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AFM Screening Schedule Lineup Friday / November 2nd / 3:30 pm Broadway Cineplex - 2 / Private Screening Upcoming Titles Current Titles 100 Things Saturday / November 3rd / 11:30 am Broadway Cineplex - 2 / Private Screening 100 Things A Jar Full of Life Alma & Oskar (WT) Fack Ju Goehte 3 Thursday / November 1st / 3:00 pm Dark, Almost Night Arclight - 5 / Private Screening Dark, Almost Night Hot Dog Drive me Home Monky Thursday / November 1st / 1:00 pm Endzeit - Ever After Outmastered Endzeit - Ever After Arclight - 3 Kingdom of Sweden Playmaker Little King December Wednesday / October 31st / 3:30 pm Broadway Cineplex - 4 / Market Premiere Sweethearts Kingdom of Sweden The Beast in the Jungle Friday / November 2nd / 9:30 am Broadway Cineplex - 4 / Market Premiere The Ground Beneath my Feet Wednesday / October 31st / 11:00 am The Beast in the Jungle Laemmle Monica Film Center - 1 / Private Screening Library Titles
PIC T UR E T R EE I N T E R N ATIONAL P RESENTS 100 Things 100 FLORIAN DAVID FITZ MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER THINGS Director, Scriptwriter, “Paul“ “Toni“ Florian David Fitz studied drama at the Matthias Schweighöfer is one of the most Boston Conservatory. His acting credits successful German actors. In 2011, he started include internationally acclaimed films such as the production company PANTALEON MEASURING THE WORLD (2013) and audience ENTERTAINMENT together with Dan Maag. favourites such as VINCENT WANTS TO SEA Schweighöfer is best known for his many hit (2009). JESUS LOVES ME (2012) marked Fitz’ movies, such as THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY debut as a director, followed by THE MOST (2016) and THE MANNY (2015). He also BEAUTIFUL DAY (2016), which sold more than produced, directed and starred in the first 1.6 million tickets in Germany. 100 THINGS German-language Amazon Original Series YOU HOW MANY POS S E S S IO N S DO W E is Fitz’ latest project as writer-director and ARE WANTED (2017). In the PANTALEON actor alongside fellow German star Matthias production 100 THINGS Schweighöfer is the REALLY NE E D T O E NJ O Y L I F E ? Schweighöfer. leading actor alongside Florian David Fitz. SYNOPSIS ORIGINAL TITLE 100 Dinge Toni loves his espresso machine. Paul adores his DIRECTOR Florian David Fitz smart phone. Toni can’t do anything without his A F ILM BY GENRE Comedy hair-growth pills. Paul can’t function without LENGTH 115 min F L OR I A N D A V I D F I TZ CAST Matthias Schweighöfer Amazon, Siri and his sacred sneakers. Both can’t Florian David Fitz make it through one day without each other, but Katharina Thalbach every day is a constant battle to see who’s the Hannelore Elsner biggest and the best. Everything changes when STARRING Miriam Stein they find themselves sitting at home without FLORIAN DAV I D F I T Z AND M A T T H I AS SCHWE IG HÖFE R PRODUCTION Pantaleon Films GmbH in co-production with any possessions, naked and freezing. It’s day 1 of Warner Bros. a 100-day wager Toni and Paul have made with Entertainment GmbH one another. They’ve given up everything they STATUS In Post-Production own and will only get one item back per day. DELIVERY Spring 2019 NATIONALITY Germany How much do we really need and who are we LANGUAGE German without our possessions? Suddenly, everyday life becomes immensely complicated, C OM I N G SOON but also incredibly simple for Toni and Paul if there wasn’t the ongoing wager and their desire to win over the other.
P I CTUR E TR EE I N TER NATIONAL P RESEN TS Alma & Oskar (WT) SYNOPSIS ALMA AND OSKAR explores the passionate and tumultuous three-year relationship between the Grand Dame of Viennese society Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and the Austrian artist and enfant terrible Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). In the early 1900s, Kokoschka was an up-and-coming painter, influenced by the work of Gustav Klimt yet with his own distinctive expressionist style. Considered one of the greatest expressionist DIETER BERNER artists of the 20th century, Kokoschka created his most famous work using Alma as a model, Director and the years of their relationship marked the most prodigious period in his life. A composer in Dieter Berner was born in 1944 in Vienna. He her own right, Alma Mahler was a vibrant figure studied at the Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and on Vienna’s art and music scene, and by the time Berlin. Since 1969 he is a director for theatre and she started her fiery affair with Kokoschka, she film in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, inclu- had already buried her first husband, composer ding the ALPENSAGA, a TV miniseries, for which Gustav Mahler, and begun an on-again-off-again he was awarded with numerous international relationship with architect Walter Gropius. awards (including Silver Nymph Monaco, the ALMA AND OSKAR is a testament to the power „British Academy Award“), THE LURE (Berlinale and perils of their passion. Panorama 1989) and THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHANN NEPOMUK NESTROY (golden Romy Austria 2000). He played the male lead role in Michael Hanekes first feature film THE SEVENTH CONTINENT. Dieter Berner is a lecturer in directing, screenwriting and film acting at ALMA & OSKAR several international universities: dffb Berlin, Film Academy Vienna, Zurich University of the Arts, HFF Munich. From 2004 to 2009 he was Pro- fessor for film acting at the HFF Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. ORIGINAL TITLE Alma & Oskar DIRECTOR Dieter Berner GENRE Biopic LENGTH tba CAST tba PRODUCTION Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH Amour FOU Luxembourg Sàrl Wüste Film GmbH STATUS In Pre-Production DELIVERY Spring 2020 NATIONALITY Austria, Luxembourg, Germany LANGUAGE German
Dark, Almost Night P I C T U R E T R E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L P R E S E N T S SYNOPSIS When Walbrzych experiences a series of mysterious child kidnappings, Alicja Tabor, a journalist, shows up in town. After years of absence the tenacious reporter returns home to meet the families of the missing children and solve a mystery which puzzles even the police. During her private investigation, Alicja quite unexpectedly picks up a trail of dramatic events which started decades earlier. In her quest for truth, the journalist faces a new threat as well as the one she had been running away from her entire adult life – the shocking secrets of her family and her own child- hood. As the story progresses, the dark criminal scheme binds everything together: the child disappearances, the war-tainted past, the legend of a lost treasure and even Alicja’s fate, who during her journey faces pure evil, but also finds allies standing on the side of good. DIRECTOR Borys Lankosz – director, screenwriter, maker of feature and documentary films. Graduate of the Lodz Film School Direction Department. Member of the Polish Film Academy and the European Film Academy. From the very beginning his films received high acclaim from audiences and critics alike, both at Polish and international film festivals. ORIGINAL TITLE Ciemno, prawie noc Already the director’s debut, REVERSE, received DIRECTOR Borys Lankosz numerous awards, among others, the Golden GENRE Thriller, Fantasy, Drama LENGTH 111 min Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival. The film CAST Magdalena Cielecka was also awarded eight Eagles by the Polish Film Marcin Dorocinski Academy, including for the Best Film. PRODUCTION Aurum Film STATUS In Post-Production DELIVERY Spring 2019 NATIONALITY Poland LANGUAGE Polish A FILM BY BORYS LANKOSZ BASED ON THE BESTSELLING NOVEL BY JOANNA BATOR AURUM FILM PRESENTS IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH ODRA-FILM WFS WALTER FILM STUDIO ARTPARK DI FACTORY DREAMSOUND A POLISH FILM INSTITUTE CO-FINANCED PRODUCTION MAGDALENA CIELECKA MARCIN DOROCIŃSKI IN A BORYS LANKOSZ FILM ‘DARK, ALMOST NIGHT‘ AGATA BUZEK PIOTR FRONCZEWSKI ROMA GĄSIOROWSKA ALEKSANDRA KONIECZNA DOROTA KOLAK DAWID OGRODNIK ELIZA RYCEMBEL JERZY TRELA SOUND DESIGN ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI KACPER HABISIAK MARCIN KASIŃSKI MUSIC MARCIN STAŃCZYK EDITING MAGDALENA CHOWAŃSKA MAKE-UP POLA GUŹLIŃSKA COSTUME DESIGN MAGDALENA BIEDRZYCKA AGATA CULAK PRODUCTION DESIGN KATARZYNA FILIMONIUK JAGNA DOBESZ CO-PRODUCERS PIOTR WALTER JAROSŁAW PERDUTA RAFAŁ BUBNICKI MAREK MAŚLANKA BORYS SZYC JAROSŁAW KUŹNIAR JĘDRZEJ SABLIŃSKI RAFAŁ GOLIS KACPER HABISIAK MARCIN KASIŃSKI CINEMATOGRAPHY MARCIN KOSZAŁKA SCREENPLAY BASED ON A NOVEL BY JOANNA BATOR MAGDALENA LANKOSZ BORYS LANKOSZ PRODUCERS LESZEK BODZAK ANETA HICKINBOTHAM DIRECTED BY BORYS LANKOSZ
PI C TU R E TR E E I N TE R N AT I O NA L PRESENT S Drive me Home SYNOPSIS Close childhood friends Antonio and Agostino grew up together in rural Sicily, desperate to escape life in their small village and discover the world. Now in their 30s they both live abroad but haven’t seen each other in years. When Antonio one day learns that his family house, since long abandoned, is about to be sold, he embarks on a journey to find his old friend and travel DRIVE back to Sicily to reclaim it. However, with their relation forever changed, old conflicts and new revelations are threatening to put a dramatic end to their road trip across Europe. A generational story about finding a place called home, wherever ME you are. DIRECTOR Simone Catania co-founded Indyca, an HOME independent production company based in Turin, in 2007, together with friends and professionals. He has directed short films and produced international feature documentaries, among them BECOMING ZLATAN by Fredrik and Magnus Gertten, and more recently HAPPY WINTER by Giovanni Totaro (Official Selection Venice 2017 and IDFA 2017). DRIVE ME HOME is his feature debut as director. ORIGINAL TITLE Drive me Home DIRECTOR Simone Catania GENRE Road Movie LENGTH 90 min DIRECT ED B Y S I MO N E C ATA NI A CAST Marco D`Amore Vinicio Marchioni Jennifer Ulrich PRODUCTION Inthelfilm s.r.l. S TA RRING M A RC O D ’ AMO R E ( G O MO R R A H – T V S E RI E S ) Indyca S.n.c. STATUS In Post-Production DELIVERY Fall/Winter 2018 IN POST PRODUCT ION NATIONALITY Italy, Belgium LANGUAGE English, Italian
P I C T U R E T R E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L P R E S E N T S Endzeit - Ever After SYNOPSIS A different kind of zombie film. Female written, directed, shot and produced. Two years after zombies have overrun the earth, the German towns of Weimar and Jena are the last hold-outs of human civilization. Two young women, VIVI and EVA, flee the confines of the Directed by Based on a Graphic Novel by Weimar zombie-free community. Their journey CAROLINA HELLSGÅRD OLIVIA VIEWEG takes them into a lush and beautiful post- apocalyptic landscape: in the absence of humans, nature has taken over. Finally realizing that the fight against the undead may not be theirs, a new understanding emerges. DIRECTOR Carolina Hellsgård is a writer-director, born in Sweden and based in Berlin. After studying experimental media design in Berlin and film at Cal Arts in L.A. she made her feature debut with WANJA which premiered at the Berlinale 2015 and was nominated for the Berlinale Best First Feature Award. In 2017, she was a Villa Aurora Fellow in Los Angeles. Endzeit - Ever After is Carolina‘s 2nd feature film as a director and the first zombie film with an all-female team. ORIGINAL TITLE Endzeit DIRECTOR Carolina Hellsgård GENRE Horror / Zombie / Post-apocalyptic LENGTH 90 min CAST Gro Swantje Kohlhof Maja Lehrer Trine Dyrholm Barbara Philipp Axel Werner Amy Schuk Muriel Wimmer PRODUCTION Grown Up Films STATUS In Post-Production A PRODUCTION BY GROWN UP FILMS IN COPRODUCTION WITH ZDF DAS KLEINE FERNSEHSPIEL IN COOPERATION WITH ARTE DELIVERY Winter 2018 FUNDED BY MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG DIE BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS CO-FINANCER DREFA MEDIA HOLDING GMBH WITH GRO SWANTJE KOHLHOF MAJA LEHRER TRINE DYRHOLM CASTING ANNEKATHRIN HEUBNER, BVC MAKEUP KATRIN WESTERHAUSEN (SFX) ASTRID STEBICH AISHA KING COSTUME DESIGN TERESA GROSSER PRODUCTION DESIGN JENNY ROESLER MUSIC FRANZISKA HENKE SOUND MARTIN WITTE SOUND DESIGN SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT RE-RECORDING MIXER OLAF MEHL NATIONALITY Germany VFX SUPERVISOR MARKUS FRANK VFX PRODUCER RUFIN WIESEMANN PRODUCTION MANAGER KLAUS SCHMUTZER EDITOR RUTH SCHÖNEGGE JULIA OEHRING IRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY LEAH STRIKER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER INGELORE KÖNIG PRODUCER CLAUDIA SCHRÖTER LANGUAGE German COMMISSIONING EDITORS CHRISTIAN CLOOS (ZDF) DORIS HEPP (ZDF/ARTE) BIRGIT KÄMPER (ARTE) WRITER OLIVIA VIEWEG DIRECTOR CAROLINA HELLSGÅRD GRAPHIC NOVEL ENDZEIT PUBLISHED BY CARLSEN, 2018 12 13
Kingdom of Sweden SYNOPSIS Joseph & Mary are crossing the desert looking for a safe home for their unborn child. More specifically, they’re trying to reach Sweden, the land of peace, equality and IKEA. At the very same time, an older couple leaves the Promised Land in search of the Caribbean sun, eager to stay slim, fit and forever young. There’s no place like home, away from home. A very contemporary comedy about our constant longing for greener grass and a fresh start, anywhere but here. DIRECTOR Peter Dalle is a Swedish actor, comedian, writer and film director. He is most famous for LORRY, a long-running comedy show that premiered on Swedish TV back in 1989. Most recently he wrote and directed a 1939-set thriller AN ENEMY TO DIE FOR (Karlovy Vary 2012). As writer/director he also made AMONG OTHERS and ILLUSIVE TRACKS in 2003, UNMARRIED COUPLES – A COMEDY THAT WILL BREAK YOU UP in 1997 and YRROL – AN ENORMOUSLY WELL THOUGHT OUT MOVIE in 1994. ORIGINAL TITLE Lyrro DIRECTOR Peter Dalle PRODUCER Patrick Ryborn GENRE Comedy LENGTH 88 min CAST Claes Månsson Johan Ulveson Peter Dalle Björn Gustafsson Nour El-Refai Sanna Sundkvist Suzanne Reuter Henrik Dorsin PRODUCTION Unlimited Stories AB STATUS In Post-Production DELIVERY Spring 2019 NATIONALITY Sweden LANGUAGE Swedish
PICT URE T REE INT ERNATIONAL PRESENT S Little King December LITTLE KING SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR Victor is trapped in the wrong life. The pragmatic Ralf Huettner graduated from the University aircraft engineer in his late thirties believes that of Television & Film in Munich (HFF) in 1985. divorcing his wife Julia was a blessing and that His feature debut CRIPPLES GO CHRISTMAS DECEMBER the acute hearing loss he suffers from is not, in in 1987 was a major success and nominated for fact, a stress symptom. He is certain that his work the European Film Prize. After his follow-up films suits his personality and that working with test MUSTERKNABEN (2001), THIRTYSOMETHING pilot Richard is “just fine,” even though Richard is (1995) and A MERE FORMALITY (2006), Ralf now his ex-wife’s new lover. As a child, Victor was Huettner won a Grimme Prize for directing the imaginative, musical and creative but his mother hit series DR. PSYCHO. In 2010 he directed the managed to cure him of these qualities. It was her box office hit VINCENT WANTS TO SEA which who forbade him to talk to Little King December, won the Golden Lola for Best Film at the German the peculiar creature who had affectionately Film Awards. After being awarded with the first- accompanied young Victor up until then. Victor ever Metropolis Prize of the German Directors was forced to say a tearful goodbye to his Association in 2011, he followed up with the imaginary companion. The exact same Little King family franchise SHIVERSTONE CASTLE 1 and 2. December, the size of a pencil, wearing a crown and a purple coat, reappears to the adult Victor. Even though Victor desperately tries to ignore him, he stays and makes Victor realize that he has forgotten himself and must try to win his true identity back. ORIGINAL TITLE Kleiner König Dezember DIRECTOR Ralf Huettner GENRE Literary adaptation, Comedy LENGTH tba CAST Uwe Ochsenknecht Mina Tander Oliver Wnuk PRODUCTION collina filmproduktion GmbH STATUS In Pre-Production DELIVERY Summer 2020 NATIONALITY Germany LANGUAGE German PAINTING ©Michael Sowa/Verlag Antje Kunstmann PAINTING ©Michael Sowa/Verlag Antje Kunstmann
P I C T U R E T R E E I N T E R N A T IONAL PRESENTS Sweethearts DIRECTOR Karoline Herfurth was discovered in a Berlin schoolyard at age 15 and soon thereafter found herself on the set of CRAZY (2001) next to Tom Schilling (NEVER LOOK AWAY, 2018). Herfurth 2 0 1 9 ON VALENTINE’S D A Y G E R M A N Y W IL L B E S U GE R E D , R O B B E D , D I A M O N E D B Y went on to graduate from Berlin’s renowned Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts and soon launched her international career as The Plum Girl in Tom Tykwer’s screen adaptation PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (2006). She then starred next to Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in THE READER (2008). Karoline made her directorial debut with the romantic comedy TEXT FOR YOU (2016). SWEETHEARTS marks Karoline’s second outing as a feature film director. SYNOPSIS AN A C T IO N C O M E D Y F O R G IR L S AN D B O Y S D IR E C T E D B Y K A R O L IN E H E RF U R T H It‘s double trouble when fate and an ill-executed diamond robbery throw Mel and Lise together in © Anne Wilk a race and chase against time. Mel, a professional criminal and single mum ORIGINAL TITLE Sweethearts looking to pull off her greatest coup, and her DIRECTOR Karoline Herfurth nerdy, easily panic-stricken hostage Lise are soon I T ' S DO U B L E T R O UBLE WHEN FATE AND AN ILL-EXECUTED DIAM OND GENRE Comedy / Action pursued by the relentless detective Ingrid, who LENGTH 105 min R OB BE RY T H R O W Y OU TOGETHER IN A RACE AND CHASE AGAINST TIM E. CAST Karoline Herfurth always gets her man, or women, at any price. Hannah Herzsprung On the run, the mismatched and constantly Frederick Lau fighting pair have to dispose of the loot in the face Christopher Doll of a Berlin underworld also determined to get its Monika Fäßler hands on them and the precious stones. PRODUCTION Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion GmbH As the forces of law and disorder close in, Lise STATUS In Post-Production develops a liking for Mel, deciding she is going to DELIVERY Spring 2019 help her ‚captor‘. Mel is far less than enthusiastic, S T A R R IN G NATIONALITY Germany especially given Lise‘s idea of support. With no KAROLI NE HE R F U R T H , H A N N A H H E R Z S P R U N G , F R E D E R I C K L A U LANGUAGE German choice the odd couple soon become a perfect tag team. But when Mel then adds the good looking cop Harry to her collection of hostages and Lise immediately falls for him, the chaos becomes perfect - with a happy ending looking to be an impossibly long way off. C O M IN G S O O N 18 19
PI CTU R E T R EE INT ER NAT IO NA L P R E S E N T S The Beast in the Jungle SYNOPSIS THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE is a film adaptation of Henry James’ 19th century novella of the same name. Set in a remote English country mansion and stretching from the Jamesian era to a globalized present-day setting, the film uses dance to recount the epic and unconventional love story of John Marcher (Dane Jeremy Hurst) and May Bartram (Sarah Reynolds). During a chance encounter ten years after first meeting, May reminds John that he once revealed to her a deep and menacing conviction that his life would be defined by a life-changing experience – one that was waiting for him “like a Beast in the Jungle.” Intrigued by his continued belief in this foreboding secret, May decides to stay by John’s side and soon develops feelings of genuine love for him. John is not able to reciprocate her devotion, preferring instead to resume his shallow life as a travelling businessman. Only when it’s too late, does John realize that the beast had already sprung into the jungle of his life. DIRECTOR Clara van Gool is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She graduated from the Dutch Film & Television Academy in 1985. Her films thrive on the border between fiction and a form that ORIGINAL TITLE The Beast in the Jungle is usually described as ‘dance-film’. RESERVAAT DIRECTOR Clara van Gool (1988) COURZAND (1993), BITINGS & OTHER GENRE Literary Adaptation / Drama / Dance / Love Story EFFECTS (1995), EXIT (1996) and REIMERSWAAL LENGTH 87 min (2004) are highly visual stories that are expressed CAST Dane Jeremy Hurst through movement, dance, mise-en-scène and Sarah Reynolds montage. Her work includes successful adaptations Claire Johnston of dance performances for the screen: ENTER PRODUCTION KeyFilm, Amour Fou Luxembourg ACHILLES (1996), by the renowned English STATUS Completed group DV8 Physical Theatre won the International DELIVERY Winter 2018 Emmy Award of Performing Arts (New York NATIONALITY Netherlands 1997) followed by the award winning NUSSIN LANGUAGE English (1998), LUCKY (2001), UP AT DOWN (2003) and COUP DE GRACE (2011).
P IC T U R E TR EE IN TERN ATION AL P R E S E N T S The Ground Beneath my Feet SYNOPSIS Lola, young company consultant, 100 working hours and 5 sports units per week. Conny, her older sister, paranoid schizophrenic and unable to leave the apartment. Conny swallows 120 sleeping pills and is saved. And Lola does not even tell anyone that she has a sister at all. DIRECTOR Marie Kreutzer was born in Graz, Austria, in 1977 and studied screenwriting at the Film Academy Vienna. Her first feature length film, THE FATHERLESS, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama Special sidebar in 2011, receiving Special Mention for ‘Best First Feature‘. Her second film, GRUBER IS LEAVING (2015), was nominated for the Austrian Film Award and won Special Mention as ‘Best Film‘ at the Zurich Film Festival. In 2016, her third feature film WE USED TO BE COOL also premiered at the Zurich Film Festival in competition. After finalizing her first TV movie EMERGENCY LIES starring Josef Hader in 2017, THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET is Marie Kreutzer’s newest feature film as writer and director. A FILM BY M AR IE K R EUT ZER ORIGINAL TITLE Der Boden unter den Füssen DIRECTOR Marie Kreutzer THE GROUND GENRE Drama LENGTH 95 min. CAST Valerie Pachner Mavie Hörbiger Pia Hierzegger PRODUCTION Novotny & Novotny BENEATH MY FEET Filmproduktion GmbH STATUS In Post-Production DELIVERY Spring 2019 NATIONALITY Austria LANGUAGE German IN POST-PROD U CTION
JELLA HAASE A Jar Full of Life SYNOPSIS Marleen is a young woman whose life hasn’t started yet. Already in her early 20s, she still lives at home with her parents and has no goals or aspirations to speak of. Like a lot of people her age, she’s stuck in a rut that seems impossible to overcome. Even her beloved big brother can’t save her from what looks like a permanent slump. Ultimately, it takes a personal tragedy to shake her awake. Out of a sense of guilt and despair, Marleen embarks on an adventure she’s clearly not prepared for. Indeed, there’s a ship waiting in Hamburg to sweep her off to Antarctica. But how is she supposed to get there with only eight euros in her pocket? It’s the beginning of a storybook journey that’s just as funny as it is emotionally poignant. In the course of her road- trip adventure, Marleen realizes the world is full of people who are even wilder and crazier than she is. She also makes an unexpected discovery: the further she travels away from home, the closer she gets to herself. DIRECTOR Florian Ross was born in Saarbrucken in 1982. He made his first short film at the age of 16. In 2002, after completing a degree in image and sound design in Düsseldorf, he worked for four years ORIGINAL TITLE Vielmachglas in the field. From 2010 to 2014, he studied film DIRECTOR Florian Ross directing at the International Film School (ifs) in GENRE Comedy LENGTH 85 min. Cologne. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree, CAST Jella Haase he worked on various projects at Pantaleon Films. Marc Benjamin Ross‘ short films have screened at numerous Matthias Schweighöfer international festivals and won several awards. Uwe Ochsenknecht He also made a number of commercials. A JAR PRODUCTION PANTALEON Films, Warner Bros. Film Productions FULL OF LIFE marks his feature film debut. Germany in coproduction with Traumfabrik Babelsberg, Erfttal Film Fernsehproduktion STATUS Completed DELIVERY Available NATIONALITY Germany LANGUAGE German www.picturetree-international.de
Fack Ju Goehte 3 SYNOPSIS Max Frisch’s Homo Faber, curve sketching and toxic asbestos in the restrooms: It’s just another stressful year at Goethe Comprehensive School. But this time teacher Zeki Miller (Elyas M‘Barek) is actually keen on whipping his students into shape to pass their A-Levels. Unfortunately, the kids in his “chaos class” – especially Chantal (Jella Haase), Danger (Max von der Groeben) and Zeynep (Gizem Emre) – are simply not having it. In fact, the guidance counselor at the Job Information Center (JIC) has just quashed any dreams they had about their future prospects. Indeed, at this point, their frustration has reached a new level, which means they’re getting into even more trouble and refusing to do anything at all. How on earth is Mr. Miller going to motivate these teens? He can’t even count on help from Principal Gudrun Gerster (Katja Riemann), who’s already at loggerheads with the Department of Education for heading up the worst-performing comprehensive school in the state – a status owed in no small part to these very “problem” students. At least Mr. Miller has fresh support from newcomer Biggi Enzberger (Sandra Hueller), who’s helping him out with an anti-bullying campaign. DIRECTOR ORIGINAL TITLE Fack Ju Goehte 3 DIRECTOR Bora Dagtekin Bora Dagtekin studied screenwriting and made GENRE Comedy LENGTH 120 min. his directorial debut in 2012 with TURKISH FOR CAST Elyas M’Barek BEGINNERS, the most successful German film Jella Haase of that year. His second film, FACK JU GOEHTE, Sandra Hueller became the highest grossing movie in Germany in Katja Riemann 2013 and was surpassed only by the sequel, FACK Max von der Groeben PRODUCTION Constantin Film Produktion JU GOEHTE 2 (2015). Bothlments sold about 15 STATUS Completed million tickets in Germany and were licensed to DELIVERY Available more than 40 international territories. Bora’s ACK NATIONALITY Germany FACK JU GOEHTE 3 marks the last chapter in I N A LF LANGUAGE German #F the high-school comedy trilogy that has become a cultural and commercial phenomenon in Germany and abroad. PRODUCTION LINE DIRECTOR OF DESIGNER PRODUCER PHOTOGRAPHY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CONSTANTIN FILM VERLEIH GMBH IS THE EXCLUSIVE OWNER OF ALL EXPLOITATION RIGHTS © 2017 CONSTANTIN FILM PRODUKTION GMBH / CONSTANTIN FILM INTERNATIONAL GMBH FUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY
TIL SCHWEIGER MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER ANNE SCHÄFER LISA TOMASCHEWSKY Hot Dog SYNOPSIS A fast-paced buddy comedy with Germany’s most successful stars Til Schweiger and Matthias Schweighöfer – the dream team of German cinema. The two GSG10 officers Luke and Theo couldn’t be any more different, but have to join forces to save Mascha, the daughter of the Moldavian ambassador: chaos is predestined. Schweighöfer takes on the role of the eager beaver Theo, who has an uncanny photographic memory, and Schweiger plays the smart and tough policeman Luke. In the course of their investigation, Luke and Theo realize that the demand for ransom is just the tip of the iceberg and that the kidnapping has far greater reaching implications than initially suspected… During their mission, the two opposite characters become an unbeatable dream team and are supported by their hacker colleague Nicki, who even manages to lure the romantically inexperienced Theo out of his reserve… DIRECTOR Torsten Künstler has been working primarily with the multi-hyphenates Matthias Schweighöfer and Til Schweiger for years, also co-directing and associate producing many of their own films with them. ORIGINAL TITLE Hot Dog DIRECTOR Torsten Künstler GENRE Action, Comedy LENGTH 105 min. CAST Til Schweiger Matthias Schweighöfer PRODUCTION PANTALEON Films Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany ONE BRAIN. TWO COPS. Erfttal Film & Fernsehproduktion WARNER BROS. PICTURES PRESENTS A PANTALEON FILMS, WARNER BROS. FILM PRODUCTIONS GERMANY AND ERFTTAL FILM & FERNSEHPRODUKTION PRODUCTION “HOT DOG” STATUS Completed TIL SCHWEIGER MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER ANNE SCHÄFER LISA TOMASCHEWSKY SAMUEL FINZI TIM WILDE AS GUEST HEINO FERCH CASTING IRIS BAUMÜLLER KEY MAKE-UP ARTIST CHARLOTTE CHANG (BVM) PAMELA GRUJIC COSTUME DESIGNER METIN MISDIK SOUND BERTIN MOLZ DOMINIK LEUBE SOUND MIX BEN ROSENKIND DELIVERY Available SOUND DESIGN STEFAN BUSCH MUSIC MARTIN TODSHAROW JOSEF BACH ARNE SCHUMANN PRODUCTION DESIGNER CHRISTIAN EISELE EDITOR ROBERT KUMMER LINE PRODUCER PHILIPP KLAUSING UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER BENEDIKT BOTHE PROJECT MANAGER STEPHANIE SCHETTLER-KÖHLER NATIONALITY Germany POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR CHRISTIAN VENNEFROHNE SEBASTIAN SCHWEIGER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MARKUS NESTROY CO-PRODUCER KLAUS DOHLE PRODUCER DAN MAAG MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER MARCO BECKMANN SCREENPLAY LO MALINKE AND TRIPPER CLANCY DIRECTOR TORSTEN KÜNSTLER LANGUAGE German © 2017 PANTALEON FILMS GMBH, BAREFOOT FILMS GMBH, ERFTTAL FILM & FERNSEHPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG, WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT GMBH www.picturetree-international.de
Monky SYNOPSIS One day, Frank (11) finds a real live monkey in his family’s backyard. The monkey’s name is Monky and her arrival is the beginning of a fun and exciting adventure for the entire family. However, it does not take long before the family realize that she is no ordinary monkey, and it was no coincidence that she showed up in their backyard. Who is Monky? Where does she come from? Will they be able to keep her a secret in the village? A thrilling journey leads the family from Sweden to the deepest jungles of Thailand in search of answers. DIRECTOR Maria Blom is a Swedish screenwriter and director of cinema and theatre. Her debut feature DALE- CARLIANS in 2004 was a huge critical success as well as the highest grossing Swedish film at the local box office and was awarded for best film and best screenplay at the Swedish Film Awards. Maria went on to direct NINA FRISK (2007) and HALLOHALLO (2014). MONKY is Maria’s latest film as a director, released in 2017. ORIGINAL TITLE Monky DIRECTOR Maria Blom GENRE Comedy, Family LENGTH 90 min. CAST Frida Hallgren Johan Petersson Julius Jimenez Hugoson Bianca Kronlöf PRODUCTION Unlimited Stories AB STATUS Completed DELIVERY Available NATIONALITY Sweden LANGUAGE Swedish www.picturetree-international.de
PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS Outmastered SYNOPSIS A The wealthy and rather bored landscape FILM BY architect Evi Müller-Todt (Katja Riemann) lives with her plastic surgeon husband Claus (Oliver OUTMASTERED Masucci) in their comfortable villa. One day, in a burst of red-wine-induced whimsy, Claus takes out an ad for a new cleaner: “Slave wanted (m/f)”. Astonished by the leather-clad figures that soon gather at his door, he realises his ad has been taken quite literally. At the behest of a shocked Evi, Claus sends the applicants away, only to receive an unexpected courtesy call from Bartos (Samuel Finzi). Well-groomed, educated and ready to serve, Bartos signals his willingness to enter into a more traditional master-servant relationship. After some initial snags, the Müller- Todts begin to enjoy the heavenly pampering they receive from their new servant, who is soon joined by his young wife, Lana (Lize Feryn) and the situation gets increasingly out of hand. DIRECTOR Oskar Roehler started his career as a screenwriter of various cinema films and directed his first feature GENTLEMAN in 1995, followed by NO PLACE TO GO (2000), a very personal and sensitively told portrait of his mother, which marked Roehler‘s breakthrough and received the ORIGINAL TITLE Herrliche Zeiten German Film Award in Gold. His other award- DIRECTOR Oskar Roehler winning films include: ANGST (2003) which GENRE Dark Comedy premiered in the competition at the Berlinale LENGTH 110 min CAST Katja Riemann in 2003, AGNES AND HIS BROTHERS (2004) Aslan Aslan which screened at the Venice Film Festival as well Kemal Aydin as his film adaptation of Michel Houellebecq‘s Alexander Beyer novel ATOMISED (2006). JEW SUSS: RISE Oliver Masucci PRODUCTION Molina Film GmbH & Co. AND FALL (2010) which also premiered in STATUS Completed competition at the Berlinale was one of Oskars DELIVERY Summer 2018 most polarizing films. After SOURCES OF LIFE NATIONALITY Germany (2012) which premiered in the Karlovy Vary PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS A MOLINA FILM PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH TELE MÜNCHEN GRUPPE AND WDR/ARTE STARRING KATJA RIEMANN OLIVER MASUCCI SAMUEL FINZI LIZE FERYN YASIN EL HARROUK ANDREA SAWATZKI MARGARITA BROICH ASLAN ASLAN LANGUAGE German CASTING BY UWE BÜNKER ANJA DIHRBERG PRODUCTION DESIGNER INA TIMMERBERG MAKE-UP BY JENNIFER PORSCHENG AND NICOLE MASZTALERZ COSTUME DESIGNER ANNE JENDRITZKO EDITED BY PETER R. ADAM MUSIC COMPOSED BY MARTIN TODSHAROW DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY CARL-FRIEDRICH KOSCHNICK BVK official competition, OUTMASTERED is Oskars SCRIPT BY JAN BERGER BASED LOOSELY ON THE NOVEL “SUBS” BY THOR KUNKEL COMMISSIONING EDITORS FOR WDR BARBARA BUHL AND GÖTZ SCHMEDES COMMISSIONING EDITOR FOR ARTE ANDREAS SCHREITMÜLLER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DR. HERBERT G. KLOIBER AND HERBERT L. KLOIBER LINE AND PRODUCTION MANAGER GABRIELE GOICZYK PRODUCED BY JUTTA MÜLLER DIRECTED BY OSKAR ROEHLER latest film.
PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS Playmaker SYNOPSIS Ivo, former professional footballer and jailbird with nothing to lose, is a betting natural. His feel for the sport and background draw the interest of Dejan, who takes him into his family, sucking him quickly into football’s underbelly, a world of global fraud and manipulation where individuals are merely small cogs in an international network whose digital tentacles stretch all the way to China and beyond. But when Ivo meets young Lukas, a talented lad in whom he sees his former self, and starts training him for a top team trial while, at the same time, supposedly grooming and manipulating him on Dejan’s behalf, he also falls in love with the boy’s mother. Now Ivo finds himself caught between two fronts and two families, and has to decide... DIRECTOR Timon Modersohn was born in 1978. He studied Psychology at the Free University Berlin and has been active as an assistant director for numerous commercials and feature films, before studying Directing at the German Film and Television PLAY OR GET PLAYED Academy Berlin. Domestically released by WARNER BROS Germany, PLAYMAKER (2018) PLAYMAKER is Timon’s debut as a feature film director. ORIGINAL TITLE Spielmacher DIRECTOR Timon Modersohn GENRE Thriller LENGTH 95 min CAST Frederick Lau Antje Traue Oliver Masucci FREDERICK LAU ANTJE TRAUE OLIVER MASUCCI KARL MARKOVICS Karl Markovics PRODUCTION FRISBEEFILMS GmbH & Co KG WARNER BROS. PICTURES PRESENTS “PLAYMAKER” STATUS Completed A FRISBEEFILMS, WARNER BROS. FILM PRODUCTIONS GERMANY AND CINE PLUS PRODUCTION DELIVERY Summer 2018 WITH THE SUPPORT OF FILM & MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS A FILM BY TIMON MODERSOHN WITH FREDERICK LAU OLIVER MASUCCI ANTJE TRAUE MATEO WANSING LORRIO PAUL FASSNACHT AND KARL MARKOVICS CASTING SUSE MARQUARDT LINE PRODUCER BOGDAN THOMASSINI-BÜCHNER PRODUCTION MANAGER EDGAR COX VISUELL EFFECTS MARCO NOSTADT NATIONALITY Germany COLORIST NATALIE MAXIMOVA SOUND DESIGN CHRISTOPH ULBICH SOUND MIXER MATTHIAS SCHWAB ORIGINAL SOUND CHRISTOPH SCHILLING PRODUCTION DESIGN TAMO KUNZ MAKE-UP ELKE HAHN MARCUS MICHAEL COSTUME DESIGNER KATRIN ASCHENDORF MUSIC RIAD ABDEL-NABI LANGUAGE German MUSIC SUPERVISING KLAUS JAN FRERS EDITED BY JAN HILLE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTIAN REIN CO-PRODUCERS FRANK EVERS HELGE NEUBRONNER SCREENPLAY BY CHRISTIAN BRECHT AND TIMON MODERSOHN PRODUCERS ALEXANDER BICKENBACH MANUEL BICKENBACH DIRECTED BY TIMON MODERSOHN © FRISBEEFILMS GMBH & CO. KG / CINE PLUS MEDIASERVICE GMBH & CO. KG / WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT GMBH SUPPORTED BY
A Heavy Heart Fack Ju Goehte 2 GENRE Drama GENRE Comedy LENGTH 109 min. LENGHT 115 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Germany COUNTRY OF PROD Germany LANGUAGE German LANGUAGE German DIRECTOR Thomas Stuber DIRECTOR Bora Dagtekin CAST Peter Kurth CAST Elyas M‘Barek Lina Wendel Jella Haase Lena Lauzemis Karoline Herfurth PRODUCTION DEPARTURES Film Katja Riemann in co-production with Max von der Groeben deutschfilm PRODUCTION Constantin Film Produktion Big Big World Flowers of Evil GENRE Drama GENRE Drama, Crime, Youth LENGTH 101 min. LENGTH 105 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Turkey COUNTRY OF PROD Finland LANGUAGE Turkish LANGUAGE Finnish DIRECTOR Reha Erdem DIRECTOR Antti J. Jokinen CAST Berke Karaer CAST Viljami Nojonen Ecem Uzun Juno PRODUCTION Maya Film Eero Aho Mikael Gabriel Diana Tenkorang PRODUCTION Solar Films Inc. Egon Schiele - Four Against the Bank Death and the Maiden GENRE LENGTH Comedy 96 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Germany GENRE Biopic LANGUAGE German LENGTH 110 min. DIRECTOR Wolfgang Petersen COUNTRY OF PROD Austria, Luxembourg CAST Til Schweiger LANGUAGE German Matthias Schweighöfer DIRECTOR Dieter Berner Michael Bully Herbig CAST Noah Saavedra Jan Josef Liefers Maresi Riegner PRODUCTION Hellinger / Doll Valerie Pachner Radiant Productions PRODUCTION Novotny & Novotny Warner Bros. Film Filmproduktion Productions Germany Amour Fou Luxembourg Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion Fack Ju Goehte - Heart of Stone Suck Me Shakespeer GENRE Fantasy, Adventure LENGTH 119 min. GENRE Comedy COUNTRY OF PROD Germany LENGHT 118 min. LANGUAGE German COUNTRY OF PROD Germany DIRECTOR Johannes Naber LANGUAGE German CAST Frederick Lau DIRECTOR Bora Dagtekin Henriette Confurius CAST Elyas M‘Barek David Schütter Karoline Herfurth Moritz Bleibtreu Katja Riemann PRODUCTION Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv Jana Pallaske Studio Babelsberg PRODUCTION Rat Pack Filmproduktion Philipp Filmproduction Constantin Film Produktion SWR, ARD Degeto, MDR
Jack Unterweger LenaLove GENRE Psychological Thriller GENRE Psychological Thriller LENGTH 95 min. LENGTH 99 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Austria COUNTRY OF PROD Germany LANGUAGE German LANGUAGE German DIRECTOR Elisabeth Scharang DIRECTOR Florian Gaag CAST Johannes Krisch CAST Emilia Schüle Corinna Harfouch Jannik Schümann Birgit Minichmayr Sina Tkotsch Sarah Viktoria Frick PRODUCTION Rafkin Film Produktion PRODUCTION epo-film produktionsges.m.b.h. Vienna The Journey Life Guidance GENRE Thriller, Science-Fiction GENRE Drama LENGTH 101 min. LENGTH 82 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Austria COUNTRY OF PROD Iraq, United Kingdom, LANGUAGE German France, Qatar, Netherlands DIRECTOR Ruth Mader LANGUAGE Arabic, English CAST Fritz Karl DIRECTOR Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji Katharina Lorenz CAST Zahraa Gandour Florian Teichtmeister Ameer Ali Jabarah PRODUCTION KGP Kranzelbinder PRODUCTION Human Film Gabriele Production Iraqi Independent Film Centre Lionceau Films Iraqi Network Media Jules and Dolores Links of Life GENRE Comedy GENRE Tragicomedy LENGTH 97 min. LENGTH 107 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Brazil COUNTRY OF PROD France LANGUAGE Portuguese LANGUAGE French DIRECTOR Caito Ortiz DIRECTOR Marie-Hélène Roux CAST Taís Araújo CAST Marie Bunel Mr. Catra René Heger Milhem Cortaz Catherine Samie PRODUCTION Prodigo Films PRODUCTION 1divided Films Killing Stella Mammal GENRE Drama GENRE Drama LENGTH 90 min. LENGTH 99 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Austria COUNTRY OF PROD Ireland LANGUAGE German LANGUAGE English DIRECTOR Julian Pösler DIRECTOR Rebecca Daly CAST Martina Gedeck CAST Rachel Griffiths Matthias Brandt Barry Keoghan PRODUCTION Mala Emde Michael McElhatton epo-film PRODUCTION Fastnet Films Calach Films, Les Films Fauves & Rinkel Film
Men Don’t Cry Original Bliss GENRE Drama GENRE Drama LENGTH 100 min. LENGTH 102 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Bosnia and Herzegovina COUNTRY OF PROD Germany Slovenia LANGUAGE German Croatia DIRECTOR Sven Taddicken Germany CAST Martina Gedeck LANGUAGE Bosnian Ulrich Tukur DIRECTOR Alen Drljević Johannes Krisch CAST Boris Isaković PRODUCTION Frisbeefilms Leon Lucev Cine Plus Filmproduktion Emir Hadžihafizbegović Senator Film PRODUCTION Deblokada Iridium Film Manderlay Films Produkcija Živa Monk Satisfaction 1720 GENRE Tragicomedy GENRE Biographical, Historical drama LENGTH 74 min. LENGTH 98 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Netherlands, Belgium COUNTRY OF PROD Denmark DIRECTOR Ties Schenk LANGUAGE Danish, Norwegian CAST Teun Stokkel DIRECTOR Henrik Ruben Genz Olivia Lonsdale CAST Jakob Oftebro Marina Gatel Martin Buch Sam Louwyck PRODUCTION Nimbus Film, Sirena Film PRODUCTION Viking Film Anagram Film, Hummel & A Private View Nimbus Night of a 1000 Hours Teenosaurus Rex GENRE Mystery GENRE Comedy, Family LENGTH 92 min. LENGTH 94 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Luxembourg, Austria, COUNTRY OF PROD Germany Netherlands LANGUAGE German LANGUAGE German DIRECTOR Leander Haußmann DIRECTOR Virgil Widrich CAST Jan Josef Liefers CAST Laurence Rupp Heike Makatsch Amira Casar Harriet Herbig-Matten PRODUCTION Amour Fou Detlev Buck KeyFilm Monika Gruber Golden Girls Film Justus von Donáhnyi PRODUCTION Constantin Film Seven Pictures Nowhere The Confession GENRE Drama GENRE Drama LENGTH 105 min. LENGTH 89 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Germany COUNTRY OF PROD Georgia, Estonia LANGUAGE German LANGUAGE Georgian DIRECTOR Matthias Starte DIRECTOR Zaza Urushadze CAST Ludwig Trepte CAST Joseph Khvelidze Jella Haase Sophia Sebiskveradze Saskia Rosendahl Dmitri Tatishvili PRODUCTION Pictures in a Frame PRODUCTION Allfilm Sky Deutschland Cinema24 (co-production) MK Filmproduktion Cine Chromatix, Kato Film, Servus TV
The Most Beautiful Day GENRE Road movie Notes LENGTH 113 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Germany LANGUAGE German DIRECTOR Florian David Fitz CAST Matthias Schweighöfer Florian David Fitz Alexandra Maria Lara PRODUCTION PANTALEON Films Erfttal Film & Fernseh- produktion GmbH & Co. KG WS Filmproduktion Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH Tiger Girl GENRE Drama LENGTH 90 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Germany LANGUAGE German DIRECTOR Jakob Lass CAST Ella Rumpf Maria Dragus PRODUCTION Fogma Constantin Film Produktion Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg Welcome to Germany GENRE Comedy LENGTH 116 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Germany LANGUAGE German DIRECTOR Simon Verhoeven CAST Senta Berger Heiner Lauterbach Florian David Fitz Elyas M‘Barek PRODUCTION Wiedemann & Berg Film Sentana Filmproduktion SevenPictures Film We Used to be Cool GENRE Comedy LENGTH 96 min. COUNTRY OF PROD Austria LANGUAGE German DIRECTOR Marie Kreutzer CAST Vicky Krieps Marcel Mohab Pia Hierzegger Pheline Roggan PRODUCTION Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH Witcraft Szenario 42 43
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