press kit - Human Rights Watch Film Festival

PRESS KIT
A film by Maggie Peren
Production Company:
SÜDART Filmproduktion GmbH
Boris Jendreyko
Ickstattstrasse 22
80469 Munich / Germany
Phone. +49-89-139 28 339-2
Mobil. +49-178-713 39 89
[email protected]
World Sales:
Cinepool – A Division of Telepool
Irina Ignatiew
Sonnenstrasse 21
80331 Munich / Germany
Phone. +49-89-55-876-128
Fax. +49-89-55-876-19128
[email protected]
www.telepool.de
German Distributor:
STUDIOCANAL GmbH
German Release date:
End 2011 (planned)
Technical Information:
Length:
95 min
Format:
35mm / 1:2.35 / color
Location:
Alicante (Spain), Gran Canaria
Shooting date:
June 7 – July 20, 2010
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CONTENTS
Cast & Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Synopsis & Press Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Directors Statement – Maggie Peren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About the cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Alex Gonzalez as JOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sabine Timoteo as NATHALIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hubert Koundé as ZOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Friedrich Mücke as PAUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Nathalie Poza as CARLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Alba Alonso as MARIELLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About the crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maggie Peren – DIRECTOR & SCREENPLAY . . . . . . . . . .
Südart Filmproduktion – PRODUCTION COMPANY . . . .
Boris Jendreyko – PRODUCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thomas Klimmer – PRODUCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Armin Franzen – DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY . . . . . .
Julian R. Wagner – PRODUCTION DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . .
Simon Blasi – FILM EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CAST
JOSE
NATHALIE
ZOLA
PAUL
CARLA
MAMADOU
MARIELLE
MONAMA
VIDA
MANU
SAID
FELE
JUAN
GEROME
SOFIA
RAUL
CREW
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
PRODUCERS
CO-PRODUCERS
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR
WORLD SALES
WITH BACKING FROM
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PRODUCTION DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN
MAKE-UP ARTIST
FILM EDITOR
CASTING
MUSIC / COMPOSER
Alex Gonzalez
Sabine Timoteo
Hubert Koundé
Friedrich Mücke
Nathalie Poza
Dami Adeeri
Alba Alonso
Esosa Omo
Ndeye Maguatte
Primo Jose
Ansoumane Bangoura
Natalia Mateo
Mikel Martin
Miguel Such
Raquel Arigita
David Polaina
Maggie Peren
Maggie Peren
SÜDART Filmproduktion GmbH
Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH, El Olivo Producciones Audiovisuales S.L.
noirfilm Filmproduktion GmbH & Co.KG, BR, arte, SWR
Boris Jendreyko, Thomas Klimmer
Rainer Kölmel, Wasiliki Bleser, Gregorio Sacristan,
Peter Welter Soler, Alfonso Garcia, Boris Michalski
STUDIOCANAL GmbH
Cinepool – A Division of Telepool
FilmFernsehFonds (FFF) Bayern, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA),
Medien- und Filmgesellschaft (MfG) Baden-Württemberg,
Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF)
Armin Franzen
Julian Wagner
Manuel Bonillo, Ruth Sempere
Mike Reinecke
Simon Blasi
An Dorthe Braker, Barbie Heusinger, Rafael Palomino
Carolin Heiß, Marc-Sidney Müller
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SYNOPSIS
Canary Island cop José (Alex Gonzalez) has become callous and cynical. As border patrolman, he
has to decide the fate of hundreds of African boat people that wash ashore on the Spanish island
paradise. When German tourist Nathalie (Sabine Timoteo) witnesses the arrival of a boatload
of refugees and starts helping out on the spot, the lives of José, Nathalie and Congolese Zola
(Huber Koundé), one of the few survivors with his son Mamadou (Dami Adeeri), become fatefully
intertwined. Over the objections of her husband Paul (Friedrich Mücke), Nathalie helps Zola try to
escape from internment camp. But instead of freedom, he finds himself at the hands of criminal
smugglers. When José blames himself for the death of his drug-addicted sister Marielle (Alba
Alonso) on New Year’s Eve, and Nathalie gets ever more deeply involved in Zola’s fate, José is forced
to rethink his attitude. It’s up to him to decide. But to free someone, you may have to free yourself first.
COLOR OF THE OCEAN is a gripping and moving story about humanity and responsibility with the
essential focus on the human dilemma of when to get involved or not.
PRESS NOTE
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans) highlights the politically charged humanitarian
problem of African refugees arriving on the shores of Europe. Seen from different human and personal
perspectives, the film refrains from passing moral judgement. Directed and written by Maggie Peren
(“Special Escorts – Stellungswechsel”), the main roles include Alex Gonzalez (“Luz de Domingo“),
Sabine Timoteo (“The Free Will – Der Freie Wille“), Friedrich Mücke (“Mahler on the Couch – Mahler
auf der Couch“, “Friendship!“) and Hubert Koundé (“The Constant Gardener“).
The up & coming producers Boris Jendreyko and Thomas Klimmer from Munich chose an international
and highly topical theme for their theatrical producing debut. The film was shot on location in Spain
and Gran Canaria with an international team and their Südart Filmproduktion.
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DIRECTORS STATEMENT
Maggie Peren DIRECTOR & SCREENPLAY
Being born German means knowing guilt.
Which makes it all the more disturbing that we have no problem
speaking about our guilt in regard to the Holocaust and two World Wars,
but seem all the more willing to don blinders and play deaf to current
crises, claiming a neutrality one of the world’s largest economies can
never have.
In 2006, I saw a report on subsidized fruits and vegetables from Europe
being exported to Africa and destroying local markets. Senegalese
farmers can’t compete with the artificially low prices. Many who lose
their homesteads try to cross the sea to Europe in search of work and
a better life. Often they wind up working on the very plantations that
destroyed their livelihood at home.
I was surprised because I had always assumed that refugees came from war-torn countries and
failed states. That people from a country like Senegal, which has been at peace for decades, would
risk their lives on a nutshell at sea because they had no future at home, was a shock to me.
The more I looked into it, the more I realized how perverse the situation was: While Europe is to blame
for the refugees’ poverty, we refuse them asylum for the very reason they are “merely” economic
refugees, not political.
To hide their origins, the refugees are forced to board the boats without any papers that would identify
them and where they are from. If the ships sink, they die without a name. I wanted to show the faces
of these nameless refugees, quickly realizing it was not my place, as a German, to point fingers at
other nations. While Germany is hardly affected by the influx, Spain and Italy have to bear the brunt
of the onslaught. The story thus turned more and more into a parable. We see people clashing, not
abstract arguments.
While trying to raise the financing, I was always asked, What’s it got to do with us? I would talk about
the tomatoes we export to Africa and the illegal immigrants who come here to pick them. About how
we catch all the fish in the seas and the Africans then come here on the same fishing trawlers. How
the EU invests millions of Euros to protect our borders, but not a cent on addressing the causes.
People would always say, “Well, that’s globalization, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
But “globalization” isn’t a person, it’s an economic development that is personified so that real people
can hide behind it. Germany is the economic powerhouse of Europe, but we insist on closing our eyes
to what’s happening on our doorstep.
Film is a medium that unites us. We all get together in a darkened room, while light is projected
through an image smaller than a pack of cigarettes. On the screen, it becomes larger than life. Film
is a magnifying glass. I wanted to highlight a topic we have shut our eyes to. But it’s there, and it’s not
going away. People drown off the coasts of Europe every day. Just this summer, over 1500 Africans
have lost their lives this way.
Maggie Peren, 2011
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ABOUT THE CAST
Alex Gonzalez JOSE
Alex Gonzalez, born August 13, 1980 in Madrid, started acting at the Juan Carlos Corazza school at
the age of 19. His first main cinema role was “Segundo asalto” (2005) for which he was nominated
for the Goya and Newcomer Award and, in the end, received the Turia Award. More roles followed in
“Rosa de Francia” (2006) and the film “Luz de Domingo” by Jose Luis Garci.
Filmography (selection):
2011
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
Director: Matthew Vaughn
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
2008
EL LIBRO DE LAS AGUAS
Director: Antonio Gimenez Rico
2007
LUZ DE DOMINGO
Director: Jose Luis Garci
2006
ROSA DE FRANCIA
Director: Manuel Gutierrez Aragon
2005
SEGUNDO ASALTO
Director: Daniel Cebrian
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Sabine Timoteo NATHALIE
Sabine Timoteo, born 1975 in Bern, grew up in the USA and Lausanne. Trained as a dancer and cook,
she speaks five languages and is the mother of two children.
The director Philip Gröning met her during an acting workshop in Munich and signed her for the
main female part in his film “L’amour” (2002). For her performance she was awarded the Bronze
Leopard in Locarno and the Swiss Film Award. During the following years Sabine Timoteo appeared
in different film productions all over Europe. She received the Grimme Award for her part in the
drama “Die Freunde der Freunde” (2002) by Dominik Graf.
Filmography (selection):
2011
2009
FORMENTERA
Director: Ann-Kristin Reyels
2004
GHOSTS (Gespenster)
Director: Christian Petzold
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
THE FREE WILL (Der Freie Wille)
Director: Matthias Glasner
180° (180 Grad – Wenn deine Welt Kopf steht)
Director: Cihan Inan
A FRIEND OF MINE (Ein Freund von Mir)
Director: Sebastian Schipper
LITTLE PARADISE (Sommervögel)
Director: Paul Rienicker
2001
FREUNDE DER FREUNDE
Director: Dominik Graf
2007
KILL DADDY GOOD NIGHT (Das Vaterspiel)
Director: Michael Glawogger
2000
THE DAYS BETWEEN (In den Tag hinein)
Director: Maria Speth
2004
DIE VOGELPREDIGT
Director: Clemence Klopfenstein
1996
LOVE MONEY LOVE (L’amour)
Director: Philip Gröning
Awards (selection):
2007
German Film Award
EIN FREUND VON MIR
Nominated “Best Performance by an Actress
in a Supporting Role” (Film Award in Gold)
2003
Adolf Grimme Award (Germany)
FREUNDE DER FREUNDE (TV)
2001
Swiss Film Prize
L’AMOUR
Won “Best Actress”
2000
Locarno International Film Festival
L’AMOUR
Won „Best Actress“ (Bronzen Leopard)
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Hubert Koundé ZOLA
As a leading actor, Hubert Koundé became known with two theatrical films by Mathieu Kassovitz
“Café au Lait” (1992, Métisse) and “Hate” (1995, La Haine). He also made a name for himself as a
theatre actor working with director Peter Brook (Le Costume) and as a TV series actor in “Plus belle
la vie” (2006). His international breakthrough came with the award-winning drama “The Constant
Gardener” (2005), in which he played Dr. Arnold Blum next to Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz.
In 1996, he was nominated for a César as Best Male Young Talent for “Hate”. A Black Movie
Award nomination in the category Best Supporting Role for his part in “The Constant Gardener“
followed in 2006.
Filmography (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
1996
LES ENFANTS DE KAROO
Director: Laurent Ferrier
2010
1788 1/2
Director: Olivier Guignard
1995
LA SICILIA
Rehie: Luc Pien
2008
OPERATION CASABLANCA
Director: Laurent Negre
2004
SOMETIMES IN APRIL
Director: Raoul Peck
1994
LA HAINE
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Director: Fernando Meirelles
1992
METISSE
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
LE PRIX DU PARDON
Director: Mansour Sora Wade
1991
DIEN BIEN PHU
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer
1999
COMMENT J‘AI TUE MON PERE
Director: Anne Fontaine
DE MIEUX EN MIEUX
Director: Claude Mourieras
SARAKA BÔ
Director: Denis Amar
Awards:
2006
Black Movie Award
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Nominated “Outstanding Performance by
an Actor in a Supporting Role”
1996
César Award (France)
LE HAINE
Nominated “Most Promising Actor”
SIMON LE MAGE
Director: Ildiko Enyedi
1997
LA DIVINE POURSUITE
Director: Michel Deville
RESTONS GROUPES
Director: Jean-Paul Salome
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Friedrich Mücke PAUL
Friedrich Mücke completed his acting studies at Ernst
Busch drama school in Berlin from 2003 to 2007. He then
joined the Volkstheater ensemble in Munich. The movie
“Friendship!” (2010) introduced him to a wider audience
with his lead role alongside Matthias Schweighöfer,
for which he received the Bavarian Film Award 2010
as the Best Performance by a Young Actor. In Percy
Adlon’s “Mahler auf der Couch” (2010) Friedrich Mücke
played the part of the young architect Walter Gropius,
who has an affair with Alma Mahler, played by Barbara
Romaner.
Filmography (selection):
2011
RUSSIAN DISCO (Russendisko)
Director: Oliver Ziegenbalg
2009
ALLE TAGE MEINES LEBENS, (Shortfilm)
Director: Lena Stahl
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
2007
DIE EISBOMBE (TV)
Director: Oliver Jahn
WHAT A MAN
Director: Matthias Schweighöfer
2010
MAHLER ON THE COUCH (Mahler auf der Couch)
Director: Percy und Felix Adlon
Awards (selection):
2010
FRIENDSHIP!
Director: Markus Goller
TATORT – Heimatfront (TV)
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank
2009
Bambi Awards
FRIENDSHIP!
Nominated “Best Actor National”
Bavarian Film Award
FRIENDSHIP!
Winner „Best Performance by a Young Actor“
(Pierrot) „New Talent Actor“
WRITE ME – POSTCARDS TO COPACABANA
(Postkarten nach Copacabana)
Director: Thomas Kronthaler
Nathalie Poza CARLA
Filmography (selection):
Nathalie Poza, born March 7, 1972 in Madrid, received
early attention as a member of the well-known
Spanish theatre group Animalario. By the mid ’90s,
her brilliant work included a number of TV films. Two
Goya nominations for the films “Dias de fútbol” (2003)
and “Malas Temporadas” (2005) brought acclaim for her
performance.
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN
(Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
2010
TODAS LAS MUJERES
Director: Mariano Barroso
LA PRINCESA DE EBOLI
Director: Belén Macias
2009
A GOOD MAN
Director: Juan Martinez Moreno
2008
Lex
Director: various
2007
BLINKERS
Director: Alvaro Fernandez Armero
DIAS DE CINE
Director: David Serrano
2005
MALAS TEMPORADAS
Director: Manuel Martin Cuenca
2003
DIAS DE FÚTBOL (SOCCER DAYS)
Director: David Serrano
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Alba Alonso MARIELLE
Alba Alonso was born on July 2, 1980 in Madrid. Her mother, the Spanish actress Pilar Bayona,
has achieved national fame with the Pili and Mili film adaptations. After a number of TV roles, Alba
Alonso made her cinematic breakthrough as part of the ensemble for the famed movie “13 Roses “
(Las 13 Rosas).
Filmography (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN
(Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
2009
CON PELOS EN LA LENGUA
Director: Felipe Jiménez Luna
2007
LAS 13 ROSAS (13 ROSES)
Director: Emilio Martinez Lazaro
NO DIGAS NADA
Director: Felipe Jiménez Luna
2006
LA MALQUERIDA
Director: Belen Molinero
LOS MANAGERS
Director: Fernando Guillén Cuervo
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ABOUT THE CREW
Maggie Peren DIRECTOR & SCREENPLAY
Maggie Peren, born May 7, 1974 in Heidelberg, wrote her first script “Forget America” (Vergiss
America) in 1997 during her studies of literature at University of Munich. “Forget America” was
filmed in 1999 with Vanessa Joop as director and received honors such as the First Steps Award
in 2000 and the Bavarian Film Award in 2001. After “Forget America”, she worked on the script
“Phantom” with director Dennis Gansel, which was produced for German TV in 1999 and won several
Grimme Awards. One year later, in 2001, she developed the script to the theatrical hit “Girls on Top”
(Mädchen, Mädchen), co-written with Christian Zübert and directed by Dennis Gansel. Four more
scripts followed, among them the theatrical film “Altogether” (Ganz und Gar) and the TV production
“Kiss and Run”, for which Maggie Peren received the Screenplay Award of the MFG Film Fund
Baden-Württemberg and a silver Grimme Award for screenplay and acting. The script for “Napola”
(co-authored by Dennis Gansel) was awarded with a German Film Award as best yet-to-be filmed
screenplay before shooting in autumn/winter 2003/2004. In 2003, Maggie Peren wrote the script for
“My Parents” (Meine Eltern), which received more than 30 awards at short film and student film
festivals, among them the ChannelFour Audience Award in London. “Hypochondriac” (Hypochonder)
was Maggie Peren’s debut as a director. She was awarded the Blind Spot Director Award at the
Hamburg Film Festival. She began writing “Special Escorts” (Stellungswechsel) with co-writer
Christian Bayer in summer 2004. The film was completed in 2007 and distributed by 20th Century
Fox. Two years later, she wrote “Hands Off Mississippi” (Hände weg von Missisippi) with co-writer
Stefan Schaller, which became a hit children’s film, based on a novel by popular German author
Cornelia Funke and directed by Detlev Buck. The movie received Bavarian and German Film Awards
for Best Children’s Film. The short film “To Each His Own” (Jedem das Seine), again co-written with
Stefan Schaller, was screened as part of the German Perspective Cinema at the Berlin Film Festival
in 2008. COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans) is the second film directed by Maggie Peren
and won the Bernhard Wicki Award at the 2011 Munich Film Festival.
Filmography (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director & Screenplay: Maggie Peren (95 min / Feature)
2007
SPECIAL ESCORT (Stellungswechsel)
Director: Maggie Peren (97 min / Feature)
2005
HYPOCHONDRIAC
Director & Screenplay: Maggie Peren (20 min / Short)
Screenplay (selection):
2008
TO EACH HIS OWN (Jedem das Seine)
Director: Stefan Schaller (45 min / Feature)
2006
HANDS OFF MISSISSIPPI (Hände weg von Mississippi)
Director: Detlev Buck (98 min / Feature)
2004
BEFORE THE FALL (Napola – Elite für den Führer)
Director: Dennis Gansel (117 min / Feature)
Awards (selection):
COLOR OF THE OCEAN
- Bernhard Wicki New Talent Award
HYPOCHONDRIAC
- Blind Spot, Hamburg Short Film Festival
(Best Director)
HANDS OFF MISSISSIPPI
- German Film Award 2008 (Best Young People’s Film)
- Bavarian Film Award (Best Young People’s Film)
BEFORE THE FALL
- German Film Award 2003 (Best Screenplay)
- Viareggio European Filmfestival (Best Movie)
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SÜDART Filmproduktion
Production
Südart Filmproduktion GmbH, located in
Munich, was founded by Boris Jendreyko
and Thomas Klimmer in May 2008. Their
main focus is to develop and realise
feature films and TV movies for the
national and international market. After
six years of co-operation with their startup company Klimmer, Jendreyko & Scherz
Filmproduktion GbR during their studies
at Munich Film School HFF, followed
the foundation of Südart Filmproduktion
GmbH. During their studies at HFF
Munich and their work as producers and
production managers on feature films like
“Fair Trade”, “Hypochondriac”, “Special
Escorts” or “Krabat”, they built a close
network of artists and craftspeople, so
that they are well-positioned to develop
and produce films with newcomers and
fresh talents.
COLOR OF OCEAN is their feature
producing debut. The German-Spanish
coproduction won the Bernhard Wicki
New Talent Award at the Munich Film
Fest 2011. German theatrical release is
planned for autumn 2011.
Thomas Klimmer and Boris Jendreyko
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BORIS JENDREYKO Producer
Since 1998, Boris Jendreyko has been
involved in more than 30 short and
feature films and gained a wealth of
experience in many areas of film-making.
Recently he worked as a production
manager for Kinowelt Filmproduktion
and Claussen+Wöbke+Putz. In August
2004, he co-founded the production
company Klimmer, Jendreyko & Scherz.
Two years later, he completed his studies
in Production and Media at Munich Film
School HFF. In 2008, he founded Südart
Filmproduktion together with Thomas
Klimmer.
Filmography (selection):
Awards (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Südart Filmproduktion
Director: Maggie Peren
COLOR OF THE OCEAN
- Bernhard Wicki New Talent Award,
Maggie Peren (Director)
2008
Founding of Südart Filmproduktion GmbH
2007
KRABAT
Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion
Unit Production Manager (Summer block)
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
HYPOCHONDRIAC
- Hof International Film Festival 2005
- Blind Spot, Hamburg Short Film Festival
(Best Director)
2006 / 2007 SPECIAL ESCORT (Stellungswechsel)
Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion
Unit Production Manager
Director: Maggie Peren
2002 – 2006 Degree in Production and Media at HFF Munich
FAIR TRADE (Short film)
Michael Dreher Filmproduktion, HFF Munich
Producer
Director: Michael Dreher
HYPOCHONDRIAC (Short film)
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH
Executive Producer
Director: Maggie Peren
YASSIDS BROTHERS (Documentary)
HFF Munich
Unit Production Manager
Director: David Vogel
2003
AFRICAN DREAMS
Odeon Pictures in cooperation with Utopia Film
Production Assistant Sudan
Producers: Reinhard Klooss and Ray Müller
Director: Ray Müller
YAZIDS BROTHERS
- DOK.FEST 2006: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
Advancement Award
FAIR TRADE (Selection)
- German Short Film Prize in Gold 2006
- Babelsberger Media Award 2006:
Best German New Talent Award
- First Steps Award 2006: Best Short Film
- Student Academy Awards 2007: Finalist
- AFI Fest 2006: Audience Award
Best Short Film
- Max-Ophüls-Award Saarbrücken 2007:
Best Short Film
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Award 2007
- International Film School Festival 2006:
Best Screenplay and Best German Film
- International Milano Film Festival 2007:
Best Short Film
- Aspen Shortsfest 2007:
Best Drama and Youth Jury Prize
- European Short Film Biennale
Ludwigsburg 2007: 1. German Advancement
Short Film Award
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2007:
Best Fiction Short Film
- Hamptons International Film Festival 2007:
Audience Award, Best Short Film
- NYC Short Film Festival 2007:
Best Foreign Film
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THOMAS KLIMMER Producer
After high school, Thomas Klimmer trained
as an insurance salesman. Since 2001,
he has held different jobs on short films, TV
productions and feature films. Recently,
he worked for Kinowelt Filmproduktion
and Claussen+Wöbke+Putz. In August
2004, he co-founded the production
company Klimmer, Jendreyko & Scherz.
He received a scholarship from Film
Producers’ Rights Society VFF in 2005.
In December 2006, he graduated in
Production and Media at HFF Munich. In
2008, he founded Südart Filmproduktion
together with Boris Jendreyko.
Filmography (selection):
Awards (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Südart Filmproduktion
Director: Maggie Peren
COLOR OF THE OCEAN
- Bernhard Wicki New Talent Award,
Maggie Peren (Director)
2008
Founding of Südart Filmproduktion GmbH
2007
KRABAT
Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion
Unit Production Manager (Summer block)
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
HYPOCHONDRIAC
- Hof International Film Festival 2005
- Blind Spot, Hamburg Short Film Festival
(Best Director)
2006 / 2007 SPECIAL ESCORT (Stellungswechsel)
Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion
Unit Production Manager
Director: Maggie Peren
2002 – 2006 Degree in Production and Media at HFF Munich
FAIR TRADE (Short film)
Michael Dreher Filmproduktion,
HFF Munich
Producer
Director: Michael Dreher
HYPOCHONDRIAC (Short film)
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH
Executive Producer
Director: Maggie Peren
YASSIDS BROTHERS (Documentary)
HFF Munich
Unit Production Manager
Director: David Vogel
YAZIDS BROTHERS
- DOK.FEST 2006: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
Advancement Award
FAIR TRADE (Selection)
- German Short Film Prize in Gold 2006
- Babelsberger Media Award 2006:
Best German New Talent Award
- First Steps Award 2006: Best Short Film
- Student Academy Awards 2007: Finalist
- AFI Fest 2006: Audience Award
Best Short Film
- Max-Ophüls-Award Saarbrücken 2007:
Best Short Film
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Award 2007
- International Film School Festival 2006:
Best Screenplay and Best German Film
- International Milano Film Festival 2007:
Best Short Film
- Aspen Shortsfest 2007:
Best Drama and Youth Jury Prize
- European Short Film Biennale
Ludwigsburg 2007: 1. German Advancement
Short Film Award
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2007:
Best Fiction Short Film
- Hamptons International Film Festival 2007:
Audience Award, Best Short Film
- NYC Short Film Festival 2007:
Best Foreign Film
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ARMIN FRANZEN Director of Photography
Armin Franzen was born September 1, 1976 in Treves, Germany. After finishing his training as a
digital media designer for video and sound in Cologne, he worked for various commercial, cinema
and TV productions as a lighting technician and camera assistant. In 2001, he began his studies in
cinematography at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg and received the scholarship of the state
of Baden-Württemberg in 2003. In 2004, he spent one year at the Polish National Film School in
Lodz, and returned to the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg to complete his studies in December
2004. He was nominated for the German Camera Award for his work on the short film “Built To
Dream” in 2006. In 2007, another nomination for the German Camera Award and for the Sponsorship
Award for Short Films followed for his work on “Amin”, which was also nominated for the European
Film Award in 2007. In March 2008, he graduated from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.
In May 2008, he received the Kodak Camera Award for “Kronos” and “extraordinary work in image
and picture design during his studies”. Armin Franzen also received the German Camera Award in
2009 for “Kronos” in the category theatrical film.
Filmography (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN
(Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
2009
FLOWERS OF EVIL
Director: David Dusa
2007
KRONOS
Director: Olav F. Wehling
2006
ARMEE DER STILLE - „LA ISLA BONITA“
Director: Roland Lang
AMIN
Director: David Dusa
2005
BUILT TO DREAM
Director + Camera
FUTSCHICATO
Director: Olav F. Wehling
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JULIAN R. WAGNER Production Design
Julian Wagner was born in 1980 in Darmstadt. After completing a German-French high school degree
in Saarbrücken, he worked as a freelance photography assistant in Munich and completed a number
of film and photography internships. From 2001 until 2005, he studied design at the Libera Universitá
di Bolzano, Italy. Since then he has been working as a freelance designer and assistant director.
He studied production design at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg from October 2007 until
January 2010. In the summer of 2009 he was awarded a scholarship from the Landesstiftung BadenWürttemberg and completed the Masterclass Workshop at UCLA in Los Angeles. Julian Wagner lives
and works as a production designer in Berlin and Munich.
Filmography (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
2009
MARSGESICHTER (TV)
Director: Christian Mielmann
WOLF UNTER SCHAFEN (Short film)
Director: Alex Eslam
2008
DIE WAISENMÄDCHEN (Short film)
Director: Sven Fox
MY GRANDFATHER (Short film)
Director: Nikias Chryssos
2006
BORYS (Short film)
Director: Stevo Arendt
SIMON BLASI Film Editor
Simon Blasi was born in 1977 in Erlangen. After successfully
graduating in Film Editing at Cologne Film School IFS, Simon
Blasi enrolled for “Editing/Montage” at the Film Academy BadenWürttemberg in 2003, graduating in 2008. He went on to edit several
award-winning films, such as Stefan Schaller’s “Böse Bilder”, which
won the Max Ophüls Award.
The film “Nevermore” (Nimmermeer) received the Academy Award
for Student Fims from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences in 2006. In 2010 the film “Shahada” premiered as official
competition entry at the Berlin Film Festival.
Filmography (selection):
2011
COLOR OF THE OCEAN (Die Farbe des Ozeans)
Director: Maggie Peren
2008
TO EACH HIS OWN (Jedem das Seine)
Director: Stefan Schaller
VON KINDERN
Director: Niko Apel
2007
AUS DEM TRITT (Short film)
Director: Pia Strietmann
BÖSE BILDER (Short film)
Director: Stefan Schaller
SHAHADA
Director: Burhan Qurbani
2009
FRÜHLINGS ERWACHEN
Director: Nuran David Calis
2006
NEVERMORE (Nimmermeer)
Director: Toke Constantin Hebbeln
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CONTACT
Production Company:
World Sales:
SÜDART Filmproduktion GmbH
Boris Jendreyko
Ickstattstrasse 22
80469 Munich / Germany
phone. +49-89 139 28 339-2
Mobil. +49-178-713 39 89
email. [email protected]
Cinepool – A Division of Telepool
Irina Ignatiew
Sonnenstrasse 21
80331 Munich / Germany
Phone. +49-89-55-876-128
Fax. +49-89-55-876-19128
[email protected]
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