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25 KM/H by Markus Goller

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken

STYX by Wolfgang Fischer

IMMENHOF by Sharon von Wietersheim

FLAWLESS by Sharon Maymon & Tal Granit

ROUNDS by Stephan Komandarev

LARA by Jan-Ole Gerster

PATRICK by Tim Mielants

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani

NOBADI by Karl Markovics

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT by Caroline Link

NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND by Stefan Ruzowitzky

SYSTEM CRASHER

by Nora Fingscheidt

ALL MY LOVING

by Edward Berger

NEVER LOOK AWAY

by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

THE KEEPERby Marcus H. Rosenmüller

MACK THE KNIFE

by Joachim A. Lang

THE TOBACCONIST

by Nikolaus Leytner

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SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 06

ALL MY LOVING by Edward Berger ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 10

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NEVER LOOK AWAY by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ........................................................................................................................................................................ Page 14

THE KEEPER by Marcus H. Rosenmüller .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Page 16

MACK THE KNIFE by Joachim A. Lang ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 18

THE TOBACCONIST by Nikolaus Leytner ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 0

25 KM/H by Markus Goller ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .............. Page 22

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 24

STYX by Wolfgang Fischer .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Page 26

IMMENHOF – THE ADVENTURE OF A SUMMER by Sharon von Wietersheim ........................................................................................................ Page 28

UPCOMING

FLAWLESS by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Page 32

ROUNDS by Stephan Komandarev ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 33

LARA by Jan-Ole Gerster ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Page 34

PATRICK by Tim Mielants ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Page 35

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 36

NOBADI by Karl Markovics .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 37

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT by Caroline Link ............................................................................................................................................................................. Page 38

NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND by Stefan Ruzowitzky ................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 39

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4 BETA CINEMA Berlinale 2019

On her wild quest for love, 9-year-old Benni’s untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair.

BY N O R A F I N G S C H E I DT

SYSTEM CRASHER

O F F I C I A L C O M P E T I T I O N

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WINNER AT LES ARCS FILM FESTIVAL

“WORK IN PROGRESS”.

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Nora Fingscheidt was born in Braunschweig in 1983 and spent her childhood in Germany and Argentina. From 2003 onwards she supported the development of the self-organized film school filmArche in Berlin. At the same time, she completed her training as an acting coach with Sigrid Andersson. 2008 – 2017 Nora studied fiction directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Her graduation film, the full-length documentary Without This World about a conservative Mennonite colony in Argentina, won the Max Ophüls Prize and First Steps Award in 2017. Her fiction debut System Crasher has already won several awards at script level. It also won the Work in Progress section at Les Arcs Film Festival.

THE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR’S NOTE

My motivation for making this film was to sensitize people to children like Benni. That’s why the film is being told primarily from Benni’s point of view. As spectators we develop a feeling for the confusing number of “homes”, the changing guardians and the constant and dizzying disruption of relationships. At the same time, Benni draws us into the wild, uncertain, fantasy-filled world of a child fighting for her own sense of being. I wanted the film to bubble with energy and, despite the tragic nature of the topic, to be humorous and lighthearted. Just like Benni is. Although we may be upset – even shocked – by Benni’s violent behavior, we should learn to love her and to fear for her during the course of the film. Ever since I met my first “system crasher”, I’ve known that I had to tell a story about one. Children’s violence is a cry for help. Always.

SYSTEM CRASHER


O F F I C I A L C O M P E T I T I O N

Systemsprenger

Nora Fingscheidt

Nora Fingscheidt

Yunus Roy Imer

Helena ZengelAlbrecht Schuch PaulaGabriela Maria Schmeide In Times of Fading LightLisa Hagmeister My Sisters

Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann and Jakob D. Weydemann

kineo Filmproduktion, Weydemann Bros. GmbH in co-production with Oma Inge Film and ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel

World excluding Germany and Austria.

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TERRITORIES AVAILABLE

She is small, but dangerous. Wherever Benni ends up, she is immediately expelled. The wild 9-year-old girl has already become what child protection services call a “system crasher”. And she is certainly not looking to change her ways. Because Benni has one single goal: to be back at home with her mommy! But Bianca is scared of her own daughter. Mrs. Bafané from child protection services is trying her best to find a permanent placement for Benni. She hires the anger management trainer Micha as Benni’s school escort and suddenly there is a seed of hope. Will Micha be able to succeed where all others despaired?

While being acutely authentic, first-time director Nora Fingscheidt transcends a psychological study and crafts vibrant, visceral and emotional cinema, which evokes unforgettable performances.

STORYLINE DRAMA German / 118 min / completed

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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PATRICK MELROSE AND JACK.

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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.

BY E DWA R D B E R G E R

ALL MY LOVING

PA N O R A M A

All My Loving is not a loud film. It isn’t a radical drama or a story that aims to shock. It is a film about people from our midst, a film that tries to find some levity in the melancholic and on the flip side searches for the radicality in everyday life. It is a film which quietly follows our heroes until they dare to face the future. We all feel that way. We doubt. We have to decide. We can’t make up our minds. Perhaps we shy away from the unknown, but every decision is an opportunity, the beginning of a different life. And in the end we can hopefully look back on something that has made us happy. But who knows. All My Loving is a story about the small changes in our lives. I have grown up with the American independent cinema, Ang Lee, Todd Solondz, Lisa Cholodenko and films like The Ice Storm, Happiness and The Kids Are All Right. Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere that builds a world from atmosphere, the work of Noah Baumbach, who makes one film after another about our lives, or that of Nanni Moretti in Europe, those are my influences. The “comédie humaine” that aims to capture a portrait of our times and generation. That’s the film I wanted to make.


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Born 1970 in Germany, Edward Berger graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and directed his debut Gomez in 1997. He won the German Grimme Award for A Good Summer (2012). His film Jack (2014) premiered in competition at Berlinale and won the German Academy Award in Silver for Best Picture. It also won Best Director and Best Picture at the German Director’s Guild Awards. His TV series Deutschland ’83 (2015) premiered at Berlinale and was the first German TV show to be released in the US. It won the award for Best International Drama Series at Séries Mania, the International Emmy and the Peabody Award. Recently he directed Showtime’s Patrick Melrose (2018) starring Benedict Cumberbatch, which was nominated for five Emmy Awards and for a Golden Globe.

THE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR’S NOTE

ALL MY LOVING


PA N O R A M A

All My Loving

Edward Berger Jack, Patrick Melrose

Edward Berger and Nele Mueller-Stöfen

Jens Harant The Silent Revolution

Lars Eidinger Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal ShopperNele Mueller-Stöfen JackHans Löw Toni Erdmann

Jan Krüger, Jörg Trentmann and Raimond Goebel

Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH in co-production with Pandora Film and WDR

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For the siblings Stefan (41), Julia (44) and Tobias (34) life is seemingly alright. Working as a pilot, Stefan has a big apartment, a fast car and many women. However, the disappearance of his daughter Vicky, the result of a former affair, triggers the longing for a more substantial form of love. Julia and her husband Christian are spending a long weekend in Italy to give their relationship a boost. But when a dog gets hurt in the street, she immediately shifts her attention to the little animal and obsesses over its well-being. Tobias, father of three kids and married to a successful businesswoman, is finally trying to get his university degree, when his siblings send him to their hometown to take care of their sick father. Once there he realizes his parents cannot live alone anymore, and he is confronted with his own dilemma: will he continue to give himself up for other people’s needs? All three have reached a point in their lives where something has to change, before the rest of their lives begin. Among chaos, mistakes and insecurities they are trying to find their own piece of happiness.

DRAMA German / 118 min / completedSTORYLINE

M A R K E T S C R E E N I N G


Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, Never Look Away tells the story of a young art student, Kurt, who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither of them knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.

STORYLINE

Werk ohne Autor

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Caleb Deschanel The Patriot

Tom Schilling Oh Boy, Generation WarPaula Beer Frantz Sebastian Koch The Lives of OthersSaskia Rosendahl LoreOliver Masucci Dark

Jan Mojto, Quirin Berg,Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck,Max Wiedemann andChristiane Henckel von Donnersmarck

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

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DRAMA / THRILLER German / 188 min / completed

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.

THE DIRECTOR

"PROVOCATIVE STORYTELLING. SEE IT!

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"A MARVEL.

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T H E H O L LY WO O D R E P O R T E R

OSCAR®

NOMINEEBest

Cinematography

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NOMINEE

Best Foreign Language Film

GOLDEN GLOBE

Nominee

An emotional roller-coaster ride across three periods of German history.From the director of the Academy Award winning “The Lives of Others”.

BY F LO R I A N H E N C K E L VO N D O N N E R S M A R C K

NEVER LOOK AWAY

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SCORES HIGHLY.


While visiting a PoW camp near Manchester at the end of WWII, Margaret and her father, the manager of the local football team, notice a young German soldier Bert Trautmann. Margaret’s father is so taken by Bert’s prowess as a goal-keeper that he gets him out of the camp to play for his team. While Margaret’s and Bert’s love slowly blossoms despite local hostility, Bert’s heroics in goal are noticed by Man City. Rather than going back to Germany, Bert marries Margaret and signs for Man City. His signing causes outrage to thousands of fans, many of them Jewish. But Bert and Margaret receive support from an unexpected direction: Rabbi Alexander Altmann, who fled the Nazis. Thus Bert’s path to acceptance begins. At the 1956 FA Cup Final he achieves ultimate reconciliation, when he secures victory by playing on despite breaking his neck. Yet fate twists the knife for both Margaret and Bert and their loyalty to each other will be put to the test once more.

STORYLINE

Trautmann

Marcus H. Rosenmüller Grave Decisions

Marcus H. Rosenmüller and Nicholas Schofield

Daniel Gottschalk Trade

David Kross The ReaderFreya Mavor The Sense of an Ending John Henshaw The Angels’ Share Harry Melling Harry PotterGary Lewis Billy ElliotDervla Kirwan Ondine

Robert Marciniak, Chris Curling and Steve Milne

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

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DRAMA / LOVE STORY English / 119 min / completed

Marcus H. Rosenmüller was born in 1973 and studied at the University of Television & Film in Munich. Also active in theatre, a selection of his award-winning films includes: Grave Decisions – 2006, HeavyWeigths – 2007, Best Times – 2007, Little White Lies – 2009, Summer in Orange – 2011, Sommer der Gaukler – 2011, Beste Chance – 2014, The Keeper – 2018.

THE DIRECTOR




An extraordinary love story between a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, outrage and personal tragedy.

BY M A R C U S H . R O S E N M Ü L L E R

THE KEEPER

M A R K E T P R E M I E R E


Against many odds, Bertolt Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera” becomes a phenomenal success. The film industry picks up the scent and seeks to make the master direct a film version of his “play with music”. Brecht though refuses to play by their rules. While the studio wants to censor the “filth” and tuck at the heart strings to cash in on the success, the author wants to make nothing less than a completely new kind of film. A socialist critique on capitalism, staged as a conflict between Mack the Knife, a London gangster, and Peachum, the head of the beggars’ mafia. And Brecht does not bow down; he takes the producers to court in order to prove that the moneyed interests are prevailing over his right as an author – and the right of the audience! Provocative, outrageously colorful and merging fact with the fictional and the visionary, Brecht’s “true” Threepenny Film comes to life before the author’s eyes. A film that was never made. An artist who challenges the industry and audience alike. A poet directing reality. That has never happened before!

STORYLINE

Mackie Messer – Brechts Dreigroschenfilm

Joachim A. Lang

Joachim A. Lang

David Slama Lars Eidinger Never Look Away, Personal ShopperTobias Moretti The Dark Valley Hannah Herzsprung Four Minutes, The ReaderJoachim Krol Run Lola RunClaudia Michelsen The Tower, The Tunnel

Michael Souvignier and Till Derenbach Zeitsprung Pictures in co-production with SWR, Arte and Velvet Films

World excluding German-speaking territories.

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DRAMA German / 120 min / completed

"THIS EXCELLENT FILM IS A THINK PIECE, A PORTRAYAL

OF THE TIMES, AND A MUSICAL ALL IN ONE.

"D I E W E LT

$2.25 M BOX OFFICE IN

GERMANY

MACK THE KNIFEBY J OAC H I M A . L A N G

BRECHT’S THREEPENNY FILMWatch the master direct reality.

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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 Nazis’ 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?

STORYLINE

Der Trafikant

Nikolaus Leytner

Klaus Richter and Nikolaus Leytner

Hermann Dunzendorfer

Bruno Ganz The Party, DownfallJohannes Krisch RevancheSimon MorzéEmma DrogunovaRegina Fritsch

Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko and Ralf Zimmermann

epo-film and Glory Film München

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DRAMA German / 113 min / completed

Nikolaus Leytner was born in 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 movies.

THE DIRECTOR


M A R K E T S C R E E N I N G"

A STRONG CAST, HEADED BY THE CHARMING, CHARISMATIC SIMON MORZÉ

AND BRUNO GANZ AS SIGMUND FREUD HIMSELF.



Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler.

A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna.

BY N I KO L AU S L E Y T N E R

THE TOBACCONIST



After long years of estrangement, brothers Christian (43) and Georg (45) finally cross paths at their father’s funeral. A fist fight at the cemetery and a booze-fuelled wake later, they drunkenly decide to realize their 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.

STORYLINE

25 km/h

Markus Goller My Brother Simple

Oliver Ziegenbalg Roads

Frank Griebe Run Lola Run, Babylon Berlin

Lars Eidinger Personal Shopper, Babylon Berlin Bjarne Mädel 24 WeeksSandra Hüller Toni ErdmannFranka Potente The Bourne IdentityAlexandra Maria Lara Downfall, Rush

Markus Goller and Oliver Ziegenbalg

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

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COMEDY German / 115 min / completed

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 Germany’s 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.

THE DIRECTOR

"A REAL FEEL-GOOD MOVIE.

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"A HIGHLY ENJOYABLE COMEDY

THAT RUNS AGAINST THE STREAM.

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TA G E S S P I E G E L

F I L M S TA R T S

900.000 ADMISSIONS IN

GERMANY

$7.7M BOX OFFICE IN

GERMANY

BY M A R K U S G O L L E R

25 KM/HA heart-warming comedy about two estranged brothers and their moped journey

across Germany from the Black Forest to the Baltic See - never faster than 25 km/h, but always full of sex, drugs & ping pong.

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Das schönste Paar

Sven Taddicken Emma’s Bliss

Sven Taddicken

Daniela Knapp The Poll Diaries

Maximilian Brückner Cherry BlossomsLuise Heyer JackLeonard KunzJasna Fritzi Bauer Axolotl Overkill

Sol Bondy and Jamila Wenske

One Two Films in co-production with Arsam International

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DRAMA, THRILLER German / 95 min / completed


LO L A @ B E R L I N A L E

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 realizes that the situation has gotten out of control once again. He hasn’t told Liv, he didn’t 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.

Sven Taddicken was born in 1974 in Hamburg and studied directing in Ludwigsburg until 2002. His shorts were awarded at numerous festivals worldwide, including a nomination for the Student Oscar® in 2000 and the German Short Film Award in 2003. His first feature My Brother the Vampire received several awards at national and international film festivals (Brooklyn, Rotterdam, London). His 2nd feature Emma’s Bliss was released all over Europe, won many festivals and gained four nominations for the German Film Awards. In 2016, his feature film Original Bliss starring Martina Gedeck and Ulrich Tukur won two awards in Karlovy Vary.

STORYLINE

THE DIRECTOR

"A FILM YOU WILL

BE GLAD YOU SAW.

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"PERCEPTIVE

AND GRIPPING.

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"AN EXCELLENTLY INTENSE DRAMA.

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G L O B E A N D M A I L

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.

BY SV E N TA D D I C K E N

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE


LO L A @ B E R L I N A L E


Rike - 40, a doctor from Europe - embodies a typical Western model of happiness and success. She is educated, confident, determined and committed. We see Rike’s everyday life as an emergency doctor, before she fulfils a long-held dream and sails out to sea alone in her sailing boat. Her goal: Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. But her dream holiday is quickly broken off on the high seas, when after a storm she finds herself near a stricken fishing boat. Around a hundred people are about to drown. Rike follows maritime law and radios for help. As her quest is going nowhere, she is forced to make a fatal decision.

Wolfgang Fischer was born in 1970 in Vienna, Austria. He studied Psychology and Painting at the University of Vienna followed by Film Studies at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf and at the Academy of Media Arts KHM in Cologne. Besides various teaching assignments he worked as an assistant for Paul Morrissey and Nan Hoover. He was awarded a scholarship by the Munich Screenplay Programme and by Equinoxe Europe. His films include: In Time (experimental, 1994), 9H11 (1999), Remake of the Remake (Documentary, 1999), Disk-Dusk (1999), Schoen 2000 (2000), Grau (2001) and What You Don’t See (2009). Styx is his latest directorial project. He is also in preproduction for the feature film The Bear and the TV series The Highway of Tears and Deserted.

STORYLINE

Styx

Wolfgang Fischer What You Don’t See

Wolfgang Fischer and Ika Künzel

Benedict Neuenfels The Counterfeiters

Susanne Wolff Return to Montauk Gedion Wekesa OduorAlexander Beyer Good Bye, Lenin!Inga Birkenfeld The Lives of Others

Marcos Kantis, Alexander Dumreicher- Ivanceanu and Martin Lehwald

Schiwago Film GmbH in co-production with Amour Fou Vienna GmbH

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DRAMA English, German / 94 min / completed

THE DIRECTOR

"WOLFF IS NEVER LESS THAN REMARKABLE.

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"A SPINNING MORAL COMPASS AND A TOPICAL

DIMENSION THAT PROVES EVEN MORE GRIPPING THAN ITS BRILLIANTLY ACHIEVED VISCERAL ACTION.

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VA R I E T Y

The transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip.

BY WO L FG A N G F I S C H E R

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Summer is finally here! The Immenhof sisters Lou, Charly, and Emmie are looking forward to a relaxed time with their horses. There’s just one catch – Immenhof is bankrupt. What’s more the girls are under constant attack from the mean owner of their neighboring stud farm and his arrogant horse trainer Runa. Runa is having trouble to control Cagliostro, the new star racehorse, and she accuses Lou of being responsible for the horse’s difficult behavior. Lou only sees one way out: she agrees to a risky deal, in which she not only puts her favorite mare Holly on the line, but also risks the future of their entire stables.

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Immenhof – Das Abenteuer eines Sommers

Sharon von Wietersheim

Sharon von Wietersheim

Friede Clausz

Leia HoltwickMoritz BäckerlingHeiner Lauterbach Welcome to GermanyLaura BerlinValerie HuberWotan Wilke Möhring 25 km/h

Frank Meiling and Sharon von Wietersheim

Rich and Famous Film in co-production with Tele München Gruppe



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FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT German / 105 min / completed

Berlinale 2019 BETA CINEMA 2928 BETA CINEMA Berlinale 2019

BY S H A R O N VO N W I E T E R S H E I M

Will the three sisters be able to save their horses and home?

"HORSES SPEAK THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, IT TAKES TIME

TO UNDERSTAND THEM.

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M A R K E T P R E M I E R E

THE ADVENTURE OF A SUMMER

IMMENHOF

FLAWLESS by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Page 32

ROUNDS by Stephan Komandarev ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 33

LARA by Jan-Ole Gerster ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Page 34

PATRICK by Tim Mielants ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Page 35

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 36

NOBADI by Karl Markovics .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 37

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT by Caroline Link ............................................................................................................................................................................. Page 38

NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND by Stefan Ruzowitzky ................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 39

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Three teams of police officers patrol the streets of a society losing all sense. From the director of “Directions” - Un Certain Regard 2017.

ROUNDS

BY ST E P H A N KO M A N DA R E V


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One night – seemingly just like any other. Two police officers find the body of the well-known drug addict Lazar near railroad tracks in Sofia. That is how the night on November 9th, 2019 begins – thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the regime change in Bulgaria. Through a kaleidoscope of intertwining stories, we follow three teams of police officers, patrolling the streets of Sofia and doing their job the way they believe is right, while facing the challenges posed by the current Bulgarian reality. A story about lives saved and lives lost, about survival and failure, about the goodness that never goes unpunished and the dignity we are trying to preserve. A few hours in the life of a society that is losing its purpose, in search of the result of three decades of transition. Stories – equal parts sad and amusing, just like our way of life.

STORYLINE DRAMA Bulgarian, in post-production

V krug

Stephan Komandarev Directions, Judgement

Simeon Ventsislavov and Stephan Komandarev

Vesselin Hristov

Irini Zhambonas DirectionsStefan Denolyubov DirectionsVassil Vassilev DirectionsIvan Barnev Directions

Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova

Argo Film in co-production with SEE Film PRO, Deuxième Ligne Films and EZ Films

World excluding Bulgaria, Ex-Yugoslavia, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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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 Eden’s 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.

From the makers of “The Farewell Party” comes another timely and sensitive stroke of genius. Flawless is a poignant and profound story about race, gender and social prejudice.

FLAWLESS

BY S H A R O N M AY M O N A N D TA L G R A N I T

Haneshef

Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit The Farewell Party

Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit

Giora Bejach

Stav StrashkoNetsanet Zenaneh Mekonnen Noam Lugasy

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

Pie Films, United King Films and Pallas Film

World excluding German-speaking territories and Israel.


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STORYLINE DRAMA Hebrew, English / 97 min / completed

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Sometimes to get what you want, you have to not want what you want.

PATRICKBY T I M M I E L A N TS

Patrick is the handyman on his father’s 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 Patrick’s father passes away, Patrick’s quest turns existential. Patrick’s 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 Patrick’s leadership abilities, fearing for the survival of their sanctuary.

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De Patrick

Tim Mielants Peaky Blinders, Terror

Tim Mielants and Benjamin Sprengers

Frank van den Erden Girl

Kevin Janssens The Ardennes Jemaine Clement Flight of the Conchords Pierre Bokma Katelijne Damen GirlHannah Hoekstra

Bart Van Langendonck

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

World excluding Benelux.


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TRAGICOMEDY Dutch, French, English / in post-production

"ITS EXPLORATION OF

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

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From the director of the European Film Award winning “Oh Boy”.

LARABY J A N - O L E G E R ST E R

It is Lara’s 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 Victor’s 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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Lara

Jan-Ole Gerster Oh Boy

Blaz Kutin

Frank Griebe Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas

Corinna Harfouch DownfallTom Schilling Oh Boy, Generation War Rainer Bock The White RibbonVolkmar Kleinert The Lives of Others

Marcos Kantis

Schiwago Film in co-production with Studiocanal

World excluding German-speaking territories and Taiwan.


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TRAGICOMEDY German / in post-production

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From the director of “Breathing” – Cannes 2011.

NOBADIBY K A R L M A R KOV I C S

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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Nobadi

Karl Markovics Breathing

Karl Markovics

Serafin Spitzer Breathing

Borhanulddin Hassan ZadehHeinz Trixner

Dieter Pochlatko and Jakob Pochlatko

epo-film World excluding Austria.


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DRAMA German / in post-production

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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 nationand 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 Berlin’s underworld and his life spirals out of control.

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Berlin Alexanderplatz

Burhan Qurbani We Are Young, We Are Strong

Martin Behnke and Burhan Qurbani

Yoshi Heimrath We Are Young, We Are Strong

Welket BunguéJella Haase Fack Ju Goehte Albrecht Schuch Paula Joachim Król Run Lola Run

Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach

Sommerhaus Filmproduktion in co-production with Lemming Film

World excluding German-speaking territories and Benelux.


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DRAMA German / in post-production

After the novel of the century from 1929 comes a retelling for 2019.

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZBY B U R H A N Q U R BA N I

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Based on the Literature Nobel Prize winner and bestseller by Hermann Hesse. From the director of the Academy Award winning “The Counterfeiters”.

NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND

BY ST E FA N RU ZOW I T Z K Y

Narziss und Goldmund

Stefan Ruzowitzky The Counterfeiters

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Benedict Neuenfels Styx

Jannis Niewöhner Godless Youth, Ruby Red Sabin Tambrea Iceman, Ludwig IIEmilia Schüle Godless Youth

Helge Sasse, Christoph Müller, Peter Wirthensohn and Tommy Pridnig

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



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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 wanderer’s 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.

STORYLINE DRAMA German / in post-production

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Based on the best-selling novel by Judith Kerr. From the director of the Academy Award winning “Nowhere in Africa”. 1933 –a journey through Europe in search of safety and a new home.

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT

BY CA R O L I N E L I N K


Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl

Caroline Link Nowhere in Africa

Caroline Link, Anna Brüggemann, Michael Gutmann

Bella Halben

Riva KrymalowskiCarla Juri Blade Runner 2049Oliver Masucci Never Look Away, Look Who’s Back

Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach

Sommerhaus Filmproduktion in co-production with Warner Bros. Ent., Nextfilm Filmproduktion, La Siala Ent., Hugofilm Production and RAI Cinema

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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.

STORYLINE DRAMA German / in post-production

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