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EFM LINEUP 2019
EFM Screening Schedule Friday / February 8th / 16:45
delphi LUX 1 / Lola @ Berlinale
Sunday / February 10th / 14:55
Thursday / February 7th / 14:00
100 Things CinemaxX 2 / Market Premiere
CinemaxX 10 / Private Screening Wednesday / February 13th / 12:15
delphi LUX 1 / Lola @ Berlinale
Saturday / February 9th / 11:10
CinemaxX 3 / Private Screening
Saturday / February 9th / 9:00 Monday / February 11th / 16:30
The Beast in the Jungle CinemaxX 1 / Market Premiere
Berlinale Palast / Industry & Press
Saturday / February 9th / 15:30
Berlinale Palast / World Premiere Thursday / February 7th / 16:25
Cinemobile / Market Premiere
Sunday / February 10th / 9:30
The Ground beneath my Feet Saturday / February 9th / 15:40
Friedrichstadt-Palast / Berlinale Festival Screening
Kino Arsenal 2 / Market Premiere
Sunday / February 10th / 18:00 That Boy Needs Fresh Air
Friedrichstadt-Palast / Berlinale Festival Screening Saturday / February 9th / 16:45
delphi LUX 1 / Lola @ Berlinale
Sunday / February 10th / 21:00
Wednesday / February 13th / 12:00
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
delphi LUX 2 / Lola @ Berlinale
Berlinale Festival Screening
Sunday / February 17th / 13:30
Haus der Berliner Festspiele Thursday / February 7th / 12:50
Cinemobile / Market Premiere
Berlinale Festival Screening
Cold Feet
Friday / February 8th / 18:15
CinemaxX 2 / Market Premiere
Thursday / February 7th / 11:30
CinemaxX 4 / Market Premiere Sunday / February 10th / 9:45
Endzeit - Ever After CinemaxX 2
Friday / February 8th / 14:10
CinemaxX 1 / Market Premiere
Saturday / February 9th / 18:45
Saturday / February 9th / 12:30 It Must Schwing CinemaxX 14
Zoo Palast 1 / World Premiere
My Extraordinary Sunday / February 10th / 12:30
Monday / February 11th / 11:30
Summer with Tess Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Kingdom of Sweden CineStar 5
Berlinale Festival Screening
Thursday / February 14th / 13:30
HKW / Berlinale Festival Screening Friday / February 8th / 11:50
CineStar 5 / Private Screening
Friday / February 15th / 15:30 Sweethearts
Sunday / February 10th / 12:30
Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
CinemaxX 1 / Private Screening
Berlinale Festival Screening
Upcoming Titles Berlinale The Ground beneath my Feet My Extraordinary Summer with Tess Private Previews Sweethearts Market Premieres 100 Things The Beast in the Jungle That Boy Needs Fresh Air Cold Feet Endzeit - Ever After It Must Schwing Kingdom of Sweden
The Ground beneath my Feet FEMALE
DIRECTOR
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.
ORIGINAL TITLE Der Boden unter den Füssen
DIRECTOR Marie Kreutzer
GENRE Drama
LENGTH 108 min
CAST Valerie Pachner
Mavie Hörbiger
Pia Hierzegger
PRODUCTION Novotny &Novotny
Filmproduktion
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Austria
LANGUAGE German
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess
SYNOPSIS
Afraid of being left alone as the youngest of the
family, Sam begins his own made up aloneness
training during his holiday on the Dutch island
Terschelling. But by meeting the elusive Tess,
who carries a big secret, he is drawn into an
adventure that makes him realize that you should
cherish your family instead of fleeing. Sam makes
a drastic decision that puts his special friendship
with Tess at risk and will change Tess‘ life forever.
DIRECTOR
Steven Wouterlood was born in 1984 in
Utrecht, The Netherlands. In 2013 he directed
ANYTHING GOES, a children’s movie for
television. The film won an International Emmy
Kids Award in New York, a TIFF Kids Award
in Toronto and multiple other awards and
nominations around the world. In 2015 Steven
directed the short movie KING’S DAY. This
film also won several awards, including a TIFF
Kids Award. His TV series Remi, NOBODY’S
BOY (2016), based on the renowned novel by
Hector Malot, was nominated for an Emmy
Kids Award. MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER
WITH TESS is his first feature film.
ORIGINAL TITLE Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess
DIRECTOR Steven Wouterlood
GENRE Family / Adventure
LENGTH 82 min
CAST Sonny van Utteren
Josephine Arendsen
Tjebbo Gerritsma
Jennifer Hoffman
Julian Ras
Johannes Kienast
Hans Dagelet
Suzan Boogaerdt
Terences Schreurs
PRODUCTION BIND in co-production with
Ostlicht and VPRO
STATUS In Post-Production
DELIVERY Spring 2019
NATIONALITY The Netherlands, Germany
LANGUAGE Dutch
Sweethearts FEMALE
DIRECTOR
SYNOPSIS
It‘s double trouble when fate and an ill-executed
diamond robbery throw Mel and Lise together in
a race and chase against time.
Mel, a professional criminal and single mum
looking to pull off her greatest coup, and her
nerdy, easily panic-stricken hostage Lise are soon
pursued by the relentless detective Ingrid, who
always gets her man, or women, at any price.
On the run, the mismatched and constantly
fighting pair have to dispose of the loot in the face
of a Berlin underworld also determined to get its
hands on them and the precious stones.
As the forces of law and disorder close in, Lise
develops a liking for Mel, deciding she is going to
help her ‚captor‘. Mel is far less than enthusiastic,
especially given Lise‘s idea of support. With no
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.
DIRECTOR
Karoline Herfurth was discovered in a Berlin
schoolyard at age 15 and soon thereafter found
ORIGINAL TITLE Sweethearts herself on the set of CRAZY (2001) next to Tom
DIRECTOR Karoline Herfurth Schilling (NEVER LOOK AWAY, 2018). Herfurth
GENRE Comedy / Action
LENGTH 105 min went on to graduate from Berlin’s renowned
CAST Karoline Herfurth Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts and
Hannah Herzsprung soon launched her international career as The
Frederick Lau Plum Girl in Tom Tykwer’s screen adaptation
PRODUCTION Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
in co-production with Warner
Bros. Entertainment (2006). She then starred next to Kate Winslet and
STATUS In Post-Production Ralph Fiennes in THE READER (2008). Karoline
DELIVERY Spring 2019 made her directorial debut with the romantic
NATIONALITY Germany comedy TEXT FOR YOU (2016).
LANGUAGE German
SWEETHEARTS marks Karoline’s second outing
as a feature film director.
100 Things
SYNOPSIS
Toni loves his espresso machine. Paul adores his
smart phone. Toni can’t do anything without his
hair-growth pills. Paul can’t function without
Amazon, Siri and his sacred sneakers. Both can’t
make it through one day without each other, but
every day is a constant battle to see who’s the
biggest and the best. Everything changes when
they find themselves sitting at home without
any possessions, naked and freezing. It’s day 1 of
a 100-day wager Toni and Paul have made with
one another. They’ve given up everything they
own and will only get one item back per day.
How much do we really need and who are we
without our possessions? Suddenly, everyday
life becomes immensely complicated, but also
incredibly simple for Toni and Paul if there wasn’t
the ongoing wager and their desire to win over
the other.
DIRECTOR
Florian David Fitz studied drama at the
Boston Conservatory. His acting credits
include internationally acclaimed films such as
MEASURING THE WORLD (2013) and audience
favourites such as VINCENT WANTS TO SEA
(2009). JESUS LOVES ME (2012) marked Fitz’
debut as a director, followed by THE MOST
ORIGINAL TITLE 100 Dinge BEAUTIFUL DAY (2016), which sold more than
DIRECTOR Florian David Fitz 1.6 million tickets in Germany. 100 THINGS
GENRE Comedy
LENGTH 115 min is Fitz’ latest project as writer-director and
CAST Matthias Schweighöfer actor alongside fellow German star Matthias
Florian David Fitz Schweighöfer.
Miriam Stein
Katharina Thalbach
Hannelore Elsner
PRODUCTION Pantaleon Films GmbH in
co-production with Warner Bros.
Entertainment GmbH, Erfttal
Film & Fernsehproduktion and
WS Filmproduktion
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
The Beast in the Jungle FEMALE
DIRECTOR
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 Available 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).
That Boy Needs Fresh Air FEMALE
DIRECTOR
SYNOPSIS
Ruhr Valley, Germany, 1972. Hans-Peter is a
pudgy nine year-old growing up in the security
of his family and fun-loving relatives. At first
sight he might not be the most popular guy, but
he has a talent for making others laugh, which
he refines on a daily basis in his grandmother’s
corner shop. However, dark shadows soon loom
over the boy’s everyday life as his once cheerful
mum becomes more and more depressed after
an operation. Hans-Peter’s sad and hardworking
father leaves him mostly in the care of his two
grandmas, both of whom have big hearts and
strong personalities. Their love and care make it
possible for Hans-Peter to survive the ensuing
emotional turmoil and use his comedic talents to
heal his own wounds while also making people
laugh along with him.
DIRECTOR
Caroline Link’s career as a director began with
immediate success both at the national and
international level when her first feature film
BEYOND SILENCE (1996) was nominated for
an Academy Award® as Best Foreign Language
Film in 1997. After completing her second
feature film, PÜNKTCHEN UND ANTON
ORIGINAL TITLE Der Junge muss an die frische Luft (1999), a children’s movie based on the Erich
DIRECTOR Caroline Link Kästner novel of the same name, Caroline Link
GENRE Biopic / Comedy / Drama /
Literary Adaptation directed NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2001), which
LENGTH 100 min won the Academy Award® for Best Foreign
CAST Julius Weckauf Language Film in 2003. In 2013, she directed
Luise Heyer EXIT MARRAKECH, which premiered as a
Sönke Möhring
Special Presentation at the Toronto IFF and won
Joachim Król
Ursula Werner the Gryphon Award for Best Film at the Giffoni
Rudolf Kowalski IFF. THAT BOY NEEDS FRESH AIR (2018) is
PRODUCTION UFA Fiction Caroline Link’s latest feature film as a director.
Gesellschaft für Feine Filme
Warner Bros. Film Production
Germany
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Spring 2019
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
Cold Feet
SYNOPSIS
Through a curious mix-up, the petty criminal
Denis suddenly finds himself in the position of a
caretaker for the stroke patient Raimund. All he
really wanted to do was break into Raimund’s
house in order to finally pay off his debts to some
disagreeable crooks. Instead, he now sits captive
in the rich businessman’s house, who, since his
seizure has been confined to a wheelchair. When
Raimund’s granddaughter Charlotte shows up to
check on him, it’s finally too much for Denis. But
escape is not an option as a mighty snowstorm
is raging in the region. And so he must continue
to play the role of the caretaker – very much
to Raimund’s dismay, who is doing everything
he can to fend off the intruder. In contrast to
Charlotte, Raimund has long since seen through
Denis’ facade. A cat-and-mouse game begins,
in which the handicapped senior and the clever
young man put their resources to terrific use...
DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Groos was born in 1968. He studied
production at the German Film and Television
Academy Berlin (DFFB), graduating in 2003. He
directed the short WENN ZWEI SICH STREITEN
(2004) and various TV shows such as FREUNDE
FÜR IMMER (2005), SWITCH RELOADED (2006)
ORIGINAL TITLE Kalte Füsse and RUDI – THE RACING PIG (2007-2009). His
DIRECTOR Wolfgang Groos award winning films include: HANGTIME (2008),
GENRE Comedy
LENGTH 97 min THE CROCODILES – ALL FOR ONE (2011),
CAST Heiner Lauterbach WHEN INGE IS DANCING (2013), VAMPIRE
Emilio Sakraya SISTERS (2012), VAMPIRE SISTERS 2 (2014),
Sonja Gerhardt RICO, OSKAR AND THE BROKEN HEARTED
Aleksandar Jovanovic
(2015), ROBBY & TOBY’S FANTASTIC VOYAGER
Michael Ostrowski
Jasmin Gerat (2016), LILLY’S BEWITCHED CHRISTMAS
PRODUCTION Claussen + Putz (2017), and COLD FEET (2018).
Filmproduktion
in co-production with
Deutsche Columbia
Pictures Filmproduktion
and Lotus-Film
STATUS In Post-Production
DELIVERY Spring 2019
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE GermanEndzeit - Ever After FEMALE
DIRECTOR
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
Weimar zombie-free community. Their journey
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 Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE GermanIt Must Schwing
SYNOPSIS
In 1939, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two young
émigrés from Berlin, founded the legendary jazz
label Blue Note Records in New York. The label
dedicated itself exclusively to the recording
of American jazz music and developed its own
unmistakeable recording style and sound.
Blue Note Records discovered and produced
an impressive roster of international jazz stars.
This included Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock,
John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter,
Thelonious Monk and Quincy Jones. At a time
when Afro-American musicians in the USA were
discriminated against and ostracised, Blue Note
records respected them as artists and equals. Not
only did the label value their talents, it also gave
them a much-needed stage. „It Must Schwing!“
tells the moving story of two friends, united by
a passionate love for jazz, and of their profound
belief in equality and freedom for every single
human being.
DIRECTOR
Award-winning director Eric Friedler, born 1971
in Sydney, Australia, is one of the most acclaimed
and prolific documentary filmmakers in Germany.
He won the Award for Best Documentary at the
ORIGINAL TITLE It Must Schwing New York International Film and TV Festival
DIRECTOR Eric Friedler three times, for THE SILENCE OF THE QUANDTS
GENRE Documentary
LENGTH 115 min (2007), AGHET – A GENOCIDE (2010) and A
CAST Herbie Hancock GERMAN BOXER (2012) as well as two Awards
Sonny Rollins for Best Documentary at the Houston Film
Wayne Shorter Festival and received the prestigious Grimme
Quincy Jones
Award five times. In 2018 he directed IT MUST
Lou Donaldson
Sheila Jordan SCHWING! – THE BLUE NOTE STORY.
Ron Carter
Rudy van Gelder
George Benson
PRODUCTION NDR, Neue Road Movies,
Studio Hamburg Enterprises
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE EnglishKingdom 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 Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Sweden
LANGUAGE SwedishCurrent Titles A Jar Full of Life Fack Ju Goehte 3 Hot Dog The Journey Monky Outmastered Playmaker
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 GermanFack 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
Katja Riemann
in 2013 and was surpassed only by the sequel,
Max von der Groeben
PRODUCTION Constantin Film Produktion FACK JU GOEHTE 2 (2015). Both installments
STATUS Completed sold about 15 million tickets in Germany and
DELIVERY Available were licensed to more than 40 international
NATIONALITY Germany territories. Bora’s FACK JU GOEHTE 3 marks
LANGUAGE German
the last chapter in the high-school comedy
trilogy that has become a cultural
and commercial phenomenon in
Germany and abroad.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
Erfttal Film &
Fernsehproduktion
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE GermanThe Journey
SYNOPSIS
Sara enters Baghdad station with sinister
intentions for its reopening ceremony. As she
braces to commit an unthinkable act, her plans
are drastically altered by an unwanted and
awkward encounter with Salam, a self-assured
and flirtatious salesman. With Salam now hostage
to Sara’s confused and deluded plan, he battles
desperately to appeal to her humanity and sway
her decision. In a moment of consideration and
with her convictions crumbling before her, Sara
is given the opportunity to witness the life and
innocence she was so willing to destroy. But is
this a second chance or an admission of guilt?
DIRECTOR
Mohamed Al-Daradji studied in Baghdad, Iraq
and Hilversum, Netherlands before travelling
to the UK to complete Masters degrees in
Cinematography and Directing at the Northern
Film School in Leeds. In 2003, following the
invasion of Iraq, Mohamed returned to his native
country to make his first feature film, Ahlaam. The
film screened at over 125 international festivals,
receiving 22 awards, as well as Academy Award
and Golden Globe consideration, establishing
Mohamed as a revered international filmmaker.
Since the success of Ahlaam, Mohamed has
written and directed three further feature films,
ORIGINAL TITLE The Journey including the multi-award winning and critically
DIRECTOR Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji acclaimed, Son of Babylon (2010). His work also
GENRE Drama
LENGTH 82 min includes two long form documentaries as well
CAST Zahraa Gandour as the establishment of the Iraq Independent
Ameer Ali Jabarah Film Center (IIFC); a film production and training
PRODUCTION Human Film institution based in Baghdad.
Iraqi Independent Film Centre
Lionceau Films
Iraqi Network Media
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Iraq, United Kingdom,
France, Qatar, Netherlands
LANGUAGE Arabic, EnglishMonky FEMALE
DIRECTOR
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 SwedishOutmastered
SYNOPSIS
The wealthy and rather bored landscape
architect Evi Müller-Todt (Katja Riemann) lives
with her plastic surgeon husband Claus (Oliver
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 AND FALL (2010) which also premiered in
STATUS Completed competition at the Berlinale was one of Oskars
DELIVERY Available most polarizing films. After SOURCES OF LIFE
NATIONALITY Germany (2012) which premiered in the Karlovy Vary
LANGUAGE German
official competition, OUTMASTERED is Oskars
latest film.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
Academy Berlin. Domestically released by
WARNER BROS Germany, PLAYMAKER (2018)
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
Karl Markovics
PRODUCTION FRISBEEFILMS
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE GermanProjects A Piece of my Heart Alma & Oskar (WT) Dark, Almost Night Little King December
A Piece of my Heart
SYNOPSIS
Isabella (35) is a driven business woman in
Stockholm’s finance world. When she goes home
to the small town she grew up in to celebrate
her father’s sixtieth birthday, she feels like a
winner, the only one in her old school gang
that things have really gone well for. Isabella’s
selfconfidence falters when she realizes that
Simon, her great love from her teen years, is
going to marry Isabella’s childhood friend Molly,
and that she isn’t invited to the wedding. Isabella
is accustomed to getting what she wants, and it
disturbs her to see Simon so happy with someone
else. Unfortunately, there are some feelings that
never go away.
A PIECE OF MY HEART is based on the musical
work of legendary Swedish artist Tomas Ledin.
Lyrics that tell timeless stories of humanity and
refrains that have taken hold of generations of
listeners inspired the story and are woven into
dialogues throughout the film. Paying tribute to
Tomas Ledin, who accompanied ABBA as backing
vocalist on their world tour in 1979-1980 and
represented Sweden at the 25th edition of
Eurovision Song Contest with his first number
one hit “Right Now” (Original title “Just Nu!”), A
PIECE OF MY HEART‘s ambition is to create new
versions of his songs that respect the originals
and include his music as it was composed
ORIGINAL TITLE En Del Av Mitt Hjärta especially for this film.
DIRECTOR Edward Af Sillén
GENRE Comedy / Musical / Romance
LENGTH 112 min
CAST Malin Åkerman DIRECTOR
Christian Hillborg
Jonas Karlsson Edward Af Sillén is one of Sweden’s most in-
Marie Richardson
demand show directors with several big musicals
Johan Ulveson
Shima Niavarani and stage productions to his credit. He also wrote
Per Andersson the screenplays for HOLY MESS (2015) and
PRODUCTION Unlimited Stories AB MEDICINE (2014).
STATUS In Post-Production
DELIVERY Autumn 2019
NATIONALITY Sweden
LANGUAGE SwedishAlma & Oskar (WT)
DIETER BERNER
Director
Dieter Berner was born in 1944 in Vienna. He
studied at the Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and
Berlin. Since 1969 he is a director for theatre and
film in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, inclu-
ding the ALPENSAGA, a TV miniseries, for which
he was awarded with numerous international
awards (including Silver Nymph Monaco, the
„British Academy Award“), THE LURE (Berlinale
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
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.
SYNOPSIS
ORIGINAL TITLE Alma & Oskar
DIRECTOR Dieter Berner
GENRE Biopic
ALMA AND OSKAR explores the passionate and
LENGTH tba tumultuous three-year relationship between the
CAST Vicky Krieps Grand Dame of Viennese society Alma Mahler
PRODUCTION Novotny & Novotny (1879-1964) and the Austrian artist and enfant
Filmproduktion GmbH
terrible Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). In the
Amour FOU Luxembourg Sàrl
Wüste Film GmbH early 1900s, Kokoschka was an up-and-coming
STATUS In Pre-Production painter, influenced by the work of Gustav Klimt
DELIVERY 2020 yet with his own distinctive expressionist style.
NATIONALITY Austria, Luxembourg, Considered one of the greatest expressionist ar-
Germany
LANGUAGE German
tists of the 20th century, Kokoschka created his
most famous work using Alma as a model, and
the years of their relationship marked the most
prodigious period in his life. A composer in her
own right, Alma Mahler was a vibrant figure on
Vienna’s art and music scene, and by the time
she started her fiery affair with Kokoschka, she
had already buried her first husband, composer
Gustav Mahler, and begun an on-again-off-again
relationship with architect Walter
Gropius. ALMA AND OSKAR is a
testament to the power and perils of
their passion.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
Dark, Almost Night
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 LANKOSZLittle King December
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
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
STATUS In Pre-Production
DELIVERY 2020
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
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