Short Film (10 min) Germany, 2019 funded by awarded with Synopsis

Boje, who is living on the coast with his father Holke, has Nothing would make Holke happier than answering his a lot of questions in his mind that are not that easy to son’s complex questions, but he is literally missing the answer. How do I know I love somebody? Where was I right words. Nonetheless he doesn’t want to leave Boje before I was born? How do I know I’m not dreaming? alone with his questions and eventually turns to the sea for help… Directors’ Note

Our short film BOJE is characterized by it’s Northern- German father-son-relationship, which itself is based partly on our own childhood memories of our Nordic reticent fathers and grandfathers – men who never stood out with great words and often seemed unfathomable to us because of their peacefully reserved ways. BOJE tells us that there is not one right way to commu- nicate love. Communication can take place through spoken or written words, through looks, gestures and touches. BOJE is a personal project that we believe can entertain, move and make a young audience reflect upon their relationships with their own parents and the fact that their parents are not (and don’t have to be) perfect. And it might make them reflect upon questions they themselves have about life, like our young hero. Written and Directed by

Andreas Cordes Robert Köhler

Andreas has been working as a Robert has worked as an actor for scriptwriter for children’s films for film, television and stage since his several years. With JAKOB, TILDA youth. Among other projects he starred AND THE MIND-PIRATES and LUCY in the series BINNY AND THE GHOST GOES GANGSTER he is currently (Disney Channel) and working on two children’s feature (Nickelodeon). He has also worked as film projects. Prior to that, he learned an assistant director for various short his trade at the Masterschool Drehbuch and worked for film projects and is now working with Andreas as a ITV Studios Germany and ProSiebenSat.1. BOJE is screenwriter. In 2005 he won first place in the reading Andreas’ directing debut, he has never received a competition of the German Book Trade for his home message in a bottle. state. Production Company

Lichtspielfarm GbR is a production company founded in Our farm is made up by four filmmakers who happen to 2017 and based in Berlin-Kreuzberg. We specialize in the be good friends (Felix Jahn, Andreas Cordes, Robert conception and production of films, series and music Köhler, Moritz Jahn). While we all come from different videos. backgrounds, we are equally thrilled to tell our audience stories about exciting, unusual heroes. Cast and Crew Specifications

CAST RUNNING TIME 10 Minutes BOJE Phileas Heyblom LANGUAGE German (English Subtitles) HOLKE Robert Köhler SHOOTING FORMAT 6-8K Raw THE SEA Iris Berben SCREENING FORMAT 2K DCP; .mov; mp4 (HD) ASPECT RATIO Cinemascope (2.35:1) WRITTEN & SOUND Dolby Atmos; 5.1 DIRECTED BY Andreas Cordes & Robert Köhler PRODUCED BY Moritz Jahn & Felix Jahn CINEMATOGRAPHY Lukas Jung & Patrick Wegener COSTUME DESIGN Andrea Baran HAIR & MAKE-UP Susi Bär PRODUCTION DESIGN Kristin Buddenberg & Cara Hillenstedt SOUND DESIGN Gregor Arnold ORIGINAL SCORE Sebastian Scheipers EDITING Moritz Jahn Contact

Festival Agent Renate Zylla Production Company Lichtspielfarm GbR

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