screenings - Beta Cinema

2014
BERLINALE LINE-UP
EFM OFFICE
Martin-Gropius-Bau
Stand Number 28
Phone +49 30 863950 - 405
HEAD OFFICE
BETA CINEMA GmbH
Gruenwalder Weg 28d
D-82041 Oberhaching
Phone +49 89 673469 - 828
Fax +49 89 673469 - 888
www.betacinema.com
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SCREENINGS
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
JACK
STEREO
THE PHYSICIAN
THE FAMOUS FIVE 3
BACK ON TRACK
GLOBAL PLAYER
LE GRAND CAHIER
TWO LIVES
THE DEVIL‘S VIOLINIST
QUALITY TIME
STILL LIFE
by Dietrich Brüggemann
page 6
by Edward Berger
page 8
by Maximilian Erlenwein
page 10
by Philipp Stoelzl
page 12
by Mike Marzuk
page 14
by Kilian Riedhof
page 16
by Hannes Stöhr
page 18
by János Szász
page 20
by Georg Maas
page 22
by Bernard Rose
page 24
by Holger Haase
page 26
by Uberto Pasolini
page 28
by Rupert Everett
page 32
by Anna Mastro
page 34
by Sharon Maymon
page 36
by Burhan Qurbani
page 38
by Jochen Alexander Freydank
page 40
UPCOMINGS
THE HAPPY PRINCE
WALTER
THE FAREWELL PARTY
WE ARE YOUNG, WE ARE STRONG
KAFKA‘S THE BURROW
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SCREENING SCHEDULE
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
STATIONS OF
THE CROSS
JACK
STEREO
by invitation only
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Monday
Monday
Monday
Monday
Feb 8th
Feb 9th
Feb 9th
Feb 10th
Feb 10th
Feb 10th
Feb 10th
1:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m.
11:15 a.m.
CinemaxX 10
Berlinale Palast
Berlinale Palast
Friedrichstadtpalast
Friedrichstadtpalast
International
CinemaxX 10
Private*
Press
Premiere
Friday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Monday
Feb 7th
Feb 7th
Feb 8th
Feb 8th
Feb 8th
Feb 8th
Feb 10th
9:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
Berlinale Palast
Berlinale Palast
Friedrichstadtpalast
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
CineStar 2
Friedrichstadtpalast
CineStar 2
Press
Premiere
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Sunday
Feb 7th
Feb 8th
Feb 9th
Feb 10th
Feb 11th
Feb 16th
9:20 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
2:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
10:30 p.m.
CinemaxX 4
Zoo Palast 1
CinemaxX 7
Cubix 9
CinemaxX 4
Colosseum 1
Market
Premiere
Market
Market
Market
Market
THE PHYSICIAN
MARKET
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
Feb 6th
Feb 11th
Feb 13th
4:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
4:15 p.m.
CineStar IMAX
CinemaxX 8
Zoo Palast 2
THE FAMOUS FIVE 3
Thursday
Friday
Feb 6th
Feb 7th
1:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
CinemaxX 16
CinemaxX 11
BACK ON TRACK
Sunday
Thursday
Feb 9th
Feb 13th
4:40 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
CinemaxX 13
Zoo Palast 3
GLOBAL PLAYER
Monday
Tuesday
Feb 10th
Feb 11th
9:30 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
CinemaxX 16
CineStar 4
LE GRAND CAHIER
Sunday
Feb 9th
10:45 a.m.
CinemaxX 13
TWO LIVES
Sunday
Feb 9th
2:00 p.m.
Zoo Palast 2
THE DEVIL‘S VIOLINIST
Friday
Tuesday
Feb 7th
Feb 11th
10:45 a.m.
10:45 a.m.
CineStar IMAX
CineStar 4
QUALITY TIME
Saturday
Feb 8th
10:45 a.m.
CinemaxX 13
Lola@Berlinale
Lola@Berlinale
Lola@Berlinale
*
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WORLD
PREMIERE
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
by Dietrich Brüggemann
Maria is 14 years old. Her family is part of a fundamentalist Catholic community. Maria lives her
everyday life in the modern world, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to follow him, to become a saint and go to heaven – just like all those holy children she’s always been told about. So
Maria goes through 14 stations, just like Jesus did on his path to Golgatha, and reaches her goal
in the end. Not even Christian, a boy she meets at school, can stop her, even if in another world,
they might have become friends, or even lovers. Left behind is a broken family that finds comfort
in faith, and the question if all these events were really so inevitable.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS is an indictment and, at the same time,
the legend of a saint. It’s a story of religion, devotion and radical
faith, and the film itself comes along just as radical as the subject
matter, telling the story in only 14 fixed-angle long shots.
Original Title
KREUZWEG
Director
Dietrich Brüggemann
Cinematographer Alexander Sass
Cast
Lea van Acken
Franziska Weisz (THE ROBBER)
Florian Stetter (SOPHIE SCHOLL – THE FINAL DAYS)
Hanns Zischler (MUNICH)
Lucie Aron
Genre
Drama
Language
German
Length
107 min
Produced by
UFA Fiction Ludwigsburg in co-production with
SWR, arte and Cine Plus
Status
completed
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories
SCREENINGS
Saturday | Feb 8th | 1:00 p.m. | CinemaxX 10 | Private*
Sunday | Feb 9th | 9:00 a.m. | Berlinale Palast | Press
Sunday | Feb 9th | 4:00 p.m. | Berlinale Palast | Premiere
Monday | Feb 10th | 9:30 a.m. | Friedrichstadtpalast
Monday | Feb 10th | 6:00 p.m. | Friedrichstadtpalast
Monday | Feb 10th | 10:30 p.m. | International
Monday | Feb 10th | 11:15 a.m. | CinemaxX 10 | Market
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by invitation only
*
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WORLD
PREMIERE
JACK
by Edward Berger
JACK RUNS. Everything he does is infused with purpose, every muscle in his taut little body focused on
getting things done. Getting up on time. Waking his little brother Manuel. Going to school. Preparing
dinner. A lot for a child. But with a single mother, Sanna, who’s sweet, girlish and utterly unable to
cope, JACK RUNS THE HOUSE – and runs it well. Until an accident breaks their little community apart:
Child Welfare assigns Jack to a state-run home. When the holidays arrive, but Sanna doesn’t pick him
up and another boy bullies him with tragic results, he flees. On foot. Across the vast expanse of Berlin.
To Sanna, who is nowhere to be found. Picking up Manuel from a friend of his mother’s, he crisscrosses
the city in search of his mother. JACK RUNS INTO TROUBLE. The two boys need food, rest, sleep, but
Jack keeps going, fear and anguish written in his face, desperately searching for Sanna, desperate to
avoid being sent back to the home. JACK RUNS OUT OF STEAM. After what seems like an eternity, Jack
finds Sanna. And comes to a drastic realization...
Berlin-based and New York-trained director Edward Berger
delivers a pleasingly non-judgmental yet stirring tale about
courage and responsibility.
Original Title
JACK
Director
Edward Berger
Cinematographer Jens Harant
Cast
Ivo Pietzcker
Georg Arms
Luise Heyer
Nele Mueller-Stöfen
Vincent Redetzki
Jacob Matschenz
Genre
Drama
Language
German
Length
103 min
Produced by
Port-au-Prince Film & Kultur Produktion in coproduction with Cine Plus Film, Neue Bioskop Film,
Mixtvision Mediengesellschaft and Zero West
Status
completed
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories
SCREENINGS
Friday | Feb 7th | 9:00 a.m. | Berlinale Palast | Press
Friday | Feb 7th | 4:00 p.m. | Berlinale Palast | Premiere
Saturday | Feb 8th | 9:30 a.m. | Friedrichstadtpalast
Saturday | Feb 8th | 12:30 p.m.| Haus d. Berliner Festspiele
Saturday | Feb 8th | 3:30 p.m. | CineStar 2 | Market
Saturday | Feb 8th | 6:00 p.m. | Friedrichstadtpalast
Monday | Feb 10th | 1:15 p.m. | CineStar 2 | Market
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WORLD
PREMIERE
STEREO
by Maximilian Erlenwein
Eric just wants to lead a mellow life and take care of his motorcycle workshop. He spends his free
time with his new girlfriend Julia and her young daughter. It could all be so perfect. But this seemingly
happy world comes to an abrupt end when an erie stranger, Henry, forces his way into Eric’s life.
Like a parasite, there’s no shaking him off. His annoying and cynical way of doing things provokes
and pushes Eric to the edge of madness. But when more shady characters surface, claiming to know
Eric, threatening to do him serious damage if he doesn’t join in their dirty business, his life is destined
to go right off the rails. Backed into a corner and with no way out, Eric has no choice but to rely on
Henry. But can he be trusted?
A feverish thriller that unites two major German movie stars for
the first time: Moritz Bleibtreu (RUN LOLA RUN, SOUL KITCHEN)
and Jürgen Vogel (THE WAVE, THE FREE WILL).
Original Title
STEREO
Director
Maximilian Erlenwein
Cinematographer Ngo The Chau (DETROIT, ALMANYA)
Cast
Jürgen Vogel (THE WAVE, THE FREE WILL)
Moritz Bleibtreu (RUN LOLA RUN)
Petra Schmidt-Schaller (ALMANYA)
Georg Friedrich (NORTH FACE, MY BEST ENEMY)
Rainer Bock (THE WHITE RIBBON)
Genre
Thriller
Language
German
Length
95 min
Produced by
A Frisbeefilms and Kaissar Film production in
co-production with ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel and
Wild Bunch Germany in co-operation with arte
Status
completed
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories
SCREENINGS
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Sunday
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| Feb 7th | 9:20 a.m. | CinemaxX 4 | Market
| Feb 8th | 7:00 p.m. | Zoo Palast 1 | Premiere
| Feb 9th | 10:00 a.m. | CinemaxX 7
| Feb 10th | 2:30 p.m. | Cubix 9
| Feb 11th | 4:45 p.m. | CinemaxX 4 | Market
| Feb 16th | 10:30 p.m. | Colosseum 1
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MARKET
PREMIERE
THE PHYSICIAN
by Philipp Stoelzl
THE PHYSICIAN tells the story of Rob Cole, a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century
English mining town when his mother dies of a mysterious illness. Vowing to become a physician
and vanquish Death itself, he travels to Isfahan in Persia to study medicine under the great Ibn Sina.
Through countless ordeals and challenges, and making many sacrifices along the way, he struggles on
unwaveringly. His unflagging quest for knowledge leads to the blossoming of friendship and true love.
Germany‘s #1 with a triple Box Office Award („Bogey“) for over
1.000 admissions per location in the opening weekend, 1mio.
admissions in 10 days, and 2mio. admissions in 20 days.
Original Title
THE PHYSICIAN by Noah Gordon
Director
Philipp Stoelzl (NORTH FACE, YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE)
Cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski (THE LIVES OF OTHERS)
Cast
Tom Payne (HBO’s LUCK)
Sir Ben Kingsley (HUGO, IRON MAN 3)
Stellan Skarsgård (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
Olivier Martinez (UNFAITHFUL, S.W.A.T)
Emma Rigby
Genre
Action, Adventure, Romance
Language
English
Length
150 min
Produced by
UFA Cinema in co-production with ARD
Degeto and Beta Cinema
Status
completed
GERMANY
SPAIN
24.000.000 EURO
BOX OFFICE
5.200.000 EURO
BOX OFFICE
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories, Spain, Russia,
Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia, Romania,
Hungary, Turkey, Middle East, South Korea and Latin America
SCREENINGS
Thursday | Feb 6th | 4:30 p.m.
CineStar IMAX
Tuesday | Feb 11th | 10:00 a.m.
CinemaxX 8
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Thursday | Feb 13th | 4:15 p.m.
Zoo Palast 2 | Lola@Berlinale
“An exciting homage to the human striving for knowledge and a timeless plea for tolerance and
freedom” (FAZ)
„Cinema that becomes a library for the eyes – and medicine for the soul.” (BILD)
“Powerful, mysterious – simply magical!” (FÜR SIE)
“Unfilmable, yet filmed” (DER TAGESSPIEGEL)
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MARKET
PREMIERE
THE FAMOUS FIVE 3
by Mike Marzuk
In an old shipwreck, drifted ashore from a storm, the kids discover a mysterious brass locket. The local
fisher girl Joe believes, that this is the key to a long lost pirate treasure. Having befriended The Famous
Five, she confesses, that an investor wants to banish her tribe from their bay, using it to build a tourist
resort on their cherished land instead. This treasure is her last chance to save her home.
Together the friends embark on a treasure hunt, through the dangerous jungle Noteka. With the
gangster couple Nick and Cassi right on their heels, they rush through the jungle until Julian collapses.
He was bitten by a toxic bug. The antidote, a rare herb, grows only miles away on a remote peak. As
the friends finally arrive at the mountaintop, they are ambushed by Nick and Cassi. Only with the help
of their loyal dog Timmy, they can escape and save Julian’s life. However by then, the gangsters have
run off with the treasure. A race against time begins, as the investor has already arrived at Joe’s village
with a bulldozer ready to go…
The adventures of THE FAMOUS FIVE continue on an exotic island!
Original Title
FÜNF FREUNDE 3
Director
Mike Marzuk
Cast
Valeria Eisenbart
Quirin Oettl
Justus Schlingensiepen
Neele Marie Nickel
Davina Weber
Michael Kessler
Nora von Waldstätten
Michael Fitz
and as a guest Sky Du Mont (EYES WIDE SHUT)
Genre
Family Entertainment
Language
German
Length
95 minutes
Produced by
SamFilm in co-production with
Constantin Film Produktion
Status
GERMANY
1.300.000 EURO B.O.
1ST WEEKEND #3
completed
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories, France and Spain
SCREENINGS
Thursday | Feb 6th | 1:30 p.m.
CinemaxX 16
Friday | Feb 7th | 4:30 p.m.
CinemaxX 11
Enid Blyton’s FAMOUS FIVE are back in their third big screen adventure, this time on an exotic,
tropical island.
Based on Enid Blyton‘s beloved book series, 100.000.000 times sold worldwide!!!
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MARKET
PREMIERE
BACK ON TRACK
by Kilian Riedhof
Paul Averhoff was once a great marathon runner, a legend, and gold medal winner at the 1956
Melbourne Olympics. Now well over 70 and in a nursing home, he is only left to choose between the
singing group and handicraft classes… and he can no longer avoid the decisive question: Was that it?
No way! He dons his old running shoes, and begins jogging in the nursing home park, soon determined to run the Berlin Marathon – and win it. While the “old fogeys” turn from sceptics into exuberant
fans, celebrating their hero from yesteryears, the management fears losing control. But when his
wife Margot dies, Paul falls into deep mourning. Can he still fulfil the promise his wife wrested from
him shortly before her death? That he would put aside his sad thoughts and keep running relentlessly
toward the marathon, even without her? Can he do it for himself and for everyone he wants to prove
himself to: his daughter Birgit, the nursing home residents, and the entire city...?
A feel good movie in the tone and tradition of BEST EXOTIC
MARIGOLD HOTEL, THE BUCKET LIST or CALENDAR GIRLS.
Original Title
SEIN LETZTES RENNEN
Director
Kilian Riedhof (HOMEVIDEO)
GERMANY
2.500.000 EURO
BOX OFFICE
Cinematographer Judith Kaufmann (TWO LIVES, FOUR MINUTES)
Cast
Dieter Hallervorden
Tatja Seibt (THIS IS LOVE)
Heike Makatsch (LOVE ACTUALLY)
Frederick Lau (OH BOY)
Katrin Sass (GOODBYE LENIN!)
Genre
Tragicomedy
Language
German
Length
105 minutes
Produced by
neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion
in co-production with universum Film,
Arri Film&TV and BR/ARD Degeto/arte
Status
completed
Territories available
World excluding German speaking territories
SCREENINGS
Sunday | Feb 9th | 4:40 p.m.
CinemaxX 13
Thursday | Feb 13th | 4:15 p.m.
Zoo Palast 3 | LOLA@Berlinale
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“A compelling story of heroism” (FILMSTARTS.DE)
“A beautiful, witty movie, very touching at times and highly determined” (SZ)
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MARKET
PREMIERE
GLOBAL PLAYER
by Hannes Stöhr
The family-run company „Bogenschuetz & Sons“ has produced solid textile machines in a small
Swabian city in southern Germany, for generations. But nowadays demand is down since Asian
competitors are cheaper. Michael Bogenschuetz (39, junior boss) is forced to negotiate on a sale with
the Chinese behind his father’s back. But father Paul (90, senior partner) finds out and tries to get help
from Michael’s sisters Marlies (45) and Marianne (49) to rescue his life’s work ...
GLOBAL PLAYER tragicomically portraits a family, middle-class
and entrepreneurial, in times of globalization.
Original Title
GLOBAL PLAYER
Director
Hannes Stöhr (BERLIN CALLING)
Cast
Christoph Bach
Walter Schultheiß
Inka Friedrich
Ulrike Folkerts
Genre
Tragicomedy
Language
German
Lenghth
90 min
Produced by
sabotage films and Stoehrfilm in
co-production with ARD Degeto, BR and arte
Status
completed
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories
SCREENINGS
Monday | Feb 10th | 9:30 a.m.
CinemaxX 16
Tuesday | Feb 11th | 3:00 p.m.
CineStar 4
From the director of BERLIN CALLING and ONE DAY IN EUROPE
“Successful mix between satire and drama.” (BLICKPUNKT:FILM)
“a contemporary entrepreneurial drama.” (FAZ)
“A well narrated , impressively photographed and convincingly acted tragiccomedy of the
entertaining kind.” (PROGRAMMKINO.DE)
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SCREENING
LE GRAND CAHIER
by János Szász
Towards the end of World War II a desperate young mother leaves her 13-year-old twin sons at their
grandmother’s house in the country - despite the fact that this grandmother is a cruel and bestial alcoholic. The villagers call her “the Witch” because she is rumored to have poisoned her husband long ago.
Previously pampered, the twins must learn how to survive alone in their new, rural surroundings. They
realize that the only way to cope with the absurd and inhumane world of adults and war is to become
completely unfeeling and merciless. By learning to free themselves from hunger, pain and emotion,
they will be able to endure future hardships. So they begin their own series of studies: they fortify their
spirits by reading the Bible and learning foreign languages. They practice every day to harden their bodies and minds. They desensitize themselves to insults and learn to ignore the more insidious appeals
of sentiment and love. The twins keep a record of all they have wit­nessed during the war, the Notebook,
written in their own strict code: The prose must be free from emotion, the notes precise and objective.
The story of 13-year-old twins during WWII who by studying the
evil surrounding them learn to rely on their loyalty to one another,
ultimately surviving in the face of challenging circumstances.
Original Title
LE GRAND CAHIER
Director
János Szász (WOYZECK)
Cast
Piroska Molnár
László Gyémánt
András Gyémánt
Ulrich Thomsen (THE CELEBRATION)
Ulrich Matthes (DOWNFALL)
Orsolya Tóth (WOMEN WITHOUT MEN)
Péter Andorai
Genre
Drama
Language
Hungarian, German
Length
110 min
Produced by
Intuit Pictures in co-production with Hunnia
Filmstudio, Amour Fou and Dolce Vita Films
Status
completed
ACADEMY
AWARDS
SHORTLISTED
US-DISTRIBUTOR
SONY PICTURES
CLASSICS
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories, USA, Canada,
Hungary, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Sweden, Denmark,
Turkey, Israel, Colombia, Portugal, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan
SCREENINGS
Sunday | Feb 9th | 10:45 a.m.
CinemaxX 13
Based on Agota Kristof’s famous novel.
“A distinctively photographed, chillingly atmospheric tale of wartime horrors…a universally
understandable parable about the inhumanity catalyzed by war and the division of postwar
europe… evocative lensing by Christian Berger (“The White Ribbon”) and inventive production/
sound design suggest violent undercurrents that resonates in the viewers’ imagination, and
clever animation makes the eponymous notebook a cinematic synecdoche.” (VARIETY)
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SCREENING
TWO LIVES
by Georg Maas
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in
Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian
woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. She enjoys a happy family life with her
mother, her husband, daughter and granddaughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to
witness in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually,
a web of concealments and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, and her
loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they have lived together, or
the lie it is based on?
A former East German spy in Norway, has built her entire life on a
fake identity but slowly all the lies and deceit are unravelled and
she stands to lose everything.
ZWEI LEBEN
ACADEMY
AWARDS
Director
Georg Maas
SHORTLISTED
Cast
Juliane Köhler (NOWHERE IN AFRICA)
Liv Ullmann
Ken Duken (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS)
Rainer Bock (THE WHITE RIBBON)
Genre
Drama, Thriller
Language
German, Norwegian
Length
100 min
Produced by
Helgeland Film, Asta Film, Zinnober Film and
B&T-Filmproduktion
Status
completed
Original Title
US-DISTRIBUTOR
SUNDANCE
SELECTS
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories, France, Spain,
Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Benelux,
Portugal, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia/NZ, Argentina, Uruguay,
Paraguay, Brazil and Israel
SCREENINGS
Sunday | Feb 9th | 2:00 p.m.
Zoo Palast 2 | LOLA@Berlinale
“A great, disturbing cinematic tale of recent history ... as if made especially for an international
audience ...we plead for an Oscar.” (DER SPIEGEL ONLINE)
“A most suspenseful thriller about espionage, family and the late consequences of wartime
crime.” (KULTURSPIEGEL)
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“An utterly fantastical story rendered utterly plausible, and gripping. The convolutions of the
story are so elegantly laid out, the viewer kept so off balance, and the intrigues so compounded,
that the result is a film of multiple layers and multiple mysteries.” (INDIEWIRE)
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SCREENING
THE DEVIL’S VIOLINIST
by Bernard Rose
In the early 1830s Niccolo Paganini, the great virtuoso violinist, takes Paris by storm. “I am at present
marveling at the astounding miracles performed by Paganini in Paris,” writes French novelist Balzac.
“Do not imagine that it is merely a question of his bowing, his fingering, or the fantastic sounds he
draws from his violin. There is, beyond all doubt, something mysterious about this man. I go to every
one of his concerts. The opera house is packed to overflowing and the cashier raking in 20,000 francs
a night.”
It is said, in his native Italy, that to play with such virtuosity, Paganini has sold his soul to the devil.
Women faint at his concerts, claiming to see a demon guiding his bow at amazing speeds. Rumors
abound; he‘s been in prison for seducing a minor, he‘s seduced half the noble women of Europe, he is
capricious, vain, difficult.
A mystery biopic about Niccolo Paganini, the first rock star in
music history.
Original Title
PAGANINI – THE DEVIL’S VIOLINIST
Director
Bernard Rose (IMMORTAL BELOVED, MR. NICE, BOXING DAY)
International music star, David Garrett, makes his movie debut playing the role of Paganini. It is
Garrett‘s youth and incredible virtuoso talent that brings the excitement, energy, modernity and wonder
to this film – the same way he enchants his audience during his sold-out concerts all over the world.
Cinematographer Bernard Rose
Cast
David Garrett
Jared Harris
(SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS)
Joely Richardson (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
Genre
Drama
Language
English
Length
90 minutes
Produced by
Summerstorm Entertainment,
Dor Film and Film House
Status
completed
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories, Italy, Japan, South
Korea, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, former
Yugoslavia, Middle East and Australia/NZ
SCREENINGS
Friday | Feb 7th | 10:45 a.m.
CineStar IMAX
Tuesday | Feb 11th | 10:45 a.m.
CineStar 4
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An intelligent exploration of the mechanisms of show business and the power of music.
(FILMSTARTS.DE)
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SCREENING
QUALITY TIME
by Holger Haase
You can’t choose your family – which is why Conrad limits his visits with his parents to an absolute
minimum. His father Carl is an irritable old coot who enjoys plucking apart Conrad’s son Jonas and
his wife Tamara. Preferring to leave nothing to chance, Jonas proceeds pragmatically: the code word
“strawberry pie” means: time to go! At this year’s birthday massacre, Conrad’s mother Helene surprises
them with genuine news: she has left Carl and asks Conrad to do her a favor. She wants him to pay a
visit to Carl in their family home. It sounds harmless enough – until Conrad finds his father wallowing
in beer cans, pizza cartons and self-pity. Yet the old geezer still finds the energy to launch venomous
attacks on his son. When Carl injures himself seriously in a fall, Conrad has no choice but to move
back into his old childhood room. Three generations under one roof: a chance for reconciliation – or
a total disaster?
A warmhearted plea to all who secretly wish they could sometimes
send their loving relatives packing.
GERMANY
Original Title
DA GEHT NOCH WAS
Director
Holger Haase
Cast
Florian David Fitz (VINCENT WANTS TO SEA)
Henry Hübchen (GO FOR ZUCKER)
Leslie Malton
Marius Haas
Thekla Reuten (THE AMERICAN)
Genre
Comedy
Language
German
Length
100 min
Produced by
Status
Viola Jäger and Harald Kügler, Olga Film
3.500.000 EURO
BOX OFFICE
completed
Territories available
World excluding German speaking territories and South Korea
SCREENINGS
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From the producers of VINCENT WANTS TO SEA and CHERRY BLOSSOMS - HANAMI
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STILL LIFE
by Uberto Pasolini
John May is a council worker whose job is to find the next of kin of those who have died alone. Meticulous to the point of obsession, he goes beyond the call of duty to see a job through. Only when all leads
have been checked and all doors shut will he organise the funeral of his forgotten “clients”, for whom
he chooses the appropriate music and writes eulogies, which no one but him will hear.
His life is neat, calm and ordered till his new case, the elderly alcoholic called Billy Stoke has been
found dead. When May visits the flat to search for clues to his neighbour’s life, he sees the mirror
image of his own – except that Stoke’s is full of rubbish bags and dirty dishes. As May starts to research
Billy Stoke’s life his boss brings devastating news: the department is being downsized, and John May
is being made redundant. What will he do without his job, without his routine?
The poignant tale of life, love, and a man’s commitment to his
fellow man.
Original Title
STILL LIFE
Director
Uberto Pasolini (MACHAN. THE FULL MONTY)
ITALY
WINNER
1.000.000 EURO
BOX OFFICE
VENICE ORIZZONTI 2013
BEST DIRECTOR
Cinematographer Stefano Falivene (BEL AMI, MACHAN)
Cast
Eddie Marsan (SHERLOCK HOLMES, HAPPY GO LUCKY)
Joanne Froggatt (DOWNTON ABBEY, IN OUR NAME)
Genre
Comedy/Drama
Language
English
Length
87 min
Produced by
A Red Wave/Embargo Films Production
in association with Cinecittà Studios, Exponential
Media, Beta Cinema and Rai Cinema
Status
completed
Territories available
World excluding Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, USA,
Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Benelux, Sweden, Norway,
Greece and Australia/NZ
“Still life is a piece of poetry.” (FIPRESCI JURY)
“Out of a strong competition of 17 films the Cicae Jury chose unanimously STILL LIFE by Uberto
Pasolini. The jury is convinced that the universal subject and the remarkable cinematographic
quality of this film will draw audiences to European arthouse cinemas across the borders.”
(ART CINEMA AWARDS JURY)
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THE HAPPY PRINCE
by Rupert Everett
THE HAPPY PRINCE is about the last days in the life of Oscar Wilde – a celebrity, a genius, an icon, even
a national treasure – now in the midst of a public meltdown. We look at the excessive quadrangular
love story he is trapped in. Everyone wants Oscar – Constance, Robbie and Bosie. The result is that
freedom eludes him. The once hailed writer observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards
the car crash of his life with detachment and humor. The film is a comedy with tragic undertones in the
tradition of the best of English tragedies.
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde.
Original Title
THE HAPPY PRINCE
Director
Rupert Everett (AN IDEAL HUSBAND)
Cinematographer Martin Ruhe
(CONTROL, THE AMERICAN , HARRY BROWN)
Cast
Rupert Everett
(MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING, HYSTERIA)
Colin Firth (THE KING’S SPEECH, A SINGLE MAN)
Emily Watson (BREAKING THE WAVES)
Tom Wilkinson (MICHAEL CLAY TON)
Edward Fox (GANDHI)
Genre
Tragicomedy/Biopic
Language
English, Italian, French
Produced by
cine plus Filmproduktion and Bavaria Pictures
with Robert Fox Ltd. and Bavaria Media Italia
Status
in pre-production
Territories available
World excluding UK, German-speaking territories, Benelux,
Italy, Australia, former Yugoslavia and Turkey
Rupert Everett recently starred to rave reviews as Oscar Wilde in a play by David Hare entitled
THE JUDAS KISS.
“The most convincing dramatic portrait of Wilde that I have come across … It also allows Rupert
Everett to give the performance of his career.” (THE GUARDIAN)
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“It is inevitably hard to disengage Wilde from the pose, but Everett finds in Hare’s words the
pathos, anger and fearsome intelligence beneath his overwhelmingly tragic loyalty to love.”
(THE STAGE REVIEWS)
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WALTER
by Anna Mastro
Walter believes himself to be the son of God. As such, it is his responsibility to judge whether people
will spend eternity in heaven or hell. That’s a lot to manage along with his job as a ticket-tearer at a movie theater, his loving but neurotic mother, and his growing but unspoken aff ection for his co-worker
Kendall. When one day Greg, a ghost stuck in purgatory, interrupts Walter’s daily routine, asking him
for his judgement, everything comes to a halt. Greg and his shrink, Dr. Corman, help Walter to reassess
the meaning of life, which may include finding a way to win over Kendall’s heart....
A bunch of geezers at an old-age house construct a self-euthanasia
device to assist their dying friend end his life in dignity.
PROMO & SCRIPT AVAILABLE
Original Title
WALTER
Director
Anna Mastro (GOSSIP GIRL)
Cast
William H. Macy (SHAMELESS, FARGO)
Virginia Madsen (SIDEWAYS)
Peter Facinelli (TWILIGHT)
Andrew J. West (CSI, BONES)
Justin Kirk (WEEDS, MR. MORGAN‘S LAST LOVE)
Neve Campbell (SCREAM, WILD THINGS)
Milo Ventimiglia (HEROS, THAT´S MY BOY)
Genre
Comedy/Drama
Language
English
Produced by
Zero Gravity, Purple Bench Films, Barry Films
and Demarest Films
Status
in post-production
Territories available
World excluding USA and South Korea
William H. Macy, Virginia Madsen, Justin Kirk, Peter Facinelli and Neve Campbell support Andrew J. West in a touching and funny US-indie with a heart.
Based on a short story by award winning author Paul Shoulberg
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THE FAREWELL PARTY
by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit
A compassionate dark comedy about friendship and knowing when to say goodbye. A group of friends
at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally
ill friend.
When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends
are faced with an emotional dilemma.
A bunch of geezers at an old-age house construct a self-euthanasia
device to assist their dying friend end his life in dignity.
PROMO & SCRIPT AVAILABLE
Original Title
THE FAREWELL PARTY
Director
Sharon Maymon
Tal Granit
Cast
Ze’ev Revach
Levana Finkelstein
Aliza Rozen
Ilan Dar
Rafi Tavor
Genre
Drama
Language
Hebrew
Produced by
2-Team Productions and Pie Films,Twenty-Twenty
Vision Filmproduktionand United King Films
Status
in post-production
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories and Israel
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WE ARE YOUNG, WE ARE STRONG
by Burhan Qurbani
WE ARE YOUNG, WE ARE STRONG. recounts the incident of violent xenophobic riots in Rostock in 1992
from the perspectives of three very different characters. LIEN is a Vietnamese woman who settled in
Germany, but at the end of the day she will be fighting for her life wondering if the place she called
home could ever be one for her. STEFAN and his friends are part of the night’s violent turmoil. Young
and angry, bored during the daytime, they look forward to the nightly riots and clashes with the police
and foreigners. Unable to cope with his grief at the loss of a friend, Stefan gets lost in a circle of violence.
Stefan’s father MARTIN is an ambitious local politician, trapped in a dilemma: does he advance his
career or stand up for his ideals and take responsibility, which includes that for his son?
In his follow-up to Berlin Competition debut SHAHADA, Burhan
Qurbani grippingly explores the driving forces of xenophobia
during the violent riots in freshly reunited Germany.
Original Title
WIR SIND JUNG. WIR SIND STARK.
Director
Burhan Qurbani (SHAHADA)
Cast
Devid Striesow (THE COUNTERFEITERS)
Jonas Nay (HOMEVIDEO)
Saskia Rosendahl (LORE)
Joel Basman (HANNA)
David Schütter
Trang Le Hong
Genre
Drama
Language
German
Produced by
teamWorx Television & Film in co-production with
ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Status
in post-production
Territories available
World excluding German speaking territories
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KAFKA’S THE BURROW
by Jochen Alexander Freydank
KAFKA‘S THE BURROW is based on the unfi nished novel of the same name by Franz Kafka, which has
never previously been adapted for fi lm. it tells the story of a man in his prime who, having seemingly
achieved everything, has entrenched himself in his burrow, a fortress-like apartment complex. But no
matter how hard he tries to ignore it, there it is: the world outside.
Surveillance cameras should ensure his safety and security, but the nightmare outside can‘t be stopped:
They know he is there, they want him, they want his wealth... and they are on their way.
When surveillance creates a nightmare…
Original Title
DER BAU
Director
Jochen Alexander Freydank (TOYLAND)
Cast
Egon Werdin
Axel Prahl (GRILL POINT)
Devid Striesow (THE COUNTERFEITERS)
Robert Stadlober (CRAZY)
Josef Hader (INDIA, THE BONE MAN)
Genre
Thriller
Language
German
Produced by
Mephisto Film
Status
in post-production
KAFKA‘S THE BURROW is a film about isolation and dissociation, fear, and loneliness in our time.
Territories available
World excluding German-speaking territories
Directed by Academy Award winning director Jochen Alexander Freydank (TOYLAND)
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