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VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
August 30 til September 09, 2023
EL PARAISO
106 min
Italy 2023
Venice Film Festival Orizzonti competition
Director and Screenwriter: ENRICO MARIA ARTALE
Main Cast: EDOARDO PESCE, MARGARITA ROSA DE FRANCISCO, MARIA DEL ROSARIO, GABRIEL MONTESI
Produced by: MATTEO ROVERE AND ANDREA PARIS, CARLA ALTIERI AND ROBERTO DE PAOLIS
Production: ASCENT FILM AND YOUNG FILMS WITH RAI CINEMA
World Sales: BENDITA FILM SALES
World Premiere – September 03 at 17:00 – Sala Darsena
Public Screening – September 04 at 15:45 – PalaBiennale
PREMIO ORIZZONTI for BEST ACTRESS for MARGARITA ROSA DE FRANCISCO
PREMIO ORIZZONTI for BEST SCREENPLAY for ENRICO MARIA ARTALE
PREMIO ARCA Cinema Giovani 2023 for the BEST ITALIAN FILM IN VENEZIA for EL PARAISO
Synopsis:
Julio Cesar (Edoardo Pesce) is almost 40 years old and still lives with his mother (Margarita Rosa De Francisco), a colombian woman with a gripping personality .
The two share practically everything: a small house on the river filled with memories, the little money they earn working for a local drug dealer, and a passion for salsa and merengue nights. An existence on the margins lived with love, at once symbiotic and oppressive, whose fragile equilibrium threatens to fall apart with the arrival of Ines (Maria Del Rosario), a young colombian girl fresh from her first trip as a cocaine “mule.” Between desire and jealousy, the situation quickly precipitates, to the point that Julio will find himself making an extreme move, on a painful journey that will take him to his homeland for the first time.
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2023
23.06. – 01.07.2023
PRINCESS
Wettbewerb CineVision
Italien 2022
Spielfilm, 110 min
Regie: ROBERTO DE PAOLIS (“CUORI PURI” CANNES 2017)
Cast: GLORY KEVIN, LINO MUSELLA, SANDRA OSAGIE
Produktion: YOUNG FILMS, INDIGO FILM, RAI CINEMA
World Sales: TRUE COLOURS
So, 25. Juni, 18:30 – Astor Filmlounge Club
Mo, 26. Juni, 17:00 – Rio 2
Do, 29. Juni, 10:00 – City 3 (press & industry)
Do, 29. Juni, 10:00 – City 3 (press & industry)
Synopsis:
Einmal mehr schöpft Roberto De Paolis aus einem kalten Alltag eine poetische Geschichte – und macht eine Prostituierte zu einer wahren Heldin.
Princess is a young Nigerian woman, an illegal immigrant selling her body on the outskirts of a big city. Like an Amazon on the hunt, she moves through a pine forest that stretches to the sea where she finds shelter, laughs, quarrels with her friends and earns her daily bread. She sniffs out money, avoiding danger and dodging emotions, one customer after another. Until one day, Princess meets a man who genuinely wants to save her.
But first, she has to save herself.
SICCITA
(DRY)
Sektion Spotlight
Italien 2022
Regie: PAOLO VIRZI (“HARDBOILED EGG” VENICE 1997, “LIKE CRAZY” CANNES 2016, “THE LEISURE SEEKER” VENICE 2017)
Cast: SILVIO ORLANDO, VALERIO MASTANDREA, ELENA LIETTI, TOMMASO RAGNO
Produktion: WILDSIDE/FREEMANTLE, VISION DISTRIBUTION
World Sales: VISION DISTRIBUTION
Mo, 26. Juni, 09:30 – City 1 (press & industry)
Mo, 26. Juni, 20:30 – Rio 1
Mi, 28. Juni, 17:30 – Rio 1
Synopsis:
Großes Starkino über ein dystopisches Rom der nahen Zukunft, wo Wasser und Menschlichkeit zu Mangelwaren werden.
Three years, still no rain. Rome has gone dry, and the lack of water has changed its way of life. In a city overwhelmed with thirst and restrictions, there moves a swarm of characters, young and old, successful and marginalized, victims and victimizers. Their lives are part of the same design, and they are all looking for redemption.
NOTTE FANTASMA
(GHOST NIGHT)
Sektion Spotlight
Italien 2022
Regie: FULVIO RISULEO (“GUARDA IN ALTO” ROTTERDAM 2017, “THE DOG SNATCH” ROTTERDAM 2019)
Cast: EDUARDO PESCE, YOTHIN CLAVENZANI
Produktion: ELSINORE FILM, WILDSIDE/FREEMANTLE WITH VISION DISTRIBUTION & SKY
World Sales: VISION DISTRIBUTION
Di, 27. Juni, 22:00 – City 2
Do, 29. Juni, 15:00 – City 3
Synopsis:
Eine unfreiwillige nächtliche Spritztour gerät aus der Spur: NOTTE FANTASMA nimmt uns mit auf einen atemlosen Roadtrip zweier Protagonisten, die gegensätzlicher nicht sein könnten.
It’s Saturday night. Tarek and his friends have the evening all planned out: PlayStation, junk food, and a few joints to go with it. When he pops by the park to buy some weed, a policeman who’s been eyeing him from inside his car approaches him. The man has a mysterious air about him. He’s gentle yet menacing and somewhat conspiring. Rather than taking him to the precinct, the cop takes Tarek on an adventurous night of brawls, chases, and escapes. However, when dawn comes, their roles may reverse.
PRIMADONNA
(THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW)
Sektion International Independents
Italy-France 2022
Spielfilm, 102 min
Regie: MARTA SAVINA
Cast: CLAUDIA GUSMANO, FABRIZIO FERRACANE, FRANCESCO COLELLA, MANUELA VENTURA, DARIO AITA
Produktion: CAPRI, MEDSET, TENDERSTORIES WITH RAI CINEMA, VISION DISTRIBUTION, SKY
World Sales: VISION DISTRIBUTION
Mo, 26. Juni, 18:00 – City 3
Mi, 28. Juni, 17:00 – Rio 2
Synopsis:
Ihrer Zeit voraus: Junges italienisches Kino, das mit einer mutigen Frau und ihrem Kampf gegen patriarchale Moralvorstellungen eine Geschichte für die Gegenwart erzählt.
Sicily in the sixties. Even though she is a girl, Lia prefers to work on the family farm rather than stay home and help her mother around the house. She is beautiful, stubborn, and private, but knows what she wants. Lorenzo Musicò, the son of a local boss, is attracted by her fiery gaze and tries to seduce her. When she rejects him, furious with rage and entitlement, he decides to take her with force. Instead of accepting a shotgun marriage, Lia does the unexpected and drags Lorenzo to court.
Weitere Informationen: Pressemitteilung
FESTIVAL DE CANNES
May 16 til 27, 2023
FALLEN LEAVES (KUOLLEET LEHDET)
Finland 2023
81 minutes
Cannes Film Festival official selection competition
Director and Screenwriter: AKI KAURISMÄKI
Main Cast: ALMA PÖYSTI, JUSSI VATANEN, JANNE HYYTIÄINEN, NUPPU KOIVU
Cinematographer: TIMO SALMINEN
Production: SPUTNIK AND BUFO
Coproduction: PANDORA FILM
World Sales: THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere – May 22, 2023, 16:45 – Salle Lumiere
Public Screening – May 23, 2023, 12:00 – Salle Lumiere
Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival
Synopsis:
FALLEN LEAVES tells the story of two lonely people who meet each other by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives. Their path towards this honourable goal is clouded by the man’s alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other’s names or addresses, and life’s general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those seeking their happiness.
This gentle tragicomedy, previously thought to be lost, is the fourth part of Aki Kaurismäki’s working-class trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl).
“Lovely Ode to Movies Finds Light in the Darkness of Modern Life” (Indiewire)
“A tender, beautifully directed love story … signature deadpan humor, brilliant timing and lapidary visuals … packs a great deal into his minimalist narrative, creating a deeply human world filled with doleful faces, plaintive desires and thwarted dreams that he tempers with dry humor, political anger and a lot of movie love.” (The New York Times)
For further information: Presskit
BERLINALE
February 16 til 26, 2023
AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
India 2023
75 min, documentary form
Berlinale Panorama
Director / Producer / Cinematographer: SREEMOYEE SINGH
Editor: JOYDIP DAS, PRADYATAN BERA
Music: MAJDY
Sound Design: ANIRBAN BORTHAKUR
Colorist: SIDHARTH MEER, BRIDGE POSTWORKS
Sound Mix: BOLOY KUMAR DOLOI
Executive Producers: HUSSAIN CURRIMBHOY, NOOPUR SINHA, ORLY RAVID
World Premiere – February 21, 2023, 16:00, International (plus Q&A)
Public Screening – February 22, 2023, 19:00, Cubix 5 (plus Q&A)
Public Screening – February 23, 2023, 21:45, Cubix 8 (plus Q&A)
Public Screening – February 24, 2023, 10:00, Cubix 7
Public Screening – February 25, 2023, 12:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele (plus Q&A)
Synopsis:
Inspired by the cinema and poetry of Iran a young Indian filmmaker undertakes a self-reflexive journey to explore the lives of filmmakers and women in Tehran.
Through intimate and unexpected conversations, the camera captures revelations about how Iranians negotiate life under the Islamic Regime, its constant censorship, and the limitations on basic human expression.
Moving and unguarded exchanges with acclaimed Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Shivani open a door into the lives of women whose daily battles with repression have been the source of their stories. We witness how the Regime dismisses the idea of femininity by erasing a woman’s body, forbidding women to sing, forbidding desire.
Over six years, the filmmaker’s camera captures the simmering anxieties, fears, hopes and dreams of a nation on the cusp of revolution. Woven within the film’s careful observation and diligent enquiry is the historic journey of Iranian women from mute observers to those fighting to reclaim their lost voices, as they spearhead the largest struggle for liberation rocking Iran now.
Press release: PDF-document
Press kit: PDF-document
WERNER HERZOG – RADICAL DREAMER
Dokumentarfilm
Deutschland / USA 2022
102 Min.
Ein Film von THOMAS VON STEINAECKER
Mit: CHRISTIAN BALE, LENA HERZOG, NICOLE KIDMAN, THOMAS MAUCH, JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER, ROBERT PATTINSON, VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF, PATTI SMITH, LUCKI STIPETIĆ, CARL WEATHERS, WIM WENDER, PETER ZEITLINGER, CHLOÉ ZHAO
Production: BERNHARD VON HÜLSEN, MARIA WILLER, ANDRÉ SINGER
Koproduktion: ZDF In Zusammenarbeit mit ARTE, gefördert von DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS, FFA FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT und FILMFERNSEHFONDS BAYERN
Deutscher Kinoverleih REALFICTION
München Premiere 16. Oktober 2022 20:00 Uhr, Filmmuseum
Berlin Premiere 18. Oktober 2022 20:00 Uhr, Kinemathek/Arsenal
Deutscher Kinostart: 27. Oktober 2022
Synopsis:
Werner Herzog ist eine Ikone. Jedes Jahr wächst sein Ruhm. Viele Bilder seiner Filme sind heute Teil des kollektiven Gedächtnisses, um die Umstände seiner Produktionen ranken sich Mythen. Vor allem in Hollywood hat seine Person mittlerweile Kultstatus erlangt. Es ist eine Karriere gegen alle Wahrscheinlichkeit. Herzog spricht bis heute Englisch mit bayerischem Akzent. In seinem Geburtsland auch umstritten, ist er in seiner Wahlheimat USA zum Star aufgestiegen, er wurde als Figur in die Serie „Die Simpsons“ aufgenommen, seine Filme genießen hohes Ansehen.
Wie kommt es zu diesem erstaunlichen Werdegang und zu diesen Widersprüchen? Was macht Herzogs Filme so außergewöhnlich, dass sie auch nach Jahrzehnten weltweit einer neuen Generation von Regisseuren als wegweisend gelten? Und nicht zuletzt: Wer ist dieser Mann, bei dem bis heute Legende und Wahrheit verschwimmen?
Wichtige Wegbegleiter wie Wim Wenders oder Volker Schlöndorff geben genauso Auskunft über ihn, wie die Hollywoodstars, mit denen er gearbeitet hat (Nicole Kidman, Christian Bale, Robert Pattinson, Chloé Zhao), aber auch Herzogs Frau Lena und mindestens genauso wichtig seine Brüder.
Die „klassischen“ Filme der 1970er und frühen 1980er Jahre werden hier ebenso behandelt wie Herzogs „amerikanische Zeit“ ab Mitte der 1990er, wo besonders seine Dokumentarfilme für Aufsehen sorgen. Darin verfolgt er sein persönliches Konzept der sogenannten „Ekstatischen Wahrheit“: einer Überlagerung von Fakt und Fiktion im Dienste der Suche eines tieferen Kerns. Was aber ist dieser Kern, der für Herzog das Geheimnis der Welt und damit seiner Filme beinhaltet?
Dem Regisseur Thomas von Steinaecker gelingt es Werner Herzog näher zu kommen. In exklusiven Einblicken in Herzogs Arbeitsprozess, bisher unbekanntem Archivmaterial, in beeindruckenden Bildern, die uns auch noch einmal Werner Herzogs Schaffen in Erinnerung bringen, unternehmen wir eine Reise, die uns an jene Orte in der Welt und in uns führt, wo es Ekstase und radikale Träume zu finden gibt.
Weitere Informationen: www.realfictionfilme.de
Presseheft: PDF-Dokument
LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
3.8. – 13.8.2022
HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH
Germany, France 2022
106 min
Screenplay, Cinematography, Directing and Editing: HELENA WITTMANN
Starring: ANGELIKI PAPOULIA, VLADIMIR VULEVIC, FERHAT MOUHALI, GUSTAVO DE MATTOS JAHN, MAURO SOARES, STEFFEN DANEK, INGO MARTENS, NINA VILLANOVA AND DENIS LAVANT
Production: FRANK SCHEUFFELE, KARSTEN KRAUSE & JULIA CÖLLEN (FÜNFERFILM, GERMANY)
Coproduction: CHRISTOPHE BOUFFIL, FRED PRÉMEL, JULIE AGUTTES (TITA PRODUCTIONS, FRANCE)
World Sales: SHELLAC
International PR: WOLFGANG W. WERNER PUBLIC RELATIONS
German Distribution: GRANDFILM
Press Screening August 07, 2022 at 09:00, Teatro Kursaal
World Premiere August 07, 2022 at 16:45, Palexpo (FEVI)
short synopsis:
Ida lives on a ship with her crew of five men. In Marseille her attention is caught by the secretive male world of the French Foreign Legion and she decides to follow its traces across the Mediterranean. As Ida and her crew sail via Corsica to the historical headquarters of the Legion in Algeria, boundaries and certainties blur while life at sea produces a special kind of mutual understanding.
For further information and to download presskit and press material please visit https://shellacfilms.com
SERVIAM – ICH WILL DIENEN (SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE)
Austria 2022
106 min
Director: RUTH MADER
Screeenplay: RUTH MADER, MARTIN LEIDENFROST
With: MARIA DRAGUS, LEONA LINDINGER, ANNA ELISABETH BERGER, SOPHIA GÓMEZ-SCHREIBER, PETRA MORZÉ, UDO SAMEL, FRITZ KARL, MONICA REYES HEISENBERG, FLORIAN TEICHTMEISTER
Production: EPO FILM AND RUTH MADER FILMPRODUKTION
Producers: DIETER POCHLATKO, JAKOB POCHLATKO, RUTH MADER
World Sales: PLAYTIME
International PR: WOLFGANG W. WERNER PUBLIC RELATIONS
Austrian Distribution: PANDA LICHTSPIELE FILMVERLEIH
Press Screening August 08 at 14:00, Teatro Kursaal
World Premiere August 09 at 14:00, Palexpo (FEVI)
short synopsis:
An all-girl Catholic boarding school near Vienna for the wealthy Austrian elite and their children. The school is thriving, but faith is declining and the upper floors are deserted. The head of the institution, a young energetic nun, fights with ardor against this decline. Martha, 12, one of the nun’s favorite pupils, is a devoted girl who wishes to expiate the sins of the world. Encouraged by the nun, she is given a penance belt and taken to the abandoned upper floor.
For further information and to download presskit and press material please visit https://www.serviam.at
FESTIVAL DE CANNES
17 – 28 MAY 2022
MARIUPOLIS 2
Cannes official selection Special Screening
Lithuania, France, Germany 2022
Documentary, 108 min
Director /Scriptwriter: MANTAS KVEDARAVICIUS
Co-Director: HANNA BILOBROVA
Editor: DOUNIA SICHOV
Production: EXTIMACY FILMS, STUDIO ULJANA KIM, EASY RIDERS FILMS, TWENTY TWENTY VISION
Producers: MANTAS KVEDARAVICIUS, ULJANA KIM, NADIA TURINCEV, OMAR EL KADI, THANASSIS KARATHONOS, MARTIN HAMPEL
World Sales: THE MATCH FACTORY
International PR: WOLFGANG W. WERNER PUBLIC RELATIONS
World premiere May 19, 2022 at 11:30, Salle Bunuel
Press screening May 20, 2022 at 11:00, Salle Bunuel
short production notes:
In 2022, Mantas Kvedaravičius went back to Ukraine, to Mariupol, at the heart of the war, to be with the people he had met and filmed in 2015. Following his death, his producers and collaborators have put all their strength into continuing and transmitting his work, his vision and his films. As well as a scientist in anthropology Mantas Kvedaravičius wished to testify as a filmmaker “as far as possible from the agitation of the media and the politicians”. With huge force and sensitivity, MARIUPOLIS 2 depicts life as it continues amidst the bombing and it reveals images that convey both tragedy and hope.
for further information: press release
BURNING DAYS (KURAK GÜNLER)
Cannes official selection Un Certain Regard
Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia 2022
128 min
Documentary, 108 min
Director /Scriptwriter: EMIN ALPER
Dop: CHRISTOS KARAMANIS, GSC
With: SELAHATTIN PASALI, EKIN KOC, EROL BABAOGLU, ERDEM SENOCAK, SELIN YENINCI, SINAN DEMIRER
Production: AY YAPIM, LIMAN FILM
Producers: NADIR ÖPERLI, KEREM KATAY
Co-production: GLORIA FILMS, MATCH FACTORY PRODUCTIONS, CIRCE FILMS, HORSEFLY PRODUCTIONS, 4 FILMS, ZOLA YAPIM
With support from: REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF CINEMA, CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINEMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMEE INSTITUT FRANCAIS, THE NETHERLANDS FILM FUND, MOIN FILM FUND HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, THE CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTRE, GREEK FILM CENTRE, WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL DISTRICT AND TWO THIRTY FIVE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH ERT
World Sales: THE MATCH FACTORY
International PR: WOLFGANG W. WERNER PUBLIC RELATIONS
World premiere May 23, 2022 at 11:00, Salle Debussy
Public screening May 24, 2022 at 13:30, Salle Bazin
Short synopsis:
Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initial welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper, pressure escalates under heated rumours.
Director’s comment:
“BURNING DAYS is a suspenseful story where a small town crime investigation slowly transforms into witch-hunting. I wrote this story to convey the feeling of isolation, which haunts the contemporary individual more and more in an atmosphere of rising right-wing populisms around the world. BURNING DAYS is at the same time a story of the psychological journey of a prosecutor, who finds himself searching for his own personal instincts and desires, while fighting with political corruption and criminal cases.”
for further information: press release
BERLINALE 2022
February 10 – 20, 2022
EVERYTHING WILL BE OK
98 min, documentary form
France, Cambodia 2021
Berlinale competition
Director: RITHY PANH
Screenwriter: RITHY PANH
Co-screenwriters: AGNÈS SÉNÉMAUD, CHRISTOPHE BATAILLE
Composer: MARC MARDER
Production: CATHERINE DUSSART CDP, IN COPRODUCTION WITH ANUPHEAP PRODUCTION & ARTE
World sales: PLAYTIME
World Premiere February 12, 2022 – Berlinale competition
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Synopsis:
If animals were in power, would they base their behavior on humans?
Would they pratice excessive, unfettered consumption to the point of destroying their environment?
Would they adopt human flaws? Would they have the same thirst for power, the same cruelty?
Would they choose to govern through demagoguery, terror, or totalitarianism?
What would images mean? Art and cinema, or surveillance and questionable doings?
Would they get along with the “ancients” – meaning the humans, or would they enslave them?
Would they have the desire and strength to resist evil tendencies and inclinations?
Would they have empathy for their fellow creatures and all the living beings with whom they share the planet?
for further information:
Press release german
Press release english
ECHO
Germany 2022
98 min
Berlinale Perspektive deutsches Kino
Director, screenwriter, editor: MAREIKE WEGENER
Dop: SABINE PANOSSIAN
With: VALERY TSCHEPLANOWA, URSULA WERNER, ANDREAS DÖHLER, FELIX RÖMER, OSKAR KEYMER
Production: PETROLIO FILM
In coproduction with: WDR
Producers: HANNES LANG, MAREIKE WEGENER
With support from: KURATORIUM JUNGER DEUTSCHER FILM, FILM AND MEDIA FOUNDATION NRW, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER FOR CULTURE AND THE MEDIA (BKM), GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND (DFFF)
German distribution: GRAND FILM
World Premiere February 14, 2022 – Berlinale Perspektive deutsches Kino
Synopsis:
In Friedland the world is in order – or has been returned to order at least. In any event, according to locals the past happened a long time ago. But Friedland’s moor doesn’t forget. And there’s more to this moor than mysterious ruins, every once in a while it even spits out a body. And so the story (almost) begins, with the discovery of a moor corpse. Detective Saskia Harder arrives looking for a fresh start following the tragic conclusion to her mission as a police trainer in Afghanistan. Harder’s investigation is supported by an awkward yet diligent local policeman as well as an enigmatic moor ranger who appears to know more than she is willing to admit. And just when it seemed like things couldn’t get any more complicated, a live WWII bomb is spotted in the manor moat and is going to require detonation …
for further information:
Press book german
Press book english
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2021
SEPTEMBER 1 – 11, 2021
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS’ WEEK
LA DERNIERE SEANCE (THE LAST CHAPTER)
Italy / France 2021
documentary, 100 min
36. Venice International Film Critics’ Week
Director: GIANLUCA MATARRESE
Written by: GIANLUCA MATARRESE, NICO MORABITO
Production: ALTARA FILMS, FIRENZE AND BOCALUPO FILMS, PARIS
Producers: GIOVANNI DONFRANCESCO
with support from: CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINEMA, MILANO FILM NETWORK
World Sales: AMARENA FILM, RAFFAELLA PONTARELLI
World Premiere September 10, 2021 – International Film Critics’ Week
Queer Lion Award Venice 2021
short synopsis:
A young filmmaker and an older man on the verge of retiring. It begins as a sexual adventure, mutual desire, games of domination and submission, master and slave. But it becomes much more, an exchange between generations, both joyous and fearful. Between a whip and a leather harness they discuss love, death, the AIDS epidemic of the 80s, a project for a new life, their own bond. An intimate and daring story about friendship and love, a relentless tale of life approaching its ending.
for further information:
trailer
press-book
press release
FESTIVAL DE CANNES
06-17 JULY 2021
GREAT FREEDOM (GROSSE FREIHEIT)
Cannes official selection Un Certain Regard
Austria and Germany 2021, 116 min
Director: SEBASTIAN MEISE
Screenplay: THOMAS REIDER, SEBASTIAN MEISE
with FRANZ ROGOWSKI, GEORG FRIEDRICH, ANTON VON LUCKE, THOMAS PRENN
Dop: CRYSTEL FOURNIER, AFC
Production: FREIBEUTERFILM, ROHFILM PRODUCTIONS
Producers: SABINE MOSER, OLIVER NEUMANN, BENNY DRECHSEL
with support from: AUSTRIAN FILM INSTITUTE (ÖFI), MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG (MDM),
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER FOR CULTURE AND THE MEDIA (BKM),
GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND (DFFF), ORF FILM/FERNSEH-ABKOMMEN,
FILM INDUSTRY SUPPORT AUSTRIA (FISA), VIENNA FILM FUND (FFW),
MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG (MBB), ZDF, PIFFL MEDIEN
World Sales: THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere July 8, 2021 – Official Selection – Un Certain Regard
Jury Prize Un Certain Regard 2021 – Festival de Cannes
short synopsis:
In post-war Germany Hans is imprisoned again and again for being homosexual. Due to paragraph 175 his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The one steady relationship in his life becomes his long time cell mate, Viktor, a convicted murderer. What starts as revulsion grows into something called love.
Director and screenwriter Sebastian Meise, plus the actors Franz Rogowski and Georg Friedrich will be available for
interviews in Cannes on July 8 and 9.
for further information: http://lineup.the-match-factory.digital/cannes/great-freedom
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS
CANNES 2021
THE TSUGUA DIARIES (DIARIOS DE OTSOGA)
Quinzaine des Realisateurs Cannes
Portugal 2021, 102 min
Directors: MAUREEN FAZENDEIRO, MIGUEL GOMES
Screenwriters: MAUREEN FAZENDEIRO, MIGUEL GOMES, MARIANA RICARDO
with CRISTA ALFAIATE, CARLOTO COTTA, JOAO NUNES MONTEIRO
Dop: MARIO CASTANHEIRA
Production: O SOM E A FURIA, UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO
Producers: LUIS URBANO, FILIPA REIS, SANDRO AGUILAR, JOAO MILLER GUERRA
WITH SUPPORT FROM: RTP (RADIO E TELEVISAO DE PORTUGAL)
World Sales: THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere July 13, 2021 – Quinzaine des Realisateurs
short synopsis:
Crista, Carloto and João are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden.
The three of them share household routines, day after day… And they are not the only ones.
The directors / screenwriters Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes, plus the actors Crista Alfaiate, Carloto Cotta and Joao Nunes Monteiro will be available for
interviews in Cannes on July 13 and 14.
for further information: https://lineup.the-match-factory.digital/cannes/the-tsugua-diaries
BERLINALE 2021
INDUSTRY EVENT
March 01 – 05, 2021
WHO WE WERE
official program Berlinale Special
a film by MARC BAUDER (“Master of the Universe”, “The System”)
a production by BAUDERFILM
in coproduction with HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK, RUNDFUNK BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, SÜDWESTRUNDFUNK and ARTE, plus HANFGARN & UFER
with support from MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, HESSENFILM, FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT, BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN AND FILMFÖRDERFONDS
world sales FILMS BOUTIQUE
Premiere Screening as Berlinale Special
Industry Event – European Film Market – March 01 til 05, 2021
WHO WE WERE observes the current state of the world, accompanied by six intellectuals and scientists who reflect on the present and postulate about the future. Director Marc Bauder follows his interviewees into the depths of the ocean, to the top of the world, and out into the far reaches of space. Together, they explore the incredible capabilities of the human brain, a global economic summit, the legacy of colonisation, and the feelings of a robot. This inspiring look at our world offers a hopeful message for us all: Who we are is in our own hands, if we recognise our connectedness, our commonality, and the meaning of ‘we’.
WHO WE WERE is an intense encounter with six important contemporary thinkers and scientists: ALEXANDER GERST (astronaut), DENNIST SNOWER (economist), MATTHIEU RICARD (molecular biologist and monk), SYLVIA EARLE (oceanologist), FELWINE SARR (economist, sociologist and philosopher) and JANNINA LOH (philosopher and critical posthumanist).
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filmwebsite/trailer: www.whowewere-themovie.com
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ENFANT TERRIBLE
Director OSKAR ROEHLER
Screenplay KLAUS RICHTER, OSKAR ROEHLER
Cast OLIVER MASUCCI, KATJA RIEMANN, HARY PRINZ, ANTON RATTINGER, FELIX HELLMANN, ERDAL YILDIZ,
JOCHEN SCHROPP, SUNNYI MELLES und ISOLDE BARTH
Producer MARKUS ZIMMER, STEFAN ARNDT und UWE SCHOTT
Production Bavaria Filmproduktion GmbH in co-production with X Filme Creative Pool
Co-Production WDR, BR, ARTE
World Sales Picture Tree International
Official Selection Cannes Filmfestival 2020
German and Austrian Release October 01, 2020
Distributed by Weltkino and Filmladen Vienna
In his new and excitedly awaited feature film, ENFANT TERRIBLE, Germany’s star director Oskar Roehler dedicates himself to one of the greatest icons of German cinema in the second half of the 20th century, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, interpreting the life and impact of this cinematic legend in artistically innovative form.
Synopsis
When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of the ‘Antitheater’ (Anti-Theatre) in Munich, 1967 and seizes the theatre production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen nobody to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers. His passionate and driven character swiftly attracts a bunch of dedicated admirers made up of actors, narcissists and suitors. As if he senses his limited life span, he almost frantically creates film after film. While Fassbinder radically pursues his creative vision and views of society and people, he polarises professionally and privately. Despite early setbacks, many of his films breakthrough at the most renowned films festivals and are hailed and hated by audience, critics and fellow filmmakers. His anger and his longing for love as well as his self-exploitation, which he also imposes on everyone around him, have made him the most memorable and radical film director, an enfant terrible.
Director´s Bio – Oskar Roehler
Oskar Roehler started his career as a screenwriter and had his breakthrough with his second feature NO PLACE TO GO (DIE UNBERÜHRBARE; 2000), a very personal portrait of his mother, which premiered in Cannes (Director’s Fortnight) and received the German Film Award (Lola) for best film. His other award winning films include ANGST (DER ALTE AFFE ANGST, 2003 – Berlinale Official Competition), AGNES AND HIS BROTHERS (AGNES UND SEINE BRÜDER; 2004 – Venice Orizzonti) as well as his film adaptation of Michel Houellebecq‘s novel ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (ELEMENTARTEILCHEN; 2006 – Berlinale Official Competition). With JEW SUSS: RISE AND FALL (JUD SÜSS – FILM OHNE GEWISSEN; 2010 – Berlinale Official Competition) Oskar created one of his most polarizing films. After SOURCES OF LIFE (DIE QUELLEN DES LEBENS; 2012 – Karlovy Vary Official Competition) and his ‘Master and Servant’ portrait OUTMASTERED (HERRLICHE ZEITEN; 2018), ENFANT TERRIBLE is Oskar’s latest film and homage to one of the most legendary and radical German Filmmakers – Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Pressmaterial: https://presse.weltkino.de/presse/film/kino/enfant_terrible
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
September 02 – 12, 2020
ASSANDIRA
Director: SALVATORE MEREU
Script: SALVATORE MEREU – based on the book “Assandira” by GIULIO ANGIONI
with GAVINO LEDDA, ANNA KÖNIG, MARCO ZUCCA, CORRADO GIANNETTI, SAMUELE MEI
Produced by: ELISABETTA SODDU AND SALVATORE MEREU
Producers: VIACOLVENTO WITH RAI CINEMA
Director of Photography SANDRO CHESSA
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere September 06, 2020 – Official Selection – Out of Competition
Soaked to the skin, Costantino sinks into the haystack like old timber left on the shore by a stormy sea. Torrential rain has just put out the fire that in a single night ravaged Assandira, a farmstay deep in the woods of Sardinia. But the rain hasn’t quenched the pain, the endless remorse for the son lost to the flames, the son he was unable to save.
The first to arrive are the carabinieri and the young investigating magistrate: Costantino tries to tell them what happened the previous night, to explain how it all began…
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BERLINALE 2020
February 20 – March 01, 2020
SIBERIA
in Berlinale Competition
Director ABEL FERRARA
with WILLEM DAFOE, DOUNIA SICHOV, SIMON MCBURNEY, CRISTINA CHIRIAC
Production: VIVO FILM with RAI CINEMA, MAZE PICTURES, PIANO
Director of Photography STEFANO FALIVENE
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere February 24, 2020 – Berlinale Competition
Clint (Willem Dafoe) is a damaged man who has retreated to a wintry remote mountain cabin where he hopes to find serenity. He runs a modest cafe where the rare traveler or native of the region visits. But even in his relative isolation he cannot find peace nor escape. On a fateful evening, to confront himself, he begins a journey by dogsled to the world he once knew. He travels through dreams, memory and imagination in an attempt to find his true nature.
DIGGER
in Berlinale Panorama
Writer / Director GEORGIS GRIGORAKIS
with VAGELIS MOURIKIS, ARGYRIS PANDAZARAS, SOFIA KOKKALI
Production: HAOS FILM
Co-Production: LE BUREAU
Co-Production: THE GREEK FILM CENTER, ERT, FALIRO HOUSE, THE MATCH FACTORY, N-CODED PICTURES, FASSB, BLONDE
Director of Photography GIORGIS KARVELAS
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere February 24, 2020 – Berlinale Panorama
A slow burning contemporary Western about a native farmer who lives and works alone in a farmhouse in the heart of a mountain forest in Northern Greece. For years now, he has been fighting with an expanding industrial Monster digging up the forest, disturbing the lush flora and threatening his property. Yet, the greatest threat comes with the sudden arrival of his young son, after a twenty year separation. They turn into enemies under one roof. Father and son confront each other head on, with nature as their only observer, a showdown that ultimately yields an unexpected redemption for both.
IRRADIATED
in Competition
Director: RITHY PANH
Screenplay: RITHY PANH, ADNÈS SÉNÉMAUD, CHRISTOPHE BATAILLE
with BION, ANDRÉ WILMS, REBECCA MARDER
Production: HAOS FILM
Co-Production: RITHY PANH, EMMANUEL MIGEOT, CLÉMENCE COPPEY
Co-Production: ANUPHEAP PRODUCTION, PHNOM PENH, FRANCE 3, PARIS
Director of Photography: PRUM MESA
World Sales: PLAYTIME
World Premiere February 28, 2020 – Berlinale Competition
Being a survivor cannot be put into words. But you need to live and approach that irradiation that may be without any cause, any knowledge, any possible protection. You need to, for the cause of mankind, experience and understand the various forms of evil – from trenches to atolls, from camps to silence. Evil irradiates. It hurts including further generations. But innocence lies beyond.
Press material: berlinale.de/de/presse/presseservice/service.html
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ENFANT TERRIBLE
Genre Drama
Director OSKAR ROEHLER
Screenplay KLAUS RICHTER, OSCAR ROEHLER
Cast OLIVER MASUCCI, KATJA RIEMANN, HARY PRINZ, ANTON RATTINGER, FELIX HELLMANN, ERDAL YILDIZ,
JOCHEN SCHROPP, SUNNYI MELLES und ISOLDE BARTH
Producer MARKUS ZIMMER
Production Bavaria Filmproduktion GmbH in co-production with X Filme Creative Pool
Co-Production WDR, BR, ARTE
Language German
In his new and excitedly awaited feature film, ENFANT TERRIBLE, Germany’s star director Oskar Roehler dedicates himself to one of the greatest icons of German cinema in the second half of the 20th century, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, interpreting the life and impact of this cinematic legend in artistically innovative form.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2019
May 14 – 25, 2019
TOMMASO
Writer & Director ABEL FERRARA
Main Cast WILLEM DAFOE, CRISTINA CHIRIAC, ANNA FERRARA
Director of Photography PETER ZEITLINGER
Music JOE DELIA
Editor FABIO NUNZIATA
Producers LAURA BUFFONI, MICHAEL WEBER, SIMONE GATTONI, CHRISTOS KONSTANTAKOPOULOS
Production SIMILA(R), FALIRO HOUSE
Co-Production VIVO FILM, in association with WASHINGTON SQUARE FILMS
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere May 20, 2019 – Cannes Official Selection out of Competition Special Screening
TOMMASO is the story of an American artist living in Rome with his young European wife Nikki and their 3-year-old daughter, Dee Dee. A work concerning imagination.
Their relationship is in turmoil and Tommaso must come to terms with his wife’s desire to change the rules of their marriage. This change between Tommaso and his wife is set against his simple day to day life in Rome; as a student taking Italian classes, as a teacher working with young acting students, his dealings with the local markets and bars, and most importantly his relationship and the pure love he feels for his young daughter and she for him.
His artistic temper however brings another dynamic to the film. There is the world and the world that exists in Tomasso’s imagination, which especially concerns and impacts Nikki and the other women in his sphere of influence. He is a buddhist with active visions of the passion of the Christ as well as an ex-addict and alcoholic in active recovery, all in a city he calls home but is still foreign with the language and his ability to communicate a struggle. The drama builds from this idea of reality and imagination, and resolves in the discovery of what he and Nikki really want, need from and are capable of giving each other and their family.
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BERLINALE 2019
February 7 – 17, 2019
KIZ KARDESLER (A TALE OF THREE SISTERS)
Berlinale Competition (World Premiere)
Writer & Director EMIN ALPER (“Frenzy” Venice 2015)
with CEMRE EBÜZZİYA, ECE YÜKSEL, HELİN KANDEMİR, KAYHAN AÇIKGÖZ,
MÜFİT KAYACAN, KUBİLAY TUNÇER, HİLMİ ÖZÇELİK, BAŞAK KIVILCIM ERTANOĞLU
Producers NADIR ÖPERLI, MUZAFFER YILDIRIM
Co-Producers JONAS DORNBACH, JANNINE JACKOWSKI, MAREN ADE, STIENETTE BOSKLOPPER, YORGOS TSOURGIANNIS, LISETTE KELDER, ENIS KÖSTEPEN
Associate Producers ALEXANDER BOHR, NIKOS MOUTSELOS, ENGIN PALABIYIK
Director of Photography EMRE ERKMEN
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere February 11, 2019 – Berlinale Competition
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS tells the story of three sisters from a poor village in Central Anatolia. The girls were adopted by affluent families as foster children (in Turkish ‘besleme’) in the hope of improving their lives. However, all three are forced to return to the village due to unforseen circumstances.
When Reyhan (Cemre Ebüzziya) returns home pregnant, her father Şevket (Müfit Kayacan) hastily marries her off to the poor village shepherd Veysel (Kayhan Açikgöz), who is being treated with contempt not only in the village, but also in Şevket’s (Müfit Kayacan) home. Havva (Helin Kandemir) comes back after the sad but inevitable death of her foster-brother, who has been fighting a terminal illness. A few days after Havva’s (Helin Kandemir) return, Nurhan (Ece Yüksel) is brought back to the village by her foster-father Necati (KUBİLAY TUNÇER). For the first time in years, Reyhan (Cemre Ebüzziya), Havva (Helin Kandemir) and Nurhan (Ece Yüksel) are reunited. Şevket’s (Müfit Kayacan) greatest challenge is to persuade Necati (KUBİLAY TUNÇER) to take Havva (Helin Kandemir) as ‘besleme’ into his home following Nurhan’s (Ece Yüksel) departure. With the help of the village mayor, he puts pressure on Necati (KUBİLAY TUNÇER). Veysel (Kayhan Açikgöz), who also has an agenda to leave as he despises being a shepherd, asks Necati (KUBİLAY TUNÇER) for a job that will take him out of the village.
As the three sisters negotiate their new yet familiar surroundings and relationships, Şevket (Müfit Kayacan), Necati (KUBİLAY TUNÇER) and Veysel (Kayhan Açikgöz) gather around a dinner table, all of which results in a series of unexpected clashes.
Press material: berlinale.de/de/presse/presseservice/service.html
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2018
May 8 – 19, 2018
BERGMAN – A Year in a Life
Director JANE MAGNUSSON
Cinematographer EMIL KLANG
Editor HANNA LEJONQVIST
Head of Research HENRIK VON SYDOW
Assistant Researcher ERIK GALLI
Producers MATTIAS NOHRBORG, CECILIA NESSEN, FREDRIK HEINIG
Production B-REEL FILMS
in Co-Production SVT, SF STUDIOS, GOTLAND’S FILM FUND, FILM CAPITAL STOCKHOLM FUND, NORDSVENSK FILMUNDERHALLNING, REEL VENTURES and MOTLYS
with support from THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE, THE NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE, NORDISK FILM & TV FOND and CREATIVE EUROPE
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere May 12, 2018 – Official Selection Cannes Classics
Short synopsis: Award-winning Swedish director Jane Magnusson gives the most complete picture of Bergman, with a focus on 1957, the year when his two iconic pictures THE SEVENTH SEAL and WILD STRAWBERRIES premiered.
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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
Regie LARS VON TRIER
mit MATT DILLON, UMA THURMAN, BRUNO GANZ, RILEY KEOUGH
Produktion LOUISE VESTH für ZENTROPA GROUP
in Co-Produktion mit FILM I VÄST, COPENHAGEN FILM FUND, SLOT MACHINE
mit Unterstützung von DANISH FILM INTISTITUTE, NORDISK FILM & TV FOND, CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINEMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE, FILM- UND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW, EURIMAGES, THE MEDIA PROGRAMME DER EUROPÄISCHEN UNION und in Kooperation mit DR, SVT
Weltvertrieb TRUST NORDISK
Deutscher Verleih CONCORDE FILM
Pressebetreuung nur für deutsche Presse
Publicity for german press only
World Premiere May 14, 2018 – Official Selection Out of Competition
Short synopsis: In seinem neusten Film erzählt Lars von Trier die Geschichte eines hochintelligenten Serienkillers namens Jack (Matt Dillon) im Zeitraum von zwölf Jahren aus dessen Perspektive. Jack betrachtet jeden einzelnen seiner Morde als Kunstwerk und tauscht sich mit seinen Gedanken regelmäßig mit dem mysteriösen Verge (Bruno Ganz) aus. Während die Polizei dem Killer über die Jahre immer dichter auf den Fersen ist, geht Jack immer größere Risiken ein, denn er ist noch nicht zufrieden mit seinem Werk…
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EL MOTOARREBATADOR (THE SNATCH THIEF)
Writer / Director AGUSTIN TOSCANO („Los Duenos“ Cannes 2013)
with SERGIO PRINA, LILIANA JUAREZ, LEON ZELARRAYAN, DANIEL ELIAS, PILAR BENITEZ VIBART AND MIRELLA PASCURAL
Director of Photography ARAUCO HERNANDEZ HOLZ
Editor PABLO BARBIERI
Production RIZOMA, MURILLO CINE
in coproduction with ORIENTAL FEATURES PRODUCERS NATACHA CERVI, HERNAN MUSALUPPI, GEORGINA BAISCH, CECILIA SALIM
Co-Producers DIEGO RUBINO PICON, SANTIAGO LOPEZ
Associated Producer LAURENT LAVOLE (Gloria Films)
Supported by INCAA, ICAU, PROGRAMA IBERMEDIA, GOBIERNO DE TUCUMAN
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere May 15, 2018 – Quinzaine des Realisateurs
Short synopsis: When Miguel, a motorbike robber, snatches the purse from an old woman, he ends up injuring her badly. Unable to forget about his victim, the young man is looking for a way to ease his guilt.
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IN MY ROOM
Writer / Director ULRICH KÖHLER
with HANS LÖW, ELENA RADONICICH, MICHAEL WITTENBORN, EMMA BADING, KATHRIN RESETARITS
Cinematographer PATRICK ORTH
Editor LAURA LAUZEMIS
Production PANDORA FILM PRODUCTION
in Co-Production with ECHO FILM and WDR, ARTE
Producers CHRISTOPH FRIEDEL, CLAUDIA STEFFEN
Co-Producers KATRIN SCHLÖSSER, MAJA WIESER BENEDETTI, ANDREAS PICHLER
Supported by FILM- UND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW, FFA, BKM, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, DFFF, HESSISCHE FILMFÖRDERUNG and IDM SÜDTIROL
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
Deutscher Verleih PANDORA FILM
Pressebetreuung nur für internationale Presse
Publicity for international press only
World Premiere May 17, 2018 – Official Selection Un Certain Regard
Short synopsis: Armin is getting too old for his night life habits and the woman he likes. He’s not really happy, but can’t picture living a different life. One morning he wakes up: the world looks the same as always, but mankind has disappeared. A film about the frightening gift of maximum freedom.
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BERLINALE 2018
February 15 – 25, 2018
THE HAPPY PRINCE
Writer / Director RUPERT EVERETT
with RUPERT EVERETT as Oscar Wilde, COLIN FIRTH, EDWIN THOMAS, COLIN MORGAN,
EMILY WATSON, TOM WILKINSON, BEATRICE DALLE, JOHN STANDING
Director of Photography JOHN CONROY
Prodution Designer BRIAN MORRIS
Costume Designers MAURIZIO MILLENOTTI and GIANNI CASALNUOVO
Producers SÉBASTIEN DELLOYE, PHILIPP KREUZER, JÖRG SCHULZE
Co-Producers CARLO DEGLI ESPOSTI, NICOLA SERRA, FRANK EVERS
Production MAZE PICTURES, ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP
in Co-Production with PALOMAR, CINE PLUS FILMPRODUKTION, TELE MÜNCHEN GRUPPE, PROXIMUS, RTBF
in Assocation with BBC FILMS, LIONS GATE UK, MOVIEMANAGEMENT CORPORATION, DARYL PRINCE PRODUCTIONS, ZIELKE, STRAT & GO INTERNATIONAL and RAINDOG FILMS
supported by FILMFERNSEHFONDS BAYERN, GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND DFFF, GERMAN FEDERAL FILM BOARD FFA, EURIMAGES, TAX SHELTER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BELGIUM, LA WALLONIE, CENTRE DU CINÉMA ET DE L’AUDIOVISUEL DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES, RÉGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE, ITALIAN TAX CREDIT
World Sales BETA CINEMA
International Premiere February 17, 2018 – Berlinale Special Gala
German Release May 24, 2018 by Concorde Filmverleih
In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back, transporting him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshipped him? The lover imprisoned and freed, yet still running towards ruin in the final chapter of his life? Under the microscope of death he reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his long suffering wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross who tried and failed to save him from himself. From Dieppe to Naples to Paris freedom is elusive and Oscar is a penniless vagabond, always moving on, shunned by his old acquaintance, but revered by a strange group of outlaws and urchins to whom he tells the old stories – his incomparable wit still sharp. THE HAPPY PRINCE is a portrait of the dark side of a genius who lived and died for love in the last days of the nineteenth century.
further information in german: thehappyprince-berlinale.html
LA TERRA DELL’ABBASTANZA (BOYS CRY)
Directors DAMIANO D’INNOCENZO / FABIO D’INNOCENZO
Story and screenplay D’INNOCENZO BROTHERS
with ANDREA CARPENZANO, MATTEO OLIVETTI, MILENA MANCINI, MAX TORTORA, LUCA ZINGARETTI
Produced by AGOSTINO GIUSEPPE E MARIA GRAZIA SACCÀ
Executive Producer IVAN D’AMBROSIO
Production PEPITO PRODUZIONI
Co-production RAICINEMA
with support of MIBACT, REGIONE LAZIO
Cinematographer PAOLO CARNERA
Music by TONI BRUNA
Film editing by MARCO SPOLETINI
World Sales THE MATCH FACTORY
World Premiere February 20, 2018 – Berlinale Panorama
Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come.
After killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically. Soon they find themselves doing the dirty work for their new bosses and have fresh blood on their hands. But lured by the dreams of easy money and illusions of a thriving career, they fail to realize the consequences of their choice.
Life in the underworld becomes exceedingly tough and Mirko and Manolo soon disconnect from family and former friends as they engage on a downward spiral, a pathway towards darkness.
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