CURRENT PROJECTS -

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).

for further information: pm/berlinale2020.html
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…

for further information: pm/venice2020.html

BERLINALE 2020

February 20 – March 01, 2020

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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.

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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.

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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
for further information: pm/berlinale2020.html

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

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.

for further information: pm/cannes2019.html

BERLINALE 2019

February 7 – 17, 2019

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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
for further information: pm/berlinale2019.html

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2018

May 8 – 19, 2018

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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.

for further information: LINE UP CANNES 2018

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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…

for further information: LINE UP CANNES 2018

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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.

for further information: LINE UP CANNES 2018

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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.

for further information: LINE UP CANNES 2018

BERLINALE 2018

February 15 – 25, 2018

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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

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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.

for further information: pm/berlinale2018-international.html

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