TOO HARD TO HANDLE by Laura Lackmann . RICO

CANNES 2016
TOO HARD TO HANDLE by Laura Lackmann . RICO, OSKAR AND THE BROKEN HEARTED by Wolfgang Groos . BIBI & TINA - GIRLS VS. BOYS by Detlev
Buck . 24 WEEKS by Anne Zohra Berrached . SAND STORM by Elite Zexer . WELCOME TO NORWAY by Rune Denstad Langlo . HELL (WT) by Stefan
Ruzowitzky . GAME COUNT by Agnieszka Holland . ANA, MON AMOUR by Calin Peter Netzer . THE INVISIBLES (WT) by Claus Räfle . LAYLA by Mijke
de Jong . BLESSED BENEFIT by Mahmoud al Massad . PLACE OF SHELTER by Michael Ramsauer . STORM - LETTER OF FIRE by Dennis Bots . ALI’S
WEDDING by Jeffrey Walker . SCARRED HEARTS by Radu Jude . THE BLOOM OF YESTERDAY by Chris Kraus . VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLD
by Christophe Van Rompaey . THE KING’S CHOICE by Erik Poppe . THE HAPPY PRINCE by Rupert Everett
CONTENT
SCREENING SCHEDULE
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TOO HARD TO HANDLE by Laura Lackmann................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 4
RICO, OSKAR AND THE BROKEN HEARTED by Wolfgang Groos........................................................................................................................................................... Page 6
BIBI & TINA - GIRLS VS. BOYS by Detlev Buck................................................................................................................................................................................................ Page 8
24 WEEKS by Anne Zohra Berrached..................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 10
SAND STORM by Elite Zexer..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 12
WELCOME TO NORWAY by Rune Denstad Langlo.......................................................................................................................................................................................Page 14
UPCOMINGS
HELL (WT) by Stefan Ruzowitzky...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 16
GAME COUNT by Agnieszka Holland ................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 17
ANA, MON AMOUR by Calin Peter Netzer......................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 18
THE INVISIBLES (WT) by Claus Räfle..................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 19
LAYLA by Mijke de Jong............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 20
24 WEEKS
BIBI & TINA – GIRLS VS. BOYS
RICO, OSKAR AND THE BROKEN HEARTED
SAND STORM
BLESSED BENEFIT by Mahmoud al Massad ....................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 21
PLACE OF SHELTER by Michael Ramsauer........................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 22
TOO HARD TO HANDLE
STORM - LETTER OF FIRE by Dennis Bots........................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 23
ALI’S WEDDING by Jeffrey Walker.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 24
SCARRED HEARTS by Radu Jude ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 25
WELCOME TO NORWAY
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May 13th
7:45 pm
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May 15th
9:30 am
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May 16th
9:30 am
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May 15th
11:30 am
LERINS 1
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May 16th
7:30 pm
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May 12th
2:00 pm
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May 13th
9:30 am
LERINS 2
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May 18th
11:30 am
LERINS 4
Fri
May 13th
1:30 pm
PALAIS J
Sat
May 14th
6:00 pm
PALAIS K
THE BLOOM OF YESTERDAY by Chris Kraus...................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 26
VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLD by Christophe Van Rompaey...........................................................................................................................................Page 27
THE KING’S CHOICE by Erik Poppe.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 28
THE HAPPY PRINCE by Rupert Everett..............................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 29
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“HITS THE ZEITGEIST NAIL ON THE HEAD OF FEMALE SELF-DISCOVERY” (STERN)
by Laura Lackmann
A TRAGICOMEDY ABOUT LOVE, LIFE AND THERAPY IN BERLIN LIKE A WOODY ALLEN IN HIGH SPIRITS.
by Laura Lackmann
It's no surprise when Karo is fired. She is loud, over-emotional and
wild and imaginative on the outside, but with a serious core.
egocentric, more so than the average Berliner wise-ass, says her best
friend Anna. Karo is not one to give up easily, though: she opts for radical
TOO HARD TO HANDLE depicts not only Karo’s problem, but also that
change and goes into therapy.
of an entire generation rooted in Western civilization today. It’s called an
“affluence problem.” The topic of psychological illness is still not taken
Although her therapist advises her to keep calm, Karo throws herself into
seriously in our society today. One “believes” or “doesn’t believe” in
it. She wants to be a ‘super patient’, catch up on the mourning she hasn't
psychotherapy, thus placing it on a level equal to witchcraft. Even though
done, put her mother on the spot and break up with her boyfriend Philipp.
the soul is also only an organ that must be treated when one is ill.
But it's all too much in one go, her witty facade breaks and she slides into
a depressive mood, to the extent that neither her closest confidant Max
Like countless other people, Karo suffers from the fact that she is no longer
nor her grandmother Bille can help her. It is only when her mother takes
needed as a person. The mix of aimlessness, of excessive fantasy and
Karo in that she slowly pulls herself together again. She now declares war
emotion leads her practically straight into illness. Since she’s not loved,
on her crisis, because ‘depression is a f***ing event.’
she doesn’t love herself, whereby she’s only not loved because she doesn’t
love herself. In the end, it’s the separation from a man whom she doesn’t
really love that pulls the rug from under her feet. This is already almost
DIRECTOR‘S NOTE
pathological for many women today.
Despite its topic, I didn’t want the film to turn people off, but to make it
TOO HARD TO HANDLE succeeds in dealing with an ailment of our time
accessible to everyone. TOO HARD TO HANDLE is like a fairy tale – colorful,
that is uncommon, yet accessible, witty, entertaining and intensive.
TRAGICOMEDY / GERMAN / 117 MIN / COMPLETED
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ORIGINAL TITLE
MÄNGELEXEMPLAR
PRODUCER
Jochen Laube and Leif Alexis
DIRECTOR
Laura Lackmann
DOP
Sten Mende
PRODUCED BY Ufa Fiction in co-production with rbb, Ufa Cinema and
Cine Plus in collaboration with arte
CAST
Claudia Eisinger
Katja Riemann (SUCK ME SHAKESPEER)
Barbara Schöne (BALTIC STORM)
Laura Tonke
Emelie Harbrecht
Maximilian Meyer-Bretschneider
Christoph Letkowski (WETLANDS) Maren Kroymann
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$ 3,3 MILLION B.O
BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING CHILDREN'S BOOK
For the first time ever, Rico has a friend coming over for a sleepover! After
When Oskar finally tells Rico that Tanja was cheating at bingo the other night
weeks of not seeing each other, Rico and Oskar are reunited again and start
and that those ugly handbags she wins all the time are really expensive leather
their adventure with the weekly bingo at the retirement home. But although
bags, Rico refuses to accept that his mother could be a crook. Ellie Wandback,
Rico’s mother Tanja even wins two handbags, Oskar seems suspiciously
the bingo host, must be blackmailing her. Rico and Oskar seek help from the
grumpy and Tanja oddly sad. On top of things Oskar’s dad leaves a bag in
sprightly pensioner Mr. van Scherten and together they try to find out what
front of the door because he needs some distance from his son. So much
is going on. Not everything goes as planned, but in the end the two young
heart affliction is too much for Rico!
detectives shall discover more than just the truth about the bingo-cheat and
the handbags.
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT / GERMAN / 95 MIN / COMPLETED
rico, oskar
and the broken hearted
by Wolfgang Groos
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ORIGINAL TITLE
RICO, OSKAR UND DAS HERZGEBRECHE
PRODUCER
Philipp Budweg and Robert Marciniak
DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Groos (VAMPIRE SISTERS)
DOP
Stefan Biebl
PRODUCED BY Lieblingsfilm in co-production with
Fox International Productions (Germany)
CAST
Anton Petzold
Juri Winkler
Karoline Herfurth (THE READER)
Ronald Zehrfeld (PHOENIX)
Moritz Bleibtreu (RUN LOLA RUN)
Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM)
Ursela Monn
Henry Hübchen (GO FOR ZUCKER)
Milan Peschel
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by Detlev Buck
1.9 MILLION ADMISSIONS
$ 13,5 MILLION B.O
THE INVENTIVE LIVE-ACTION ADAPTATION OF TEEN-ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE IN THE BELOVED
BIBI & TINA UNIVERSE FROM PROLIFIC MAVERICK FILMMAKER DETLEV BUCK
(HANDS OFF MISSISSIPPI, RUBBELDIEKATZ, TOUGH ENOUGH).
It’s summertime, and that means summer camp! Tina and Bibi are attending
Urs and his team are pulling out all the stops in order to beat the girls
the camp as well as a number of students from an international partner
and when Urs provokes and insults Bibi harshly she casts a spell on him,
school. The highlight will be a “Geocaching” competition, a modern day
transforming him into the weirdest sort of bloke.
treasure hunt between different teams.
But her powers are suddenly gone – and Urs is left with a giant head. Bibi is
But one of the boys, Urs, stirs up trouble and and creates a rivalry between
devastated: what’s a witch who can’t perform magic? Bibi and Tina try and
the girls and boys, and now even Tina’s friend Alex wants to be on the boys’
get to the bottom of it, and are eventually pressed for time when there’s a
team rather than with his friends Bibi and Tina. Their team is instead joined
huge forest fire and her magical powers are the only thing that can prevent
by Francois a charming student from France.
a catastrophe…
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BIBI & TINA - MÄDCHEN GEGEN JUNGS
DIRECTOR
Detlev Buck
DOP
Marc Achenbach
CAST
Lina Larissa Strahl
Lisa-Marie Koroll
Louis Held
Phil Laude
Kostja Ullmann
Max von der Groeben (SUCK ME SHAKESPEER)
PRODUCER
Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny, Detlev Buck and Sonja Schmitt
PRODUCED BY DCM Pictures in co-production with
Boje Buck Production, Kiddinx Studios and ZDF
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“A wrenchingly affecting picture.
An incredible, revealing performance from "Sophie Scholl" star Julia
Jentsch” (SCREEN INTERNATIONAL)
“A drama that gets right under the skin!” (CINEUROPA)
“A brave, important, emotionally charged drama from Germany. A Berlinale
highlight featuring a stand-out performance by home-grown actress Julia
Jentsch.” (THE HOLLYWOOD NEWS)
CABARET PERFORMER ASTRID IS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN SHE LEARNS THAT HER
UNBORN CHILD WILL BE SEVERELY DISABLED. SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE LITTLE TIME
TO TAKE A DECISION OF ENORMOUS SIGNIFICANCE.
24 WEEKS
by Anne Zohra Berrached
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The stage lights, the applause – Astrid loves being a cabaret performer, and
have a choice, but little time…
loves her tolerant and supportive husband Markus.
A strong nature with a witty answer to everything, Astrid now feels lost, on
Every decision is taken together, and this one is no different: what will
her own, impossible to continue her comedy routine. Ultimately only she
they do with the child that Astrid is carrying, now, six months into the
who is bearing the child can take this weighty decision. What will she do?
pregnancy, that she learns it will be severely disabled? She and Marcus
Who decides whether the child will have a life worth living?
DRAMA / GERMAN / 102 MIN / COMPLETED
ORIGINAL TITLE
24 WOCHEN
PRODUCER
Thomas Kufus, Melanie Berke and Tobias Büchner
DIRECTOR
Anne Zohra Berrached
DOP
Friede Clausz
PRODUCED BY zero one film GmbH in co-production with
ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel,
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
CAST
Julia Jentsch (SOPHIE SCHOLL – THE FINAL DAYS)
Bjarne Mädel
Johanna Gastdorf
Emilia Pieske
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WINNER
Grand Jury Prize
2016
“This emotionally intelligent first feature boasts alluring desert visuals,
muscular acting and intricate psychology...”
(Ella Taylor - VARIETY)
“Moving” (Kenneth Turan - LA TIMES)
“The ending is one of the most heartbreaking, beautiful sacrifices
in recent cinema.” (THE FILM STAGE)
WHEN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES ARE SHATTERED, TWO BEDOUIN WOMEN STRUGGLE
TO CHANGE THE UNCHANGEABLE RULES, EACH IN HER OWN INDIVIDUAL WAY.
As wedding festivities get underway in a Bedouin village in Israel, Jalila
A story of tradition, modernity, and divided family, Sand Storm upends
finds herself in the awkward position of hosting her husband Suliman’s
expectations. At its core, Elite Zexer’s mesmerizing debut feature portrays
marriage to a second, much younger wife.
the emotionally layered relationship between mother and daughter, both
During the celebration, Jalila stumbles across eldest daughter Layla’s
bound by custom while struggling to adapt to a changing world. Zexer’s
involvement with a boy from her university – a strictly forbidden liaison that
artful storytelling derives its authenticity – its complexity of character, rich
would shame the family. Burying the indignity of Suliman and his new bride
detail, and subtle humor – from the 10 years she’s spent interacting with
living next door, Jalila also tries to contain Layla’s situation by clamping
Bedouin women. Her fidelity to their experience allows her to beautifully
down on her. But younger and possessed of a boundless spirit, Layla sees
convey the spirit of profound ambivalence Jalila and Layla share.
a different life for herself.
DRAMA / ARABIC / 88 MIN / COMPLETED
ORIGINAL TITLE
SUFAT CHOL
DIRECTOR
Elite Zexer
DOP
Shai Peleg
CAST
Lamis Ammar
Ruba Blal-Asfour
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Hitham Omari
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PRODUCER
Haim Mecklberg and Estee Yacov-Mecklberg
PRODUCED BY 2team Productions with the support of the Rabinovich
Foundation for the Arts - Cinema Project and
Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
by Elite Zexer
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FRI / MAY 13TH / 1:30 PM / PALAIS J
by Rune Denstad Langlo
SAT / MAY 14TH / 6:00 PM / PALAIS K
“A pleasantly pointed wheeze. Spins a tale about a loveable loser that brings
levity to a serious subject matter.
Never overplaying, the warm, optimistic Mukata (a real-life asylum seeker
who came to Norway with his family at the age of 18) is the heart and soul of
the film.” (VARIETY)
“Witty and smart... This is furiously festive and utterly tragic all at once,
and in various ways.” (Dagens Næringsliv)
A COMEDY ABOUT A RACIST AND BROKE HOTEL OWNER WHO STARTS A REFUGEE
RECEPTION CENTER AT THE FAMILY‘S MOUNTAIN RESORT IN ORDER TO SAVE THEIR BUSINESS.
Per Primus is a fourth generation mountain resort hotel owner; he‘s born
not going to be as easy as he first expected. Because along with 50 unruly
and raised far up in the Norwegian mountians and lives there with his wife
refugees, most of them muslims and Arabic speaking, comes Abedi, an
and daughter.
endlessly annoying optimist from Congo. He annoys the hell out of Primus,
Primus is a bit more racist than most, and is hopeless with money. Since the
but eventually Abedi changes Primus‘ life completely. And in the end he
tourists haven‘t been coming to the mountains anymore, he decides to go
has to make a choice: his friend or the money.
into the business of running a state-funded asylum reception center. But it‘s
DRAMATIC COMEDY / NORWEGIAN / 90 MIN / COMPLETED
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ORIGINAL TITLE
WELCOME TO NORWAY
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Rune Denstad Langlo (NORTH)
PRODUCED BY Motlys AS
DOP
Philip Øgaard
CAST
Anders Baasmo Christiansen (KON-TIKI)
Slimane Dazi (ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, A PROPHET)
Henriette Steenstrup
Olivier Mukata
Ninni Bakke Kristiansen
Sigve Endresen
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UPCOMING
HELL (WT)
GAME COUNT
by Stefan Ruzowitzky
by Agnieszka Holland
VIENNA. A YOUNG WOMAN WITNESSES A BRUTAL MURDER. THE OFFENDER SEEMS TO BE A CRAZED
SERIAL KILLER, INSPIRED BY ISLAM. A LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE ENSUES...
Özge is a young Turkish-born taxi driver, who attends evening classes and
In his job as a police officer, Christian Steiner often has contact with people
is also an ambitious Thai-boxer. She rarely speaks and trains hard. One day
from immigrant backgrounds. Some years ago his wife left him, taking their
she witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The suspect is an insane serial
child with her. Since then Steiner has been living with his father and cares
killer, inspired by Islam. And he is convinced that Özge has seen him. A life-
for him as best he can. Steiner finds it very difficult to trust other people,
and-death struggle ensues.
especially women.
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ORIGINAL TITLE
DIE HÖLLE
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Stefan Ruzowitzky (THE COUNTERFEITERS, DEADFALL)
DOP
Benedict Neuenfels (THE COUNTERFEITERS, PRODUCED BY Allegro Film in co-production with
The Amazing Film Company
ANONYMA - A WOMAN IN BERLIN)
CAST
Violetta Schurawlow (HEAD FULL OF HONEY)
Tobias Moretti (THE DARK VALLEY)
Sammy Sheik (AMERICAN SNIPER)
Friedrich von Thun (SCHINDLER'S LIST)
Robert Palfrader
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Helmut Grasser and Thomas Peter Friedl
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BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL "DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD".
ONE NIGHT AN ELDERLY WOMAN STUMBLES UPON THE DEAD BODY OF HER NEIGHBOUR. THE POACHER
DIED A MYSTERIOUS DEATH. THERE ARE TRACES OF ROE DEER HOOVES AROUND HIS HOUSE…
Janina, an eccentric retired construction engineer, an astrologist and a
vegetarian lives in a small mountain village on the Czech-Polish border.
One day her beloved dogs disappear. They cannot be found anywhere. A
few months later on a snowy night Janina's introvert neighbour stumbles
upon the dead body of a poacher living nearby. He died a mysterious
death. The only traces are those of roe deer hooves around the house…
As time goes, more grisly killings are discovered. The victims belonged to
the local elite and were passionate hunters. Janina tries to convince the
local police force that they were murdered by wild animals. As another
body is found after the costume ball, Janina becomes the main suspect.
She was the last to see the victim. When the local parish house burns down
and the priest and chaplain of the local hunting association dies in flames,
the police are almost certain who did it…
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ORIGINAL TITLE
POKOT
PRODUCER
Krzysztof Zanussi and Janusz Wachala
DIRECTOR
Agnieszka Holland (IN DARKNESS, BURNING BUSH)
DOP
Jolanta Dylewska (IN DARKNESS)
CAST
Agnieszka Mandat
PRODUCED BY
TOR Film Production in co-production with
Heimatfilm, Nutprodukce, Nutprodukcia, Chimney, Agora, Odra-Film, National Audiovisual Institute, HBO Europe, ZDF, Arte, Czech Television, Film i Väst
Wiktor Zborowski
Jakub Gierszal
Miroslav Krobot
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UPCOMING
ANA, MON AMOUR
THE INVISIBLES (WT)
by Calin Peter Netzer
by Claus Räfle
THE NEW FILM BY GOLDEN BEAR WINNER CALIN PETER NETZER
ANA, MON AMOUR is the story of an intimate relationship. Despite Anas
psychic dysfunctions and the circumstances of their backgrounds, Ana
FOUR YOUNG JEWS SURVIVE THE THIRD REICH IN THE MIDDLE OF BERLIN BY LIVING SO
RECKLESSLY THAT THEY BECOME “INVISIBLE”
and Cezar decide to fight for their relationship, creating a closeness which
drives them into a fatal co-dependency...
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
DRAMA / ROMANIAN / APPROX. 100 MIN / IN PRODUCTION
Calin Peter Netzer and Oana Iancu
ORIGINAL TITLE
ANA, MON AMOUR
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Calin Peter Netzer (CHILD'S POSE)
DOP
Andrei Butica (CHILD'S POSE)
PRODUCED BY Parada Film in co-production with augenschein
Filmproduktion and Sophie Dulac Productions
CAST
Mircea Postelnicu
Diana Cavalioti
Adrian Titieni
Vasile Muraru
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Berlin, February 1943: The NS regime declares the Reich’s capital “free
of Jews.” At this point in time, 7000 Jews have succeeded in going
underground. Almost 1700 will survive the horrors of the war in Berlin. The
Invisibles (WT) tells the stories of four of these contemporary witnesses.
Hanni Lévy, who has just turned 17, has lost both of her parents. Thanks to
her dyed, blonde hair, she is practically invisible to her pursuers, and strolls
along the Ku’damm to pass the time away.
Cioma Schönhaus has also gone underground and leads an adventurous
life that consists of buying a sailboat, dining in Berlin’s best restaurants,
and becoming a forger of passports, through which he saves the lives of
dozens of other Jews.
And while Eugen Friede joins a resistance group that distributes antigovernment leaflets, Ruth Arndt and a friend dream about life in America
during the daytime; at night, she pretends to be a war widow and serves
black-market gourmet foods in the apartment of an NS officer.
The dramatic re-enactments are supplemented with impressive interviews
with the actual people whose lives inspired this film. The two levels blend
together into an intensive, emotionally moving feature film.
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
DRAMA, DOCUMENTARY / GERMAN / APPROX. 100 MIN / IN PRODUCTION
Claus Räfle, Jörg Schulze and Frank Evers
ORIGINAL TITLE
DIE UNSICHTBAREN
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Claus Räfle
DOP
Jörg Widmer (PINA, TREE OF LIFE)
PRODUCED BY cine plus Filmproduktion in co-production with Look! Film and maze pictures
CAST
Max Mauff (BRIDGE OF SPIES)
Alice Dwyer
Ruby O. Fee (GHOSTHUNTERS - ON ICY TRAILS)
Aaron Altaras
Florian Lukas (GOOD BYE LENIN!)
Andreas Schmidt
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UPCOMING
LAYLA
BLESSED BENEFIT
by Mijke de Jong
by Mahmoud al Massad
18-YEAR-OLD LAYLA, A DUTCH GIRL WITH MOROCCAN ROOTS JOINS A GROUP OF RADICAL MUSLIMS.
SHE ENCOUNTERS A WORLD THAT NURTURES HER IDEAS INITIALLY, BUT FINALLY CONFRONTS HER
WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE.
Layla is an 18-year old girl, born and raised in Amsterdam. Layla is smart,
witty and stubborn – and of Moroccan background. In the times of constant
terrorist threat, she struggles with the increasing suspicion towards girls
with headscarves and boys with beards that she witnesses every day. While
her frustration grows, her faith intensifies. She joins a group of radical
Muslims who fight for their practise of Islam. Layla posts films online
depicting the horrors in Syria and Gaza and makes political flyers. And she
flirts with the charismatic Abdel.
When her peaceful brother and she are arrested by the police, Layla, feeling
hurt and isolated in her anger, is left with only one option: to leave home.
She chooses marriage, with Abdel. After their wedding, Layla and Abdel
roam the country together, perform ‘missionary work’, and raise money
for the good cause. But then they get involved in a shootout between a
group of young jihadists and the Belgian police, they have to flee, to the
Middle East.
Layla encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initially, but finally
confronts her with an impossible choice.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA / DUTCH, ARABIC & ENGLISH / APPROX. 90 MIN / IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE
LAYLA
DIRECTOR
Mijke de Jong
DOP
Danny Elsen
CAST
Nora el Koussour
Ilias Addab
PRODUCER
Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld and
Laurette Schillings
PRODUCED BY Topkapi Films in co-production with Menuet,
Chromosom Film, Schiwago Film and NTR
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SCRIPT AVAILABLE
AHMAD GETS TANGLED UP IN AN UNFORTUNATE BUSINESS DEAL THAT LANDS HIM IN PRISON. BUT
LIFE IN PRISON MIGHT NOT BE THAT BAD…
Ahmad, a construction worker, is arrested for using a client’s down payment
to help his cousin, Abu, in a deal involving 10 brand-new laptops and the
hopes to make a small profit from it.
Due to customs procedures, the imported laptops are not released in time.
Unable to do the job or pay the money back, Ahmad is sentenced to four
months in prison for fraud.
Far from all the obligations of the outside world, where food and drink are
not a worry, where new friendships are struck, and where no cell phones
are ringing, Ahmad gradually feels something that he’s never felt before –
liberty. Halfway through his sentence his biggest worry becomes losing this
liberty after his release and, above all, having to deal with a bigger debt…
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
DARK COMEDY / ARABIC, GERMAN / 83 MIN / IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE
INSHALLA ISTAFADET
DIRECTOR
Mahmoud al Massad
DOP
George Mihelis
CAST
Ahmad Thaher
Maher Khammash
Odai Hijazi
Mahmoud al Massad
PRODUCER
Thanassis Karathanos, Dima Hamadallah, Julius Ponten and Mahmoud al Massad
PRODUCED BY Twenty Twenty Vision, Jo Image, Habbekrats, Isee Film
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UPCOMING
UPCOMING
PLACE OF SHELTER
STORM - LETTER OF FIRE
by Michael Ramsauer
by Dennis Bots
THE MARRIAGE OF MARTIN AND KATHARINA IS BURDENED WITH THEIR SON’S AUTISM AND MARTIN’S
BURN OUT. AS NEW NEIGHBOURS MOVE IN, THE TENSE SITUATION SEEMS TO EASE. BUT THEN MARTIN
INCIDENTALLY REVEALS A TERRIBLE SECRET…
Martin is working as a press photographer. After illegally taking pictures of
a crime scene, he collapses. Diagnose Burn out. His wife Katharina is trying
to do everything perfect. Her job. Her family. Parenting their six year old son
Tobias. He suffers from Autism, Martins and Katharina adopted him when
he was just a baby. But as Katharina’s constant worrying and Martins life
crisis sabotage their happiness, their relationship goes seriously downhill.
Right then two new neighbors are walking right into their lives, Nicole
und Christian. Martin finds himself attracted to their joyful carelessness,
he invites them over to use the pool and when he learns that they are
actually illegally squatting in the house next door he somehow finds this
quite charming. Even Katharina, who was a little wary after meeting them,
gets more comfortable with the couple after noticing how Tobias opens
up and gets all enthusiastic when Nicole is around. But then Martin starts
an affair with Nicole, and this starts a series of events with devastating
consequences. Because what he doesn’t know: The new neighbors have a
terribly secret…
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THRILLER / GERMAN / APPROX. 95 MIN / IN POST-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE
MEIN FLEISCH UND BLUT
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Michael Ramsauer
PRODUCED BY Allegro Film
DOP
Josef Mittendorfer
CAST
Andreas Kiendl
Ursula Strauss (MY BEST ENEMY)
THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN TIME COME FROM TRUE FRIENDSHIP
STORM tells the story of 12-year-old Storm, son of printer Klaas Voeten
from Antwerp in the early years of Reformation, when Europe’s freedom of
speech and religious tolerance were at stake.
Oblivious to Storm, Klaas secretly busies himself with the printing of
banned texts, encouraged by his client and friend Alwin Dankert. Storm’s
mother disagrees heavily. However, when Klaas is presented an assignment
in utmost secrecy to print an important, banned letter by Martin Luther
which could finally put an end to the city’s corruption, he decides to accept.
Storm’s secure life is completely ripped away when Klaas and Storm are
caught. His father is arrested, but Storm flees just in time with the original
letter of Martin Luther…
Now Storm’s has become the central figure of a headhunt, instigated by
the new Inquisitor and his soldiers. Aided by Marieke, an orphaned girl
living in the city’s underground tunnels, Storm is in a race against time to
save his father from execution and a struggle for everyone’s freedom.
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ORIGINAL TITLE
STORM
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Dennis Bots
DOP
Rolf Dekens N.S.C.
PRODUCED BY Phanta Basta! in co-production with Iris Productions and Bulletproof Cupid
CAST
Yorick van Wageningen
(THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
Wolfgang Rauh
Davy Gomez
Lili Epply (JAMES BOND 007 - SPECTRE)
Juna de Leeuw
Nikolai Klinkosch
Angela Schijf
Hary Prinz
Maarten Heijmans
Peter van den Begin
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Helmut Grasser and Constanze Schumann
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Harro van Staverden and Petra Goedings
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UPCOMING
UPCOMING
ALI’S WEDDING
SCARRED HEARTS
by Jeffrey Walker
by Radu Jude
LOVE, DUTY AND COMIC DECEPTION.
BASED ON MAX BLECHER‘S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL;
CONSIDERED BY WORLDWIDE CRITICS “A MASTERPIECE” OR “LOST CLASSIC”
AUSTRALIA'S ANSWER TO "BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM"
Ali is the charming son of a much-loved Muslim cleric who has migrated to
chain of events that sees him attending medical school despite not being
Australia from Iraq and attempts to juggle two very different worlds.
enrolled, and falling in love despite being promised to another. As his
Desperate to please his family and community, Ali sets off a calamitous
wedding day draws ever closer, Ali’s double life is on the brink of exposure.
During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early 20ies, is
committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his
bone tuberculosis.
The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a
plaster on a stretcher-bed.
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ORIGINAL TITLEALI‘S WEDDING
PRODUCER
Sheila Jayadev and Helen Panckhurst
PRODUCED BY Matchbox Pictures
DIRECTOR
Jeffrey Walker
DOP
Don McAlpine (MOULIN ROUGE, ROMEO + JULIET, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE)
TERRITORIES AVAILABLE
CAST
Osamah Sami
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Don Hany (LUCKY MILES)
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the fullest. He makes friends and engages in conversations, political for
the most part. He reads, he writes, he smokes and drinks, interacts with
doctors, nurses and stretcher-bearers. He observes how healing seems to
be happening transiently, following mysterious laws: some patients get
better, some worse, others die.
Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the sadness of his new life,
he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to
He even has a romantic relationship, while outside Romania doesn‘t have
much to offer him, turning more and more into an extreme right-wing
society... DRAMA / ROMANIAN / APPROX. 110 MIN / IN POST-PRODUCTION
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
ORIGINAL TITLE
INIMI CICATRIZATE
PRODUCER
Ada Solomon
DIRECTOR
Radu Jude (AFERIM!)
DOP
Marius Panduru
PRODUCED BY Hi Film Productions
in co-production with Komplizen Film GmbH
CAST
Lucian Teodor Rus
Ivana Mladenovic
Ilinca Harnut
Bogdan Cotlet
Marian Olteanu
TERRITORIES AVAILABLE
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UPCOMING
UPCOMING
THE BLOOM OF YESTERDAY
VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLD
by Christophe Van Rompaey
by Chris Kraus
FEATURING TWO TIMES CESAR-WINNER ADÈLE HAENEL (THE UNKNOWN GIRL)
AND LARS EIDINGER (PERSONAL SHOPPER).
A renowned German Holocaust researcher, grandson of a prominent Nazi
war criminal, is struggling with his family history, his career and his hatred
of people in general.
At the height of his personal crisis, he encounters a passionate, manic French
Jewess with a Teutonic complex. Her remarkably frank and unconventional
manner turns his professional and family life upside down and helps him
finally break down the barriers he has built around his life. An impossible
romantic comedy, in effect, a love story programmed to self-destruct.
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ORIGINAL TITLE
DIE BLUMEN VON GESTERN
DIRECTOR
Chris Kraus (FOUR MINUTES)
DOP
Sonja Rom
CAST
Adèle Haenel (THE UNKNOWN GIRL)
Lars Eidinger (CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, EVERYONE ELSE)
Hannah Herzsprung (FOUR MINUTES, THE READER)
Jan Josef Liefers (THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX)
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PRODUCER
Danny Krausz, Kathrin Lemme, Chris Kraus, Gerd Huber and Kurt Stocker
PRODUCED BY Dor Film and Four Minutes in collaboration with
SWR, ARD Degeto, NDR, ORF, BR and HR
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THIS NEW DRAMATIC COMEDY REUNITES THE TEAM BEHIND MOSCOW, BELGIUM,
WINNING THREE AWARDS AT THE 2008 CANNES CRITICS’ WEEK.
VINCENT is a 17-year old ecologist who drives his family crazy with his
Vincent‘s giddy French aunt NIKKI takes him on a trip to France, convinced
attempts to reduce their carbon footprint.
that the boy‘s obsession is related to his suffocating mother. But on their
road-trip, Vincent proves to be much more than Nikki can handle.
PROMO & SCRIPT AVAILABLE
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ORIGINAL TITLE
VINCENT ET LA FIN DU MONDE
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Christophe Van Rompaey
DOP
David Williamson
PRODUCED BY Private View
in co-production with Les Films
CAST
Spencer Bogaert
Alexandra Lamy
Barbara Sarafian
Emma Reynaert
Kimke Desart
Jan Hammenecker
Dries Phlypo
TERRITORIES AVAILABLE
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UPCOMING
UPCOMING
THE KING’S CHOICE
THE HAPPY PRINCE
ERIK POPPE'S COMMANDING TAKE ON THE TRUE EVENTS
THAT TURNED A BRAVE MAN INTO THE PEOPLE'S KING
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE LAST DAYS OF OSCAR WILDE
by Erik Poppe
by Rupert Everett
On the night of 9th of April 1940, a fleet of Nazi warships attack Oslo. The
A race against time between mediation and warfare ensues. The Nazis have
biggest of them all, the “Blücher”, Hitler’s pride, is sunk.
commanded German soldiers to hunt down the King and his family. While
When Germany presents an ultimatum for surrender, the Norwegian Prime
King Haakon doesn’t know whether his son and his democratically elected
Minister hands in his resignation. The country is falling apart but two
parliament are behind him, he is faced with a choice that will change his
men stand up for what they believe in, King Haakon of Norway (Jesper
nation forever.
Christensen) and the German diplomat Curt Bräuer (Karl Markovics).
NEW PROMO AVAILABLE
WAR DRAMA / NORWEGIAN & GERMAN / APPROX. 100 MIN / IN POST-PRODUCTION
This great man of letters is now a superstar on the skids. We are taken on
Sternly devoted to Oscar like no other friend before. Oscar’s visions
a final nocturnal ramble through Paris. Totally inebriated Oscar falls off a
intensify. Past scenes of passion, ignorance and humiliation are reviewed in
table at a Varieté. In bed, dying, the past floods back. We immerge into the
his minds eye. By now, Oscar’s brain has flickered into oblivion, the spectres
great love stories of Oscar Wilde, notably his relationship to Lord Alfred
of memory haunt him: His wife Constance, who he failed miserably and
Douglas which, observed under the microscope of death, is revealed for
who still loves him, his sons, ashen and unforgiving, and at last Jesus Christ.
what it really is – a passionate affair based on snobbery. And yet, through
Oscar tries to encounter suffering with irony and desperately performs the
the smoky fumes of cigars and absinthe, appears a twinkle of love: Robbie.
tragedy of his life to the very end.
TRAGICOMEDY, BIOPIC / ENGLISH, ITALIAN & FRENCH / APPROX. 90 MIN / IN PRE-PRODUCTION
ORIGINAL TITLE
KONGENS NEI
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Erik Poppe (1,000 TIMES GOOD NIGHT,
PRODUCED BY Paradox Film 1 AS, Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae
TROUBLED WATER)
DOP
John Christian Rosenlund (O‘HORTEN)
TERRITORIES AVAILABLE
CAST
Jesper Christensen (QUANTUM OF SOLACE)
World excluding Scandinavia and Turkey
Anders Baasmo Christiansen (KON-TIKI)
Colin Firth (THE KING’S SPEECH, A SINGLE MAN)
Tuva Novotny (JALLA! JALLA!)
Colin Morgan (LEGEND,
Karl Markovics (THE COUNTERFEITERS)
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, MERLIN)
Katharina Schüttler (GENERATION WAR)
Juliane Köhler (NOWHERE IN AFRICA)
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Madeleine Ekman
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
ORIGINAL TITLE
THE HAPPY PRINCE
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Rupert Everett (AN IDEAL HUSBAND)
DOP
John Conroy (LUTHER, THE SEA)
PRODUCED BY maze pictures, Entre Chien et Loup, Palomar, cine plus Filmproduktion
CAST
Rupert Everett (MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING, HYSTERIA)
Sébastien Delloye, Philipp Kreuzer and Jörg Schulze
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NOTES
A FILM BY ERIK POPPE
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