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CANNES LINEUP 2019
Cannes Screening Schedule Lineup
Title Page
All About Me
Saturday / May 18th / 11:30
Lerins 4
CURRENT TITLES
100 Things 1
Saturday / May 18th / 13:30
Cold Feet Lerins 4 All About Me (Market Screening) 2
Cold Feet (Market Screening) 3
Thursday / May 16th / 10:00
Dark, Almost Night Palais C / Market Premiere Dark, Almost Night (Market Premiere) 4
Endzeit - Ever After 5
Wednesday / May 15th / 13:30
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess Olympia 6 Hot Dog 6
It Must Schwing 7
Wednesday / May 15th / 17:30
Lerins 4 / Market Premiere Kingdom of Sweden 8
Sweethearts
Friday / May 17th / 13:30
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess (Market Screening) 9
Arcades 3 / Market Premiere
Sweethearts (Market Premiere) 10
Sunday / May 19th / 13:30
The Beast in the Jungle Olympia 3 The Beast in the Jungle (Market Screening) 11
The Ground beneath my Feet (Market Screening) 12
Wednesday / May 15th / 15:30
The Ground beneath my Feet Palais F
PROJECTS
A Piece of my Heart (Private Screening) 13
Alma & Oskar (WT) 14
Beware of Children 15
Little King December 16
The Campaign 17
Traumfabrik (Private Screening) 18
LIBRARY 19
PTI @ CANNES FILM MARKET: Booth Riviera J7
CURRENT TITLES
100 Things 1
SYNOPSIS
Toni loves his espresso machine. Paul adores his
smart phone. Toni can’t do anything without his
hair-growth pills. Paul can’t function without
Amazon, Siri and his sacred sneakers. Both can’t
make it through one day without each other, but
every day is a constant battle to see who’s the
biggest and the best. Everything changes when
they find themselves sitting at home without
any possessions, naked and freezing. It’s day 1 of
a 100-day wager Toni and Paul have made with
one another. They’ve given up everything they
own and will only get one item back per day.
How much do we really need and who are we
without our possessions? Suddenly, everyday
life becomes immensely complicated, but also
incredibly simple for Toni and Paul if it weren‘t
for the ongoing wager and their desire to win
over the other.
DIRECTOR
Florian David Fitz studied drama at the
Boston Conservatory. His acting credits
include internationally acclaimed films such as
MEASURING THE WORLD (2013) and audience
favourites such as VINCENT WANTS TO SEA
(2009). JESUS LOVES ME (2012) marked Fitz’
debut as a director, followed by THE MOST
ORIGINAL TITLE 100 Dinge BEAUTIFUL DAY (2016), which sold more than
DIRECTOR Florian David Fitz 1.6 million tickets in Germany. 100 THINGS
GENRE Comedy
LENGTH 110 min is Fitz’ latest project as writer-director and
CAST Matthias Schweighöfer actor alongside fellow German star Matthias
Florian David Fitz Schweighöfer.
Miriam Stein
Katharina Thalbach
Hannelore Elsner
PRODUCTION Pantaleon Films GmbH in
co-production with Warner Bros.
Entertainment GmbH, Erfttal
Film & Fernsehproduktion and
WS Filmproduktion
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
All About Me 2
SYNOPSIS
Ruhr Valley, Germany, 1972. Hans-Peter is a
pudgy nine year-old growing up in the security
of his family and fun-loving relatives. At first
sight he might not be the most popular guy, but
he has a talent for making others laugh, which
he refines on a daily basis in his grandmother’s
corner shop. However, dark shadows soon loom
over the boy’s everyday life as his once cheerful
mum becomes more and more depressed after
an operation. Hans-Peter’s sad and hardworking
father leaves him mostly in the care of his two
grandmas, both of whom have big hearts and
strong personalities. Their love and care make it
possible for Hans-Peter to survive the ensuing
emotional turmoil and use his comedic talents to
heal his own wounds while also making people
laugh along with him.
DIRECTOR
Caroline Link’s career as a director began with
immediate success both at the national and
international level when her first feature film
BEYOND SILENCE (1996) was nominated for
an Academy Award® as Best Foreign Language
Film in 1997. After completing her second
feature film, PÜNKTCHEN UND ANTON
ORIGINAL TITLE Der Junge muss an die frische Luft (1999), a children’s movie based on the Erich
DIRECTOR Caroline Link Kästner novel of the same name, Caroline Link
GENRE Biopic / Comedy / Drama /
Literary Adaptation directed NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2001), which
LENGTH 100 min won the Academy Award® for Best Foreign
CAST Julius Weckauf Language Film in 2003. In 2013, she directed
Luise Heyer EXIT MARRAKECH, which premiered as a
Sönke Möhring
Special Presentation at the Toronto IFF and won
Joachim Król
Ursula Werner the Gryphon Award for Best Film at the Giffoni
Rudolf Kowalski IFF. ALL ABOUT ME (2018) is Caroline Link’s
PRODUCTION UFA Fiction latest feature film as a director.
Gesellschaft für Feine Filme
Warner Bros. Film Production
Germany
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany FEMALE
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE German
Cold Feet 3
SYNOPSIS
Through a curious mix-up, the petty criminal
Denis suddenly finds himself in the position of a
caretaker for the stroke patient Raimund. All he
really wanted to do was break into Raimund’s
house in order to finally pay off his debts to some
disagreeable crooks. Instead, he now sits captive
in the rich businessman’s house, who, since his
seizure has been confined to a wheelchair. When
Raimund’s granddaughter Charlotte shows up to
check on him, it’s finally too much for Denis. But
escape is not an option as a mighty snowstorm
is raging in the region. And so he must continue
to play the role of the caretaker – very much
to Raimund’s dismay, who is doing everything
he can to fend off the intruder. In contrast to
Charlotte, Raimund has long since seen through
Denis’ facade. A cat-and-mouse game begins,
in which the handicapped senior and the clever
young man put their resources to terrific use...
DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Groos was born in 1968. He studied
production at the German Film and Television
Academy Berlin (DFFB), graduating in 2003. He
directed the short WENN ZWEI SICH STREITEN
(2004) and various TV shows such as FREUNDE
FÜR IMMER (2005), SWITCH RELOADED (2006)
ORIGINAL TITLE Kalte Füsse and RUDI – THE RACING PIG (2007-2009). His
DIRECTOR Wolfgang Groos award winning films include: HANGTIME (2008),
GENRE Comedy
LENGTH 98 min THE CROCODILES – ALL FOR ONE (2011),
CAST Heiner Lauterbach WHEN INGE IS DANCING (2013), VAMPIRE
Emilio Sakraya SISTERS (2012), VAMPIRE SISTERS 2 (2014),
Sonja Gerhardt RICO, OSKAR AND THE BROKEN HEARTED
Aleksandar Jovanovic
(2015), ROBBY & TOBY’S FANTASTIC VOYAGER
Michael Ostrowski
Jasmin Gerat (2016), LILLY’S BEWITCHED CHRISTMAS
PRODUCTION Claussen+Putz (2017), and COLD FEET (2018).
Filmproduktion
in co-production with
Deutsche Columbia
Pictures Filmproduktion
and Lotus-Film
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
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
Dark, Almost Night 4
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 Completed
DELIVERY Available
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
Endzeit - Ever After 5
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
Weimar zombie-free community. Their journey
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 Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
FEMALE
DIRECTOR
Hot Dog 6
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
ORIGINAL TITLE Hot Dog them.
DIRECTOR Torsten Künstler
GENRE Action / Comedy
LENGTH 105 min
CAST Til Schweiger
Matthias Schweighöfer
PRODUCTION PANTALEON Films
Warner Bros. Film Productions
Germany
Erfttal Film &
Fernsehproduktion
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
It Must Schwing 7
SYNOPSIS
In 1939, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two young
émigrés from Berlin, founded the legendary jazz
label Blue Note Records in New York. The label
dedicated itself exclusively to the recording
of American jazz music and developed its own
unmistakeable recording style and sound.
Blue Note Records discovered and produced
an impressive roster of international jazz stars.
This included Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock,
John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter,
Thelonious Monk and Quincy Jones. At a time
when Afro-American musicians in the USA were
discriminated against and ostracised, Blue Note
Records respected them as artists and equals.
Not only did the label value their talents, it
also gave them a much-needed stage. IT MUST
SCHWING tells the moving story of two friends,
united by a passionate love for jazz, and of their
profound belief in equality and freedom for every
single human being.
DIRECTOR
Award-winning director Eric Friedler, born 1971
in Sydney, Australia, is one of the most acclaimed
and prolific documentary filmmakers in Germany.
He won the Award for Best Documentary at the
ORIGINAL TITLE It Must Schwing New York International Film and TV Festival
DIRECTOR Eric Friedler three times, for THE SILENCE OF THE QUANDTS
GENRE Documentary
LENGTH 115 min (2007), AGHET – A GENOCIDE (2010) and A
CAST Herbie Hancock GERMAN BOXER (2012) as well as two Awards
Sonny Rollins for Best Documentary at the Houston Film
Wayne Shorter Festival and received the prestigious Grimme
Quincy Jones
Award five times. In 2018 he directed IT MUST
Lou Donaldson
Sheila Jordan SCHWING! – THE BLUE NOTE STORY.
Ron Carter
Rudy van Gelder
George Benson
Rolf Kühn
PRODUCTION NDR, Neue Road Movies,
Studio Hamburg Enterprises
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE EnglishKingdom of Sweden 8
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 Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Sweden
LANGUAGE SwedishMy Extraordinary Summer with Tess 9
SYNOPSIS
Afraid of being left alone as the youngest of the
family, Sam begins his own made up aloneness
training during his holiday on the Dutch island
Terschelling. But by meeting the elusive Tess,
who carries a big secret, he is drawn into an
adventure that makes him realize that you should
cherish your family instead of fleeing. Sam makes
a drastic decision that puts his special friendship
with Tess at risk and will change Tess‘ life forever.
DIRECTOR
Steven Wouterlood was born in 1984 in
Utrecht, The Netherlands. In 2013 he directed
ANYTHING GOES, a children’s movie for
television. The film won an International Emmy
Kids Award in New York, a TIFF Kids Award
in Toronto and multiple other awards and
nominations around the world. In 2015 Steven
directed the short movie KING’S DAY. This
film also won several awards, including a TIFF
Kids Award. His TV series REMI, NOBODY’S
BOY (2016), based on the renowned novel by
Hector Malot, was nominated for an Emmy
Kids Award. MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER
WITH TESS is his first feature film.
ORIGINAL TITLE Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess
DIRECTOR Steven Wouterlood
GENRE Family / Adventure
LENGTH 82 min
CAST Sonny van Utteren
Josephine Arendsen
Tjebbo Gerritsma
Jennifer Hoffman
Julian Ras
Johannes Kienast
Hans Dagelet
Suzan Boogaerdt
Terences Schreurs
PRODUCTION BIND in co-production with
Ostlicht and VPRO
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Spring 2019
NATIONALITY The Netherlands, Germany
LANGUAGE DutchSweethearts 10
SYNOPSIS
It‘s double trouble when fate and an ill-executed
diamond robbery throw Mel and Franny together
in a race and chase against time.
Mel, a professional criminal and single mum
looking to pull off her greatest coup, and her
nerdy, easily panic-stricken hostage Franny are
soon pursued by the relentless detective Ingrid,
who always gets her man, or women, at any price.
On the run, the mismatched and constantly
fighting pair have to dispose of the loot in the face
of a Berlin underworld also determined to get its
hands on them and the precious stones.
As the forces of law and disorder close in,
Franny develops a liking for Mel, deciding she
is going to help her ‘captor’. Mel is far less than
enthusiastic, especially given Franny‘s idea of
support. With no 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 Franny
immediately falls for him, the chaos becomes
perfect - with a happy ending looking to be an
impossibly long way off.
DIRECTOR
Karoline Herfurth was discovered in a Berlin
schoolyard at age 15 and soon thereafter found
ORIGINAL TITLE Sweethearts herself on the set of CRAZY (2001) next to Tom
DIRECTOR Karoline Herfurth Schilling (NEVER LOOK AWAY, 2018). Herfurth
GENRE Comedy / Action
LENGTH 105 min went on to graduate from Berlin’s renowned
CAST Karoline Herfurth Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts and
Hannah Herzsprung soon launched her international career as The
Frederick Lau Plum Girl in Tom Tykwer’s screen adaptation
PRODUCTION Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
in co-production with Warner
Bros. Entertainment (2006). She then starred next to Kate Winslet and
STATUS Completed Ralph Fiennes in THE READER (2008). Karoline
DELIVERY Available made her directorial debut with the romantic
NATIONALITY Germany comedy TEXT FOR YOU (2016).
LANGUAGE German
SWEETHEARTS marks Karoline’s second outing
as a feature film director.
FEMALE
DIRECTORThe Beast in the Jungle 11
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 Available 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).
FEMALE
DIRECTORThe Ground beneath my Feet 12
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.
ORIGINAL TITLE Der Boden unter den Füssen
DIRECTOR Marie Kreutzer
GENRE Drama
LENGTH 108 min
CAST Valerie Pachner
Mavie Hörbiger
Pia Hierzegger
PRODUCTION Novotny &Novotny
Filmproduktion
STATUS Completed
DELIVERY Available
NATIONALITY Austria
LANGUAGE German
FEMALE
DIRECTORPROJECTS
A Piece of my Heart 13
SYNOPSIS
Isabella (35) is a driven business woman in
Stockholm’s finance world. When she goes home
to the small town she grew up in to celebrate
her father’s sixtieth birthday, she feels like a
winner, the only one in her old school gang
who things have really gone well for. Isabella’s
selfconfidence falters when she realizes that
Simon, her great love from her teen years, is
going to marry Isabella’s childhood friend Molly,
and that she isn’t invited to the wedding. Isabella
is accustomed to getting what she wants, and it
disturbs her to see Simon so happy with someone
else. Unfortunately, there are some feelings that
never go away.
A PIECE OF MY HEART is based on the musical
work of legendary Swedish artist Tomas Ledin.
Lyrics that tell timeless stories of humanity and
refrains that have taken hold of generations of
listeners inspired the story and are woven into
dialogues throughout the film. Paying tribute to
Tomas Ledin, who accompanied ABBA as backing
vocalist on their world tour in 1979-1980 and
represented Sweden at the 25th edition of
Eurovision Song Contest with his first number
one hit “Right Now” (Original title “Just Nu!”), A
PIECE OF MY HEART‘s ambition is to create new
versions of his songs that respect the originals
and include his music as it was composed
ORIGINAL TITLE En Del Av Mitt Hjärta especially for this film.
DIRECTOR Edward Af Sillén
GENRE Comedy / Musical / Romance
LENGTH 112 min
CAST Malin Åkerman DIRECTOR
Christian Hillborg
Jonas Karlsson Edward Af Sillén is one of Sweden’s most in-
Marie Richardson
demand show directors with several big musicals
Johan Ulveson
Shima Niavarani and stage productions to his credit. He also wrote
Per Andersson the screenplays for HOLY MESS (2015) and
PRODUCTION Unlimited Stories AB MEDICINE (2014).
STATUS In Post-Production
DELIVERY Autumn 2019
NATIONALITY Sweden
LANGUAGE SwedishAlma & Oskar (WT) 14
DIETER BERNER
DIRECTOR
Dieter Berner was born in 1944 in Vienna. He
studied at the Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and
Berlin. Since 1969 he is a director for theatre
and film in Austria, Germany and Switzerland,
including the ALPENSAGA, a TV miniseries,
for which he was awarded with numerous
international awards (including Silver Nymph
Monaco, the „British Academy Award“), THE
LURE (Berlinale 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 several international
universities: DFFB Berlin, Film Academy Vienna,
Zurich University of the Arts, HFF Munich. From
2004 to 2009 he was professor for film acting at
the HFF Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg.
SYNOPSIS
ORIGINAL TITLE Alma & Oskar
DIRECTOR Dieter Berner
GENRE Biopic
ALMA AND OSKAR explores the passionate and
LENGTH tba tumultuous three-year relationship between the
CAST Vicky Krieps Grand Dame of Viennese society Alma Mahler
PRODUCTION Novotny & Novotny (1879-1964) and the Austrian artist and enfant
Filmproduktion GmbH
terrible Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). In the
Amour FOU Luxembourg Sàrl
Wüste Film GmbH early 1900s, Kokoschka was an up-and-coming
STATUS In Pre-Production painter, influenced by the work of Gustav Klimt
DELIVERY 2020 yet with his own distinctive expressionist style.
NATIONALITY Austria, Luxembourg, Considered one of the greatest expressionist
Germany
LANGUAGE German
artists of the 20th century, Kokoschka created
his most famous work using Alma as a model, and
the years of their relationship marked the most
prodigious period in his life. A composer in her
own right, Alma Mahler was a vibrant figure on
Vienna’s art and music scene, and by the time
she started her fiery affair with Kokoschka, she
had already buried her first husband, composer
Gustav Mahler, and begun an on-again-off-again
relationship with architect Walter
Gropius. ALMA AND OSKAR is a
testament to the power and perils of
their passion.Beware of Children 16
SYNOPSIS
When crisis strikes we reveal our true colors.
Beware of Children traces the dramatic aftermath
of a tragic event in a middle class suburb of Oslo.
During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the
daughter of a prominent Labour Party member,
seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of
a high profile right-wing politician. When Jamie
later dies in hospital, contradicting versions of
what actually happened risks making a difficult
and traumatic situation worse. Was it only
innocent play behind? Liv, the school’s principal
and the secret lover of Jamie’s father, must find
the strength to confront a community in distress,
and her own highly conflicted emotions.
DIRECTOR
Dag Johan Haugerud (born 1964). He is
educated as a librarian, with additional courses,
to the equivalent of a Bachelors Degree, in Film
Sciences from Stockholm University, as well as
studies in dramaturgy from the University of
Oslo and creative writing studies from Telemark
University College.
He has worked as a journalist, and as dramatist
for various dance- and theatre-companies. He
has also published the three novels Noe med
ORIGINAL TITLE Barn natur (1999), Den som er veldig sterk, må også
DIRECTOR Dag Johan Haugerud være veldig snill (2002) and Hva jeg betyr (2011).
GENRE Drama
LENGTH 157 min He made his debut as a film director with the
CAST Henriette Steenstrup short 16 LIVING CLICHÉS in 1998, and has since
Jan Gunnar Røise directed numerous short films, many of which
Thorbjørn Harr award-winners - as for example LUST (2000),
Andrea Bræin Hovig
which won the Grand Prix at the Norwegian
Hans Olav Brenner
Anne Marit Jacobsen Short Film Festival in Grimstad.
Trine Wiggen I BELONG (2012), Haugerud’s feature film debut,
PRODUCTION Motlys A/S was awarded the Norwegian Critics’ Prize and
STATUS Completed four Norwegian Amanda awards. His next film,
DELIVERY Summer 2019
NATIONALITY Norway, Sweden I’M THE ONE YOU WANT (2014), a 53 minute
LANGUAGE Norwegian film consisting of a single
monologue also received a
theatrical release.Little King December 17
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
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 Der kleine König Dezember
DIRECTOR Ralf Huettner
GENRE Literary adaptation / Comedy
LENGTH tba
CAST Uwe Ochsenknecht
Mina Tander
Oliver Wnuk
PRODUCTION collina filmproduktion
STATUS In Pre-Production
DELIVERY 2020
NATIONALITY Germany
LANGUAGE German
PAINTING
©Michael Sowa/Verlag
Antje KunstmannThe Campaign 15
SYNOPSIS
Viorel, a quiet, upright tractor driver from a small
town in west Romania meets Mocanu, a high
profile politician campaigning for a seat in the
European Parliament. Mocanu’s car has broken
down nearby and Viorel and his wife welcome
the politician into their humble home. Under
investigation for corruption, Mocanu sees an
opportunity and decides to stay with this modest
family during the rest of the campaign, winning
people’s hearts by posing as a common man
next to his “old friend”, the honest, hard-working
farmer. In return, Viorel will get a new tractor.
DIRECTOR
Marian Crisan was born in 1976 in Salonta, West
Romania. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in
Film and TV Directing at UNATC Bucharest in
1999. His short film MEGATRON won the Palme
d’Or for Best Short Film at the 2008 Cannes Film
Festival. In 2010, his first feature film MORGEN
won the Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Edition
of the Locarno Film Festival, and was also the
Romanian entry for the 84th Academy Awards.
THE CAMPAIGN is his fourth feature, after
drug drama ROCKER in 2012, and crime thriller
ORIZONT in 2015.
ORIGINAL TITLE Berliner
DIRECTOR Marian Crisan
GENRE Drama
LENGTH 120 min
CAST Ion Sapdaru
Ovidiu Crisan
Sorin Cocis
Maria Junghietu
PRODUCTION Rova Film
STATUS In Post-Production
DELIVERY Autumn 2019
NATIONALITY Romania
LANGUAGE RomanianTraumfabrik 18
SYNOPSIS
Summer 1961: Emil is working as an extra at
the DEFA studios in Babelsberg, East Germany
when he falls head over heels in love with a
French dancer named MILOU. The two young
lovebirds are obviously meant for each other, but
the building of the Berlin Wall soon tears them
apart. It looks like they will never see each other
again, that is, until Emil has a crazy idea: He’s
going to produce a movie and bring Milou back to
Babelsberg!
DIRECTOR
Martin Schreier (b. 1980) began making short
films at the age of 10. After attending the German
Film School in Berlin, he went on to study feature
film direction at the Film Academy Baden-
Württemberg. In 2009, he received a scholarship
to attend the Hollywood Master Class at UCLA.
In 2010, his student film THE NIGHT FATHER
CHRISTMAS DIED was nominated for a Student
Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences. Schreier’s full-length movie
UNSERE ZEIT IST JETZT (Our time is now) was
co-produced by WARNER BROS and made
its way to cinemas in 2016. TRAUMFABRIK is
Martin’s second feature film.
ORIGINAL TITLE Traumfabrik
DIRECTOR Martin Schreier
GENRE Drama, Comedy, Romance
LENGTH 128 min
CAST Dennis Mojen
Emilia Schüle
Ken Duken
Heiner Lauterbach
Nikolai Kinski
Michael Gwisdek
PRODUCTION Traumfabrik Babelsberg in
co-production with Studio
Babelsberg, Panteleon Films,
Tobis Filmproduktion, Arri
Media, Herbx Film, Samfilm
and Funkhaus Berlin Events
STATUS In Post-Production
DELIVERY Autumn 2019
NATIONALITY Germany
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