AFM 2018 - Beta CinemaAFM 2018 TRAUTMANN by Marcus H. Rosenmüller · THE TOBACCONIST by Nikolaus Leytner · 25 KM/H by Markus Goller · NEVER LOOK AWAY by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

AFM 2018

TRAUTMANN by Marcus H. Rosenmüller · THE TOBACCONIST by Nikolaus Leytner · 25 KM/H by Markus Goller · NEVER LOOK AWAY by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken · WHAT DOESN‘T KILL US by Sandra Nettelbeck · AS GREEN AS IT GETS by Florian GallenbergerNARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND by Stefan Ruzowitzky · WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT by Caroline Link · SIBLINGS (WT) by Edward Berger · PATRICK by Tim Mielants · LARA by Jan-Ole Gerster · BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani · FLAWLESS by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit · NOBADI by Karl Markovics

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CONTENT

MARKET PREMIERES

TRAUTMANN by Marcus H. Rosenmüller Page 4

THE TOBACCONIST by Nikolaus Leytner Page 6

25 KM/H by Markus Goller Page 8

MARKET SCREENINGS

NEVER LOOK AWAY by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Page 10

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken Page 12

WHAT DOESN‘T KILL US by Sandra Nettelbeck Page 14

AS GREEN AS IT GETS by Florian Gallenberger Page 16

UPCOMINGNARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND by Stefan Ruzowitzky Page 20

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT by Caroline Link Page 21

SIBLINGS (WT) by Edward Berger Page 22

PATRICK by Tim Mielants Page 23

LARA by Jan-Ole Gerster Page 24

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani Page 25

FLAWLESS by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit Page 26

NOBADI by Karl Markovics Page 27

SCREENING SCHEDULE

WED 31 OCT 1:00 PM ARCLIGHT 9

THU 1 NOV 3:00 PM AMC SANTA MONICA 5FRI 2 NOV 3:00 PM AMC SANTA MONICA 5

THU 1 NOV 1:00 PM AMC SANTA MONICA 5SUN 4 NOV 3:00 PM AMC SANTA MONICA 5

WED 31 OCT 3:00 PM ARCLIGHT 5 SUN 4 NOV 9:00 AM ARCLIGHT 5

FRI 2 NOV 9:00 AM AMC SANTA MONICA 5

SAT 3 NOV 11:30 AM ARCLIGHT 2

SAT 3 NOV 9:00 AM ARCLIGHT 6

FRI 2 NOV 1:00 PM AMC SANTA MONICA 3

WHAT DOESN’T KILL US

AS GREEN AS IT GETS

25 KM/H

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE

THE TABACCONIST

TRAUTMANN

PROMO REEL

NEVER LOOK AWAY

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German soldier Bernd Trautmann is taken prisoner in England towards the end of WWII. During a POW football match, the goalkeeper is noticed by Jack Friar, manager of an amateur club. Forced upon the team, Trautmann soon surprises on and off the field. Prejudice subsides, friendships start to develop and Trautmann loses his heart not only to football but to his managerʼs beautiful daughter Margaret. However, Trautmann could not have foreseen the wave of outrage resulting from his engagement at Man City FC. Thousands take to the streets against the signing of the “Nazi.” Feeling alienated and alone, Trautmannʼs and Margaretʼs loyalty to each other is being seriously put to the test. But they receive support from an unexpected direction: Rabbi Altmann, who fled the Nazis, publishes an open letter against the anti-German slogans. Trautmannʼs path to acceptance begins and peaks at the 1956 FA Cup Final when he secures victory for Man City by playing on despite a broken neck. Yet fate twists the knife and Trautmannʼs son is killed in a car accident. Heartbroken, Trautmann wants to give up. But a whole nation has learned to accept him, and so he starts to prepare for his comeback. For all those who learned to forgive, for those who had lost someone and most of all for his son, who admired him the most, he must step back onto the pitch.

DRAMA, LOVE STORY / ENGLISH / 120 MIN / COMPLETED

ORIGINAL TITLE TRAUTMANN

DIRECTOR Marcus H. Rosenmüller (GRAVE DECISIONS)

SCREENPLAY Marcus H. Rosenmüller and Nicholas SchofieldSCREENPLAY Marcus H. Rosenmüller and Nicholas SchofieldSCREENPLAY

DOP Daniel Gottschalk (TRADE)

CAST David Kross (THE READER) Freya Mavor (THE SENSE OF AN ENDING) John Henshaw (THE ANGELS‘ SHARE) Harry Melling (HARRY POTTER) Gary Lewis (BILLY ELLIOT) Dervla Kirwan (ONDINE)

PRODUCERS Robert Marciniak and Chris Curling

PRODUCED BY Lieblingsfilm, Zephyr Films Trautmann Ltd. and BFC in co-production with SquareOne Entertainment, ARRI Media and ARD/Degeto

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE

World excluding German-speaking territories, Ex-Yugoslavia and China.

HE CAME AS AN ENEMY AND TURNED INTO THEIR HERO.

A TRUE STORY ABOUT COURAGE AND RECONCILIATION, ABOUT A LOST HOME AND A NEW ONE FOUND. AND ABOVE ALL, A STORY ABOUT LOVE.

MARKET PREMIERE

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THE DIRECTOR

Marcus H. Rosenmüller was born in 1973 in Tegernsee. After his graduation and two years of civil service he studied Directing at the University of Television and Film in Munich (HFF). He made his breakthrough with his film GRAVE DECISIONS. The film wasn‘t just a financial success in Germany but won also numerous, prestigious prizes. Apart from his passion for filmmaking, Marcus H. Rosenmüller has a close relationship to the stage. In 2016 he staged his first opera in Munich and since 2013 he stages the famous annual political play in Munich, the NOCKHERBERG. As a result of his achievements he was awarded the Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis in 2014, an award of the city Munich for authors who combine originality with cosmopolitanism and humour. In 2015 the Bavarian Association of literature “Munich Turmschreiber” conferred him the Bavarian Poetentaler. Further he received the Silver Medal of the Bavarian Constitution in 2014.

“David Kross’s sympathetic performance will ensure this scores highly.”S C R E E N I N T E R N AT I O N A L

NOV 01 / 3:00 PM / AMC SANTA MONICA 5 NOV 02 / 3:00 PM / AMC SANTA MONICA 5

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Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazisʼ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?

BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY ROBERT SEETHALER.

A TENDER, HEART-BREAKING STORY ABOUT ONE YOUNG MAN AND HIS FRIENDSHIP WITHSIGMUND FREUD DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF VIENNA.

DRAMA / GERMAN / 90 MIN / COMPLETED

ORIGINAL TITLE DER TRAFIKANT

DIRECTOR Nikolaus Leytner

SCREENPLAY Klaus Richter and Nikolaus Leytner

DOP Hermann Dunzendorfer

CAST Bruno Ganz (THE PARTY, DOWNFALL) Johannes Krisch (REVANCHE) Simon Morzé Emma Drogunova Regina Fritsch

PRODUCERS Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko and Ralf Zimmermann

PRODUCED BY epo-film and Glory Film München


World excluding German-speaking territories, Ex-Yugoslavia, Japan and China.

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THE DIRECTOR

Nikolaus Leytner was born in Graz (Austria) in 1957. From 1977 to 1984 he studied directing and scriptwriting at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Since his graduation he has been working as director for cinema and TV. He directed various Austrian comedies for cinema and has successfully directed many movies for TV in Germany and Austria, such as the popular TATORT movie series and an adaptation of Dürrenmattʼs classic THE VISIT. Besides his work in cinema and TV he also works as a theatre director. In 1989 he co-founded the film production company Allegro Film. In 2009 he co-founded the Academy of Austrian Films. He lives and works in Vienna.

"A strong cast, headed by the charming, charismatic Simon Morzé and Bruno Ganzas Sigmund Freud himself."

S C R E E N I N T E R N AT I O N A L

NOV 01 / 1:00 PM / AMC SANTA MONICA 5 NOV 04 / 3:00 PM / AMC SANTA MONICA 5

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COMEDY / GERMAN / 115 MIN / COMPLETED

ORIGINAL TITLE 25 KM/H

DIRECTOR Markus Goller (MY BROTHER SIMPLE)

SCREENPLAY Oliver Ziegenbalg (ROADS)

DOP Frank Griebe (RUN LOLA RUN, BABYLON BERLIN)

CAST Lars Eidinger (PERSONAL SHOPPER, BABYLON BERLIN) Bjarne Mädel (24 WEEKS) Sandra Hüller (TONI ERDMANN) Franka Potente (THE BOURNE IDENTITY) Alexandra Maria Lara (DOWNFALL, RUSH)

PRODUCERS Markus Goller and Oliver Ziegenbalg

PRODUCED BY SUNNYSIDEUP Filmproduktion in co-production with Pictures in a Frame, Deutsche Columbia Pictures, Traumfabrik Babelsberg, 26. Babelsberg Film and Mythos Film


World excluding German-speaking territories.

Brothers Christian (43) and Georg (45) haven't seen each other for 20 years. They finally cross paths at their fatherʼs funeral, of all places. At first their radio silence continues. Carpenter Georg cared for their father until his death and manager Christian has not been seen back home for years. But after a booze-fulled wake the tension between the two of them eases and the brothers drunkenly decide to realize their old boyhood dream of driving across Germany on their mopeds.

And so begins a journey full of exciting highs and comically-dramatic lows. A journey that allows the two brothers to reconnect and leads them to a turning point in their lives.

A HEART-WARMING COMEDY ABOUT TWO ESTRANGED BROTHERS AND THEIR MOPED JOURNEY ACROSS GERMANY FROM THE BLACK FORREST TO THE BALTIC SEE - NEVER FASTER THAN 25 KM/H,

BUT ALWAYS FULL OF SEX, DRUGS & PING PONG.

MARKET PREMIERE

THE DIRECTOR

Markus Goller was born in Munich in 1969. He began his career as an editor for short films, commercials and documentary films and later also for German and American feature films. Besides numerous commercials for well-known companies and some 2nd Unit directing, he directed his first feature film MASK UNDER MASK in 2001. His next feature FRIENDSHIP! became Germanyʼs most successful film of the year 2010 with 1.6m local admissions. With MRS. ELLA (2013) he landed another box office hit in Germany. MY BROTHER SIMPLE (2017) premiered in competition at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2017 and has successfully been travelling the festival circuit ever since. 25 KM/H is produced by Gollerʼs and Oliver Ziegenbalgʼs newly founded SUNNYSIDEUP Film Production and will be released by Sony Pictures Germany in 2018.

OCT 31 / 3:00 PM / ARCLIGHT 5 NOV 04 / 9:00 AM / ARCLIGHT 5

"A highly enjoyable road movie/comedy that runs against the stream."F I L M S TA R T S

"It will put you in a great mood."K I N O - Z E I T

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Young artist Kurt Barnert (Tom Schilling) has fled to West-Germany, but he continues to be tormented by experiences in his childhood and youth in the Nazi years and during the GDR-regime. When he meets fellow student Ellie (Paula Beer), he is convinced that he has met the love of his life and begins to create paintings that mirror not only his own fate, but also the traumas of an entire generation.

AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER RIDE ACROSS THREE PERIODS OF GERMAN HISTORY.

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY AWARD WINNING “THE LIVES OF OTHERS”.

DRAMA, THRILLER / GERMAN / 188 MIN / COMPLETED

ORIGINAL TITLE WERK OHNE AUTOR

DIRECTOR Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

SCREENPLAY Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

DOP Caleb Deschanel (THE PATRIOT)

CAST Tom Schilling (OH BOY, GENERATION WAR) Paula Beer (FRANTZ) Sebastian Koch (THE LIVES OF OTHERS) Saskia Rosendahl (LORE) Oliver Masucci (DARK)

PRODUCERS Jan Mojto, Quirin Berg, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Max Wiedemann and Christiane Henckel von Donnersmarck

PRODUCED BY Pergamon Film and Wiedemann & Berg Film in co-production with Beta Cinema, ARD Degeto and Bayerischer Rundfunk

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE World excluding USA, Canada, Latin America, UK, Ireland, France, German-speaking territories, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Benelux, Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ex-Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and AUS/NZ.

THE DIRECTOR

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, born 1973 in Cologne, studied Directing at the Munich Film Academy. His first student short film DOBERMANN (1998) won the Max Ophüls Award and the Shocking Shorts Award among many others. His first feature as writer and director, THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2006) won the German and European Film Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Lead Actor, and the BAFTA, David di Donatello and Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. His second feature, THE TOURIST (2010), was nominated for three Golden Globes in the Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress categories.

b y F l o r i a n H e n c k e l v o n D o n n e r s m a r c k"A stunning masterpiece."

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"A marvel."T H E H O L LY W O O D R E P O R T E R

"Deeply affecting."S C R E E N I N T E R N AT I O N A L

NOV 02 / 9:00 AM / AMC SANTA MONICA 5

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Two young teachers, Malte and Liv, are spending their summer holiday on the Mediterranean coast, when they are suddenly attacked by three young men. The incident escalates and Liv is assaulted. Two years later Malte and Liv are not only still together, but are demonstrating an amazing strength in dealing with the traumatic experience. They are determined that it will not tear them apart. But when Malte has a chance encounter with one of the perpetrators, he finds himself driven to seek revenge and sets out in pursuit. However, once he is facing the longed for confrontation, he realises that the situation has gotten out of control once again. He hasnʼt told Liv, he didnʼt call the police and now the couple‘s fragile relationship, which they have fought so hard to preserve, is put to the test once more.

FROM THE PRODUCERS OF “THE TALE”.

LIV AND MALTE ARE FORCED TO REVISIT THEIR PAST WHEN MALTE SPOTS THE MAN WHO ASSAULTED LIV TWO YEARS AGO.

DRAMA, THRILLER / GERMAN / 95 MIN / COMPLETED

ORIGINAL TITLE DAS SCHÖNSTE PAAR

DIRECTOR Sven Taddicken (EMMA‘S BLISS)

SCREENPLAY Sven Taddicken

DOP Daniela Knapp (THE POLL DIARIES)

CAST Maximilian Brückner (CHERRY BLOSSOMS) Luise Heyer (JACK) Leonard Kunz Jasna Fritzi Bauer (AXOLOTL OVERKILL)

PRODUCERS Sol Bondy and Jamila Wenske

PRODUCED BY One Two Films in co-production with Arsam International


World excluding Germany, Austria, Taiwan and China.

THE DIRECTOR

Sven Taddicken was born in 1974 in Hamburg and studied directing in Ludwigsburg from 1996-2002. His shorts were shown and awarded at numerous festivals worldwide, including a nomination for the Student Oscar® in 2000 and the German Short Film Award in 2003. In 2000 he received the Caligari-scholarship. 2004 followed the grant of the Akademie der Künste Berlin ”Junge Akademie“, and 2007 the grant of the Villa Aurora/Los Angeles. His first feature MY BROTHER THE VAMPIRE received several awards at national and international film festivals (Brooklyn, Rotterdam, London). His 2nd feature EMMAʼS BLISS was released all over Europe, won many festivals and gained 4 nominations for the German Film Awards. His 3rd feature, the elaborate historical drama 12 PLACES WITHOUT A HEAD told the story about the adventures of the legendary pirate Klaus Störtebeker. In 2016, his feature film ORIGINAL BLISS starring Martina Gedeck and Ulrich Tukur won two awards in Karlovy Vary.

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THE MOSTBEAUTIFULCOUPLE

NOV 03 / 11:30 AM / ARCLIGHT 2

"A fi lm you will be glad you saw."G O E T H E B L O G

"Perceptive and gripping."S C R E E N I N T E R N AT I O N A L

"An excellently intense drama."G L O B E A N D M A I L

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THE DIRECTOR

Sandra Nettelbeck was born in Hamburg. With the short film A CERTAIN GRACE she graduated at San Francisco State University. From 1992 she worked as a journalist and freelance producer/editor in Hamburg. LOOSE ENDS was her debut on German TV in 1994, two years later she wrote and directed MAMMAMIA which won Best Screenplay and Best Film at the Max-Ophüls-Festival in Saarbrücken. With her debut theatrical feature MOSTLY MARTHA, which had its world premiere on the Piazza Grande in Locarno, she gained international success in 2001. In 2004 Sandra Nettelbeck realized her first childrenʼs movie SERGEANT PEPPER, a turbulent comedy about the friendship between a 6-year-old and a dog. With HELEN, starring Ashley Judd, she wrote and directed her first English language production in 2009, followed by MR MORGANʼS LAST LOVE in 2013, starring Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy, Justin Kirk and Gillian Anderson.

As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesnʼt need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive gambler with a boyfriend problem, regularly shows up late for her appointments, she rocks his world in ways heʼs not ready for. Itʼs not supposed to happen and it happens anyway: a therapist falls in love with a patient. And the more Max attempts to keep it professional, the more their lives get entangled.

So how can he manage to help her without getting involved? How can loving her not lead to losing her altogether? Wrestling with his conscience and his heart, torn between the patient and the woman heʼs in love with, he has no choice but to stick to the old airplane rule: you must help yourself before you can help others.

Populated with a colorful range of characters, WHAT DOESNʼT KILL US is a heart-wrenching yet delightful mosaic of stories just past the midlife crisis, of matters of the heart and identity, of everyday struggles and longtime conflicts. It takes a tender and humorous look at the highs and lows that can either save us or haunt us when we realize that the second half time is already well on its way.

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "MOSTLY MARTHA".

DRAMA, COMEDY / GERMAN / 129 MIN / COMPLETED

ORIGINAL TITLE WAS UNS NICHT UMBRINGT

DIRECTOR Sandra Nettelbeck (MOSTLY MARTHA)

SCREENPLAY Sandra Nettelbeck

DOP Michael Bertl

CAST August Zirner (COLONIA DIGNIDAD, MOSTLY MARTHA) Johanna Ter Steege (GOODBYE) Barbara Auer (THE BOOK THIEF) Christian Berkel (ELLE, DOWNFALL) Mark Waschke (DARK) Deborah Kaufmann (DARK)

PRODUCERS Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach

PRODUCED BY Sommerhaus Filmproduktion in co-production with Cine Plus Filmproduktion and Ruhrsoundstudios


World excluding German-speaking territories and China.

“A crowd-pleaser.”S C R E E N I N T E R N AT I O N A L

“Should strike a chord with a mature demographic who have embraced a range of titles from the Marigold Hotel series to the surprise British hit Finding Your Feet.”

S C R E E N I N T E R N AT I O N A L

"A delicate piece of art."N E U E Z Ü R I C H E R Z E I T U N G

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Georg is a gardener in a small Bavarian town, working day-in, day-out in his nursery, which is facing bankruptcy. He doesn‘t like to talk much. He never has. His marriage has long lost all its magic and on top of that, he has trouble to connect with his daughter. Only when he is flying in his own rickety biplane, Georg feels truly free.

When the owner of the local golf course tries to rip him off his pay, because the shade of green of the grass Georg has planted there is not “as green as it gets”, Georg snaps. Just when his airplane is about to be impounded, he grabs the control stick and flies away in an attempt to save his plane and himself.

He embarks on a journey into the unknown, to places he has never seen before, full of odd and special encounters – and with every take-off and every landing, this tough manʼs heart slowly warms up to what you might call an idea of happiness...

THE DIRECTOR

Florian Gallenberger was born in Munich in 1972. He studied at the renowned University of Television and Film in Munich. With his thesis film QUIERO SER (2000) Gallenberger received the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards® and an Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film. His debut feature SHADOWS OF TIME (2004) won the Bavarian Film Award for Best New Director. His second feature, JOHN RABE (2009) premiered at the International Film Festival in Berlin and received two Bavarian Film Awards and four German Academy Awards, including Best Film. His third feature film, COLONIA (2015) received the Bavarian Film Award for Best Film and was nominated for five German Film Awards. Gallenberger is also a professor at the University of Television and Film in Munich.

A GRUMPY AND HARD-DONE-BY GARDENER ESCAPES HIS OLD LIFE AND EXPLORES GERMANY VIA THE SKY. WHAT HE FINDS IS REGAINED CURIOSITY, PEACE AND A LIFE WORTH LIVING FOR.

COMEDY, DRAMA / GERMAN / 115 MIN / COMPLETED

ORIGINAL TITLE GRÜNER WIRDʼS NICHT

DIRECTOR Florian Gallenberger (JOHN RABE, COLONIA)

SCREENPLAY Gernot Gricksch and Florian Gallenberger

DOP Daniela Knapp (THE POLL DIARIES)

CAST Elmar Wepper (CHERRY BLOSSOMS) Emma Bading (BERLIN SYNDROME) Monika Baumgartner Dagmar Manzel (JOHN RABE) Ulrich Tukur (THE LIVES OF OTHERS) Sunnyi Melles (THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX)

PRODUCERS Benjamin Herrmann, Luca Verhoeven and Christian Hofer

PRODUCED BY Majestic Filmproduktion, new!move films, Degeto Film and WS Filmproduktion


World excluding German-speaking territories and China.

MARKET SCREENINGNOV 02 / 1:00 PM / AMC SANTA MONICA 3

“Finest feel-good cinema.”B I L D

“A charming fi lm.”

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In the dark middle ages young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the sins of his mother, who abandoned them. It is there that he meets Narcissus, a brilliant, scholarly novice, who is introverted and aloof. A unique and deep life-long friendship is born. Narcissus chooses to remain detached from the world in prayer and meditation. Goldmund, who is passionate, sensual and impulsive, runs away from the monastery to live a picaresque wandererʼs life, his amorous and artistic adventures leading

him to discover the extremes of both ecstasy and pain. Several thrilling years pass, until one day these friends cross paths again…

Narcissus and Goldmund is the film adaptation of literature Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse‘s bestseller. First released in 1930, the novel has been translated into more than 40 languages and has inspired generations ever since.

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NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUNDBASED ON THE LITERATURE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND BESTSELLER BY HERMANN HESSE.

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING “THE COUNTERFEITERS”.

UPCOMING

DRAMA / GERMAN / IN POST-PRODUCTION FIRST PROMO & SCRIPT AVAILABLE

ORIGINAL TITLE NARZISS UND GOLDMUND

DIRECTOR Stefan Ruzowitzky (THE COUNTERFEITERS)

SCREENPLAY Stefan Ruzowitzky

DOP Benedict Neuenfels (STYX)

CAST Jannis Niewöhner (GODLESS YOUTH, RUBY RED) Sabin Tambrea (ICEMAN, LUDWIG II) Emilia Schüle (GODLESS YOUTH)

PRODUCERS Helge Sasse, Christoph Müller, Peter Wirthensohn and Tommy Pridnig

PRODUCED BY Tempest Film, Mythos Film, Lotus Film in co-production with Deutsche Columbia Filmproduktion



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WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBITb y C a r o l i n e L i n k

DRAMA / GERMAN / IN POST-PRODUCTION

ORIGINAL TITLE ALS HITLER DAS ROSA KANINCHEN STAHL

DIRECTOR Caroline Link (NOWHERE IN AFRICA)

SCREENPLAY Caroline Link, Anna Brüggemann and Michael Gutmann

DOP Bella Halben

CAST Riva Krymalowski Carla Juri (BLADE RUNNER 2049) Oliver Masucci (NEVER LOOK AWAY, LOOK WHO‘S BACK)

PRODUCERS Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach

PRODUCED BY Sommerhaus Filmproduktion in co-production with Warner Bros. Entertainment, Nextfilm Filmproduktion, La Siala Entertainment and Hugofilm Production



Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing it became dangerous for some people to live in your country. Suppose you found, to your complete surprise, that your own father was one of those people.

That is what happens to Anna in 1933. Anna is not sure who Hitler is. She is nine years old when everything begins, too busy to take much notice of his face on posters all over Berlin. But when her own father goes missing one day, she comes to realize that the man on the posters is about to change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life.

She is forced to uproot her entire existence. Anna and her family hastily flee Germany, leaving even her favourite stuffed pink rabbit behind. From now on Anna encounters life in exile, not speaking the language, not knowing customs and manners, missing her friends and loved ones. To find a school for Anna is difficult, money is getting very short and they are fearful as they also encounter xenophobia. Yet Anna grows up, finds new friends, and learns to take responsibility. So when her family has to move away yet again, she is certain she can do anything.

BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL BY JUDITH KERR. FROM THE DIRECTOROF THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING “NOWHERE IN AFRICA”.

GERMANY 1933 – A JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE IN SEARCH OF SAFETY AND A NEW HOME.

SCRIPT AVAILABLE

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ORIGINAL TITLE GESCHWISTER (WT)

DIRECTOR Edward Berger (JACK, PATRICK MELROSE)

SCREENPLAY Edward Berger and Nele Mueller-Stöfen

DOP Jens Harant

CAST Lars Eidinger (CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, PERSONAL SHOPPER) Nele Mueller-Stöfen (JACK) Hans Löw

PRODUCERS Jan Krüger, Jörg Trentmann and Raimond Göbel

PRODUCED BY Port au Prince Film and Kultur Produktion GmbH



For the siblings Stefan (41), Julia (44) and Tobias (34) life is seemingly alright. Working as a pilot Stefan has no problem to be attractive to women, taking it easy. However, the rekindled contact to his daughter, the result of a former affair, triggers the longing for a more substantial form of love. Stefan s̓ older sister Julia and her husband are spending their holidays in Italy, where they are trying to rekindle their relationship. But when a dog gets hit by a car in the street she immediately shifts her attention to the little animal and obsesses over its well-being. Perhaps Tobias has been a student for a little too long now.

But who could judge him? He passionately takes care of his three kids while his wife, a successful businesswoman, provides for the family s̓ income. As Tobias is finally trying to finish an important essay, his siblings send him to their hometown to take care of their sick father. All three siblings have reached a point in their lives where something has to change. Among chaos, mistakes and insecurities they are trying to find a path to the oldest aspiration of mankind – their own kind of happiness.

A FAMILY OF THREE SIBLINGS. EACH OF THEM IS FACED WITH LIFE CHALLENGES AND DIFFERENT IDEAS OF SOLUTIONS. A HYMN TO THE MODERN FAMILY: SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, MORNING SMILES.

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ORIGINAL TITLE DE PATRICK

DIRECTOR Tim Mielants (PEAKY BLINDERS, TERROR)

SCREENPLAY Tim Mielants and Benjamin Sprengers

DOP Frank van den Erden (GIRL)

CAST Kevin Janssens Pierre Bokma Katelijne Damen Hannah Hoekstra

PRODUCERS Bart Van Langendonck

PRODUCED BY Savage Film in co-production with Versus Production, Topkapi Films, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama


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Patrick is the handyman on his fatherʼs naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating furniture. When Patrick loses his campsite hammer, his quest to retrieve it takes him to the farthest corners of the camping grounds. Sure enough, when Patrickʼs father passes away, Patrickʼs quest turns existential.

Patrickʼs safety bubble pops and everything he took for granted, changes. Is he mourning because of his father? Or is he thinking mostly about his lost hammer? In the meantime, the resident campers are beginning to question Patrickʼs leadership abilities, fearing for the survival of their beloved sanctuary.

LOOKING FOR HIS HAMMER, PATRICK FINDS A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY.

“ITS EXPLORATION OF ORIGINAL, YET UNIVERSAL THEMES AND ITS ARRESTING AND CAPTIVATING IMAGERY WILL BE BOTH POETIC AND THRILLING STORYTELLING.”

(THE JURY AT CONNEXT WORK IN PROGRESS)

SCRIPT AVAILABLE

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LARA

It is Laraʼs sixtieth birthday and it is surely no coincidence that her son Viktor is giving the most important piano concert of his career – since it was her, who mapped out and forced Victorʼs musical career in the first

place. Yet the day does not go as expected and Lara has to discover that Viktor is using the concert to finally free himself from her grip.

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TRAGICOMEDY / GERMAN / IN POST-PRODUCTION FIRST PROMO & SCRIPT AVAILABLE

ORIGINAL TITLE LARA

DIRECTOR Jan-Ole Gerster (OH BOY)

SCREENPLAY Blaz Kutin

DOP Frank Griebe (RUN LOLA RUN, CLOUD ATLAS)

CAST Corinna Harfouch (DOWNFALL) Tom Schilling (OH BOY, GENERATION WAR) Rainer Bock (THE WHITE RIBBON) Volkmar Kleinert (THE LIVES OF OTHERS)

PRODUCER Marcos Kantis

PRODUCED BY Schiwago Film in co-production with Studiocanal


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THE NEW FILM OF EUROPEAN FILM AWARD WINNER JAN-OLE GERSTER (OH BOY).

“BIRTHDAY PARTIES ARE ALL THE SAME. BELIEVE ME, IF YOU’VE LIVED THROUGH 59 OF THEM, YOUR ENTHUSIASM GRADUALLY DECREASES. I’D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE…” - LARA

As Francis, 30, the only survivor of an illegal crossing from Africa, awakes at a beach in Southern Europe, he swears an oath to God: From now on he wants to be a new, a better, a decent man. Soon after Francis finds himself in Berlin where he realizes how hard it is to be righteous when you are an illegal refugee in Germany – without papers, without nation

and without a work permit. When he receives an enticing offer from the charismatic German Reinhold, 31, to earn easy money, Francis initially resists the temptation, maintains his oath and stays away from Reinhold‘s shady dealings. But eventually he is sucked into Berlinʼs underworld and his life spirals out of control.

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BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZA BOLD AND TIMELY ADAPTATION OF RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER’S EPONYMOUS CLASSIC.

THIS IS THE STORY OF FRANCIS, HOW HE ARRIVES IN BERLIN, HOW HE ENTERS THIS CITY THRICE,HOW HE STUMBLES, TRIPS AND FALLS, HOW BERLIN BECOMES HIS UNDOING, AND HOW HE FINALLY

RESURRECTS AS A BETTER PERSON.

UPCOMING

DRAMA / GERMAN / IN POST-PRODUCTION FIRST PROMO AVAILABLE

ORIGINAL TITLE BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ

DIRECTOR Burhan Qurbani (WE ARE YOUNG. WE ARE STRONG)

SCREENPLAY Amrtin Behnke and Burhan Qurbani

DOP Yoshi Heimrath (WE ARE YOUNG. WE ARE STRONG)

CAST Welket Bungué Jella Haase (FACK JU GOEHTE) Albrecht Schuch (PAULA) Joachim Król (RUN LOLA RUN)

PRODUCERS Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach

PRODUCED BY Sommerhaus Filmproduktion in co-production with Lemming Film



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Eden a 17-year-old high school student discovers that her two best friends are planning to sell their kidneys to pay for cosmetic surgery and a dress for prom. Eden, who is secretly a trans woman, realizes that this may be the answer to her prayers. She joins the others on their journey to Kiev to

exchange their kidneys for the flawless body of their dreams. Their trip does not go as planned and when Edenʼs secret is exposed, all three of them need to come to terms with the prejudices they have and redefine who they really want to be in this world.

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FLAWLESSFROM THE MAKERS OF “THE FAREWELL PARTY” COMES ANOTHER TIMELY AND SENSITIVE STROKE

OF GENIUS.

NOMINATED FOR 12 ISRAELI ACADEMY AWARDS, FLAWLESS IS A POIGNANT AND PROFOUND STORY ABOUT RACE, GENDER AND SOCIAL PREJUDICE.

UPCOMING

DRAMA / HEBREW, ENGLISH / IN POST-PRODUCTION SCRIPT AVAILABLE

ORIGINAL TITLE HANESHEF

DIRECTOR Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit (THE FAREWELL PARTY)

SCREENPLAY Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit

DOP Giora Bejach

CAST Stav Strashko Netsanet Zenaneh Mekonnen Noam Lugasy

PRODUCERS Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler, Moshe Edery and Leon Edery

PRODUCED BY Pie Films, United King Films and Pallas Film


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Robert, a 91 year old, cranky pensioner, lives on a small allotment in Vienna. His dog died during the night and he wants to dig a hole behind his cabin to bury him. But failing to dig it himself he begrudgingly hires a young man from Afghanistan, Adib. While the two struggle to trust each other, Adib finds ways to pacify and appease the angry old man. Robert finds out that Adib has a wound on his foot, which seems rather badly covered up, but Adib pretends that all is well. When the work is done, Robert seems

relieved to have the foreigner out of his back yard. Yet a little while later, when Robert finds Adib unconscious at the bus stop, he knows he will need to help the young man. When Adib regains consciousness, he refuses to go to hospital out of fear to be deported. Robert decides to take matters into his own hands to save this young man and the two spend a night together that is so full of chance, will-power and inner revelation, that it sometimes appears hard to believe that these two found each other.

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NOBADIFROM THE THE DIRECTOR OF "BREATHING" (CANNES 2011).

“NOBODY I AM CALLED BY MOTHER, FATHER AND BY ALL MY COMRADES.” (HOMER/ODYSSEY)

UPCOMING


ORIGINAL TITLE NOBADI

DIRECTOR Karl Markovics (BREATHING)

SCREENPLAY Karl Markovics

DOP Serafin Spitzer (BREATHING)

CAST Borhanulddin Hassan Zadeh Heinz Trixner

PRODUCERS Dieter Pochlatko and Jakob Pochlatko

PRODUCED BY epo-film



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