHPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG, WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT GMBH

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Monky
                                                                             SYNOPSIS

                                                                             One day, Frank (11) finds a real live monkey in his
                                                                             family’s backyard. The monkey’s name is Monky
                                                                             and her arrival is the beginning of a fun and exciting
                                                                             adventure for the entire family. However, it does
                                                                             not take long before the family realize that she is
                                                                             no ordinary monkey, and it was no coincidence
                                                                             that she showed up in their backyard. Who is
                                                                             Monky? Where does she come from? Will they be
                                                                             able to keep her a secret in the village? A thrilling
                                                                             journey leads the family from Sweden to the
                                                                             deepest jungles of Thailand in search of answers.

                                                                             DIRECTOR

                                                                             Maria Blom is a Swedish screenwriter and director
                                                                             of cinema and theatre. Her debut feature DALE-
                                                                             CARLIANS in 2004 was a huge critical success as
                                                                             well as the highest grossing Swedish film at the
                                                                             local box office and was awarded for best film
                                                                             and best screenplay at the Swedish Film Awards.
                                                                             Maria went on to direct NINA FRISK (2007) and
                                                                             HALLOHALLO (2014). MONKY is Maria’s latest
                                                                             film as a director, released in 2017.

                                   ORIGINAL TITLE   Monky
                                   DIRECTOR         Maria Blom
                                   GENRE            Comedy, Family
                                   LENGTH           90 min.
                                   CAST             Frida Hallgren
                                                    Johan Petersson
                                                    Julius Jimenez Hugoson
                                                    Bianca Kronlöf
                                   PRODUCTION       Unlimited Stories AB
                                   STATUS           Completed
                                   DELIVERY         Available
                                   NATIONALITY      Sweden
                                   LANGUAGE         Swedish

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Outmastered
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                      A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The wealthy and rather bored landscape
                                                                                                   FILM
                                                                                                     BY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        architect Evi Müller-Todt (Katja Riemann) lives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        with her plastic surgeon husband Claus (Oliver

                                  OUTMASTERED                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Masucci) in their comfortable villa. One day,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        in a burst of red-wine-induced whimsy, Claus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        takes out an ad for a new cleaner: “Slave wanted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (m/f)”. Astonished by the leather-clad figures
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        that soon gather at his door, he realises his ad
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        has been taken quite literally. At the behest of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        a shocked Evi, Claus sends the applicants away,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        only to receive an unexpected courtesy call from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Bartos (Samuel Finzi). Well-groomed, educated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and ready to serve, Bartos signals his willingness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        to enter into a more traditional master-servant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        relationship. After some initial snags, the Müller-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Todts begin to enjoy the heavenly pampering
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        they receive from their new servant, who is soon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        joined by his young wife, Lana (Lize Feryn) and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the situation gets increasingly out of hand.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DIRECTOR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Oskar Roehler started his career as a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        screenwriter of various cinema films and directed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        his first feature GENTLEMAN in 1995, followed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        by NO PLACE TO GO (2000), a very personal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and sensitively told portrait of his mother, which
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        marked Roehler‘s breakthrough and received the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ORIGINAL TITLE   Herrliche Zeiten         German Film Award in Gold. His other award-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              DIRECTOR         Oskar Roehler            winning films include: ANGST (2003) which
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              GENRE            Dark Comedy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        premiered in the competition at the Berlinale
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              LENGTH           110 min
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              CAST             Katja Riemann            in 2003, AGNES AND HIS BROTHERS (2004)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Aslan Aslan              which screened at the Venice Film Festival as well
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Kemal Aydin              as his film adaptation of Michel Houellebecq‘s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Alexander Beyer          novel ATOMISED (2006). JEW SUSS: RISE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Oliver Masucci
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              PRODUCTION       Molina Film GmbH & Co.   AND FALL (2010) which also premiered in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              STATUS           Completed                competition at the Berlinale was one of Oskars
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              DELIVERY         Summer 2018              most polarizing films. After SOURCES OF LIFE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              NATIONALITY      Germany                  (2012) which premiered in the Karlovy Vary
           PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS A MOLINA FILM PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH TELE MÜNCHEN GRUPPE AND WDR/ARTE STARRING KATJA RIEMANN OLIVER MASUCCI SAMUEL FINZI LIZE FERYN YASIN EL HARROUK ANDREA SAWATZKI MARGARITA BROICH ASLAN ASLAN                    LANGUAGE         German
CASTING BY UWE BÜNKER ANJA DIHRBERG PRODUCTION DESIGNER INA TIMMERBERG MAKE-UP BY JENNIFER PORSCHENG AND NICOLE MASZTALERZ COSTUME DESIGNER ANNE JENDRITZKO EDITED BY PETER R. ADAM MUSIC COMPOSED BY MARTIN TODSHAROW DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY CARL-FRIEDRICH KOSCHNICK BVK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        official competition, OUTMASTERED is Oskars
                                                  SCRIPT BY JAN BERGER BASED LOOSELY ON THE NOVEL “SUBS” BY THOR KUNKEL COMMISSIONING EDITORS FOR WDR BARBARA BUHL AND GÖTZ SCHMEDES COMMISSIONING EDITOR FOR ARTE ANDREAS SCHREITMÜLLER
                                                             EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DR. HERBERT G. KLOIBER AND HERBERT L. KLOIBER LINE AND PRODUCTION MANAGER GABRIELE GOICZYK PRODUCED BY JUTTA MÜLLER DIRECTED BY OSKAR ROEHLER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        latest film.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Playmaker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ivo, former professional footballer and jailbird
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      with nothing to lose, is a betting natural. His feel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      for the sport and background draw the interest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of Dejan, who takes him into his family, sucking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      him quickly into football’s underbelly, a world of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      global fraud and manipulation where individuals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      are merely small cogs in an international network
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      whose digital tentacles stretch all the way to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      China and beyond. But when Ivo meets young
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Lukas, a talented lad in whom he sees his former
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      self, and starts training him for a top team trial
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      while, at the same time, supposedly grooming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and manipulating him on Dejan’s behalf, he also
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      falls in love with the boy’s mother. Now Ivo finds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      himself caught between two fronts and two
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      families, and has to decide...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      DIRECTOR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Timon Modersohn was born in 1978. He studied
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Psychology at the Free University Berlin and has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      been active as an assistant director for numerous
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      commercials and feature films, before studying
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Directing at the German Film and Television
                                                                                                    PLAY OR GET PLAYED                                                                                                                                                                                                Academy Berlin. Domestically released by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      WARNER BROS Germany, PLAYMAKER (2018)

                  PLAYMAKER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      is Timon’s debut as a feature film director.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ORIGINAL TITLE   Spielmacher
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         DIRECTOR         Timon Modersohn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         GENRE            Thriller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         LENGTH           95 min
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         CAST             Frederick Lau
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Antje Traue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Oliver Masucci
                   FREDERICK LAU ANTJE TRAUE OLIVER MASUCCI KARL MARKOVICS                                                                                                                                                                                                                Karl Markovics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         PRODUCTION       FRISBEEFILMS GmbH & Co KG
                                                                                                                      WARNER BROS. PICTURES PRESENTS “PLAYMAKER”                                                                                                         STATUS           Completed
                                                                                                  A FRISBEEFILMS, WARNER BROS. FILM PRODUCTIONS GERMANY AND CINE PLUS PRODUCTION                                                                                         DELIVERY         Summer 2018
                                  WITH THE SUPPORT OF FILM & MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS
   A FILM BY TIMON MODERSOHN WITH FREDERICK LAU OLIVER MASUCCI ANTJE TRAUE MATEO WANSING LORRIO PAUL FASSNACHT AND KARL MARKOVICS CASTING SUSE MARQUARDT LINE PRODUCER BOGDAN THOMASSINI-BÜCHNER PRODUCTION MANAGER EDGAR COX VISUELL EFFECTS MARCO NOSTADT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         NATIONALITY      Germany
                 COLORIST NATALIE MAXIMOVA SOUND DESIGN CHRISTOPH ULBICH SOUND MIXER MATTHIAS SCHWAB ORIGINAL SOUND CHRISTOPH SCHILLING PRODUCTION DESIGN TAMO KUNZ MAKE-UP ELKE HAHN MARCUS MICHAEL COSTUME DESIGNER KATRIN ASCHENDORF MUSIC RIAD ABDEL-NABI            LANGUAGE         German
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A Heavy Heart                                    Fack Ju Goehte 2
GENRE              Drama                         GENRE             Comedy
LENGTH             109 min.                      LENGHT            115 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD    Germany                       COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
LANGUAGE           German                        LANGUAGE          German
DIRECTOR           Thomas Stuber                 DIRECTOR          Bora Dagtekin
CAST               Peter Kurth                   CAST              Elyas M‘Barek
                   Lina Wendel                                     Jella Haase
                   Lena Lauzemis                                   Karoline Herfurth
PRODUCTION         DEPARTURES Film                                 Katja Riemann
                   in co-production with                           Max von der Groeben
                   deutschfilm                   PRODUCTION        Constantin Film Produktion

Big Big World                                    Flowers of Evil
GENRE              Drama                         GENRE              Drama, Crime, Youth
LENGTH             101 min.                      LENGTH             105 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD    Turkey                        COUNTRY OF PROD    Finland
LANGUAGE           Turkish                       LANGUAGE           Finnish
DIRECTOR           Reha Erdem                    DIRECTOR           Antti J. Jokinen
CAST               Berke Karaer                  CAST               Viljami Nojonen
                   Ecem Uzun                                        Juno
PRODUCTION         Maya Film                                        Eero Aho
                                                                    Mikael Gabriel
                                                                    Diana Tenkorang
                                                 PRODUCTION         Solar Films Inc.

Egon Schiele -                                   Four Against the Bank
Death and the Maiden                             GENRE
                                                 LENGTH
                                                                    Comedy
                                                                    96 min.
                                                 COUNTRY OF PROD    Germany
GENRE              Biopic                        LANGUAGE           German
LENGTH             110 min.                      DIRECTOR           Wolfgang Petersen
COUNTRY OF PROD    Austria, Luxembourg           CAST               Til Schweiger
LANGUAGE           German                                           Matthias Schweighöfer
DIRECTOR           Dieter Berner                                    Michael Bully Herbig
CAST               Noah Saavedra                                    Jan Josef Liefers
                   Maresi Riegner                PRODUCTION         Hellinger / Doll
                   Valerie Pachner                                  Radiant Productions
PRODUCTION         Novotny & Novotny                                Warner Bros. Film
                   Filmproduktion                                   Productions Germany
                   Amour Fou Luxembourg
                   Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion

Fack Ju Goehte -                                 Heart of Stone
Suck Me Shakespeer                               GENRE              Fantasy, Adventure
                                                 LENGTH             119 min.
GENRE             Comedy
                                                 COUNTRY OF PROD    Germany
LENGHT            118 min.
                                                 LANGUAGE           German
COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
                                                 DIRECTOR           Johannes Naber
LANGUAGE          German
                                                 CAST               Frederick Lau
DIRECTOR          Bora Dagtekin
                                                                    Henriette Confurius
CAST              Elyas M‘Barek
                                                                    David Schütter
                  Karoline Herfurth
                                                                    Moritz Bleibtreu
                  Katja Riemann
                                                 PRODUCTION         Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv
                  Jana Pallaske
                                                                    Studio Babelsberg
PRODUCTION        Rat Pack Filmproduktion
                                                                    Philipp Filmproduction
                  Constantin Film Produktion
                                                                    SWR, ARD Degeto, MDR
Jack Unterweger                                   LenaLove
GENRE             Psychological Thriller          GENRE             Psychological Thriller
LENGTH            95 min.                         LENGTH            99 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD   Austria                         COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
LANGUAGE          German                          LANGUAGE          German
DIRECTOR          Elisabeth Scharang              DIRECTOR          Florian Gaag
CAST              Johannes Krisch                 CAST              Emilia Schüle
                  Corinna Harfouch                                  Jannik Schümann
                  Birgit Minichmayr                                 Sina Tkotsch
                  Sarah Viktoria Frick            PRODUCTION        Rafkin Film Produktion
PRODUCTION        epo-film
                  produktionsges.m.b.h.
                  Vienna

The Journey                                       Life Guidance
                                                  GENRE             Thriller, Science-Fiction
GENRE             Drama                           LENGTH            101 min.
LENGTH            82 min.                         COUNTRY OF PROD   Austria
COUNTRY OF PROD   Iraq, United Kingdom,           LANGUAGE          German
                  France, Qatar, Netherlands      DIRECTOR          Ruth Mader
LANGUAGE          Arabic, English                 CAST              Fritz Karl
DIRECTOR          Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji                        Katharina Lorenz
CAST              Zahraa Gandour                                    Florian Teichtmeister
                  Ameer Ali Jabarah               PRODUCTION        KGP Kranzelbinder
PRODUCTION        Human Film                                        Gabriele Production
                  Iraqi Independent Film Centre
                  Lionceau Films
                  Iraqi Network Media

Jules and Dolores                                 Links of Life
GENRE             Comedy                          GENRE             Tragicomedy
LENGTH            97 min.                         LENGTH            107 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD   Brazil                          COUNTRY OF PROD   France
LANGUAGE          Portuguese                      LANGUAGE          French
DIRECTOR          Caito Ortiz                     DIRECTOR          Marie-Hélène Roux
CAST              Taís Araújo                     CAST              Marie Bunel
                  Mr. Catra                                         René Heger
                  Milhem Cortaz                                     Catherine Samie
PRODUCTION        Prodigo Films                   PRODUCTION        1divided Films

Killing Stella                                    Mammal
GENRE             Drama                           GENRE             Drama
LENGTH            90 min.                         LENGTH            99 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD   Austria                         COUNTRY OF PROD   Ireland
LANGUAGE          German                          LANGUAGE          English
DIRECTOR          Julian Pösler                   DIRECTOR          Rebecca Daly
CAST              Martina Gedeck                  CAST              Rachel Griffiths
                  Matthias Brandt                                   Barry Keoghan
PRODUCTION        Mala Emde                                         Michael McElhatton
                  epo-film                        PRODUCTION        Fastnet Films
                                                                    Calach Films, Les Films Fauves
                                                                    & Rinkel Film
Men Don’t Cry                                  Original Bliss
GENRE             Drama                        GENRE             Drama
LENGTH            100 min.                     LENGTH            102 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD   Bosnia and Herzegovina       COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
                  Slovenia                     LANGUAGE          German
                  Croatia                      DIRECTOR          Sven Taddicken
                  Germany                      CAST              Martina Gedeck
LANGUAGE          Bosnian                                        Ulrich Tukur
DIRECTOR          Alen Drljević                                  Johannes Krisch
CAST              Boris Isaković               PRODUCTION        Frisbeefilms
                  Leon Lucev                                     Cine Plus Filmproduktion
                  Emir Hadžihafizbegović                         Senator Film
PRODUCTION        Deblokada
                  Iridium Film
                  Manderlay Films
                  Produkcija Živa

Monk                                           Satisfaction 1720
GENRE             Tragicomedy                  GENRE             Biographical, Historical drama
LENGTH            74 min.                      LENGTH            98 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD   Netherlands, Belgium         COUNTRY OF PROD   Denmark
DIRECTOR          Ties Schenk                  LANGUAGE          Danish, Norwegian
CAST              Teun Stokkel                 DIRECTOR          Henrik Ruben Genz
                  Olivia Lonsdale              CAST              Jakob Oftebro
                  Marina Gatel                                   Martin Buch
                  Sam Louwyck                  PRODUCTION        Nimbus Film, Sirena Film
PRODUCTION        Viking Film                                    Anagram Film, Hummel &
                  A Private View                                 Nimbus

Night of a 1000 Hours                          Teenosaurus Rex
GENRE             Mystery                      GENRE             Comedy, Family
LENGTH            92 min.                      LENGTH            94 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD   Luxembourg, Austria,         COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
                  Netherlands                  LANGUAGE          German
LANGUAGE          German                       DIRECTOR          Leander Haußmann
DIRECTOR          Virgil Widrich               CAST              Jan Josef Liefers
CAST              Laurence Rupp                                  Heike Makatsch
                  Amira Casar                                    Harriet Herbig-Matten
PRODUCTION        Amour Fou                                      Detlev Buck
                  KeyFilm                                        Monika Gruber
                  Golden Girls Film                              Justus von Donáhnyi
                                               PRODUCTION        Constantin Film
                                                                 Seven Pictures

Nowhere                                        The Confession
GENRE             Drama                        GENRE             Drama
LENGTH            105 min.                     LENGTH            89 min.
COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany                      COUNTRY OF PROD   Georgia, Estonia
LANGUAGE          German                       LANGUAGE          Georgian
DIRECTOR          Matthias Starte              DIRECTOR          Zaza Urushadze
CAST              Ludwig Trepte                CAST              Joseph Khvelidze
                  Jella Haase                                    Sophia Sebiskveradze
                  Saskia Rosendahl                               Dmitri Tatishvili
PRODUCTION        Pictures in a Frame          PRODUCTION        Allfilm
                  Sky Deutschland                                Cinema24 (co-production)
                  MK Filmproduktion
                  Cine Chromatix, Kato Film,
                  Servus TV
The Most Beautiful Day
     GENRE             Road movie
                                                     Notes
     LENGTH            113 min.
     COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
     LANGUAGE          German
     DIRECTOR          Florian David Fitz
     CAST              Matthias Schweighöfer
                       Florian David Fitz
                       Alexandra Maria Lara
     PRODUCTION        PANTALEON Films
                       Erfttal Film & Fernseh-
                       produktion GmbH & Co. KG
                       WS Filmproduktion
                       Warner Bros.
                       Entertainment GmbH

     Tiger Girl
     GENRE             Drama
     LENGTH            90 min.
     COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
     LANGUAGE          German
     DIRECTOR          Jakob Lass
     CAST              Ella Rumpf
                       Maria Dragus
     PRODUCTION        Fogma
                       Constantin Film Produktion
                       Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg

     Welcome to Germany
     GENRE             Comedy
     LENGTH            116 min.
     COUNTRY OF PROD   Germany
     LANGUAGE          German
     DIRECTOR          Simon Verhoeven
     CAST              Senta Berger
                       Heiner Lauterbach
                       Florian David Fitz
                       Elyas M‘Barek
     PRODUCTION        Wiedemann & Berg Film
                       Sentana Filmproduktion
                       SevenPictures Film

     We Used to be Cool
     GENRE             Comedy
     LENGTH            96 min.
     COUNTRY OF PROD   Austria
     LANGUAGE          German
     DIRECTOR          Marie Kreutzer
     CAST              Vicky Krieps
                       Marcel Mohab
                       Pia Hierzegger
                       Pheline Roggan
     PRODUCTION        Novotny & Novotny
                       Filmproduktion GmbH
                       Witcraft Szenario

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