32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 1 German Films IN CANNES 2013 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 2 Whatever the situation, we're the right partner solutions by arvato AUTHORING & ENCODING | STUDIO SERVICES | REPLICATION | CREATIVE PACKAGING | FULFILMENT | DISTRIBUTION | SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | ONLINE SERVICES | COPY PROTECTION | E-COMMERCE Contact: Mario Blomberg Phone: +49 (0)5241 80-89124 Mobile: +49 (0)151 17426942 Email: [email protected] www.arvato-entertainment.de 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 3 COnTenTs German-inTernaTiOnal CO-PrODUCTiOns 4 Un CerTain reGarD: nOTHinG BaD Can HaPPen 6 CriTiCs’ WeeK: COme anD PlaY 7 eCrans JUniOrs / Cannes CinePHiles: sUmmer OUTsiDe 8 l’aCiD Cannes 2013: THe sTranGe liTTle CaT 9 neW German Films: marKeT sCreeninGs 10 neXT GeneraTiOn sHOrT TiGer 2013 43 eUrOPean Film PrOmOTiOn’s “PrODUCers On THe mOVe” 53 VDFe German sales aGenTs in Cannes 54 FOreiGn rePresenTaTiVes 54 imPrinT 55 3 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 4 IN COMPETITION HELI by Amat Escalante German co-producer: unafilm World Sales: Mantarraya IN COMPETITION MICHAEL KOHLHAAS by Arnaud des Pallières German co-producer: Looks Filmproduktionen Berlin World Sales: Les Films du Losange IN COMPETITION ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE by Jim Jarmusch German co-producer: Pandora Film World Sales: HanWay GERMAN-INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS GERMAN-INTERNATIONAL 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 18:43 Seite 5 GERMAN-INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS GERMAN-INTERNATIONAL UN CERTAIN REGARD UN CERTAIN REGARD DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT BASTARDS MY SWEET THE CONGRESS by Claire Denis by Ari Folman German co-producer: Pandora Film PEPPERLAND German co-producer: Pandora Film World Sales: Wild Bunch by Hiner Saleem World Sales: The Match Factory German co-producer: Rohfilm World Sales: Films Distribution CRITICS’ WEEK CANNES CLASSICS CANNES CLASSICS THE LUNCHBOX THE DESERT OF FEDORA by Ritesh Batra by Billy Wilder German co-producer: Rohfilm THE TARTARS Producers: Bavaria Atelier, World Sales: The Match Factory by Valerio Zurlini Bavaria Media (restoration) German co-producer: Corona Filmproduktion World Sales: Global Screen World Sales: Pathé International OTHER GERMAN-INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS IN CANNES CLASSICS THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG by Jacques Demy German co-producer: Beta Film VISIONS OF EIGHT by Youri Ozerov, Milos Forman, Mai Zetterling, Claude Lelouch, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, CANNES CLASSICS John Schlesinger, Kon Ichikawa QUEEN MARGOT German co-producer: Bavaria Atelier by Patrice Chéreau German co-producers: NEF Filmproduktion, Degeto World Sales: Pathé International 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 6 UN CERTAIN REGARD TOre TanZT NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN screening Friday, 17 May, 14:00 h, Olympia 1 (private screening, by invitation only) Saturday, 18 May, 13:30 h, Arcades 1 (private screening, by invitation only) Thursday, 23 May, 16:30 h, Debussy Friday, 24 May, 16:00 h, Bazin The young Tore seeks a new life in Hamburg among the religious Category Feature Year of Production 2013 Director/screenplay group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a Katrin Gebbe Director of Photography Moritz Schultheiss Cast family and helps them to repair their car, he believes that a Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Geršak, Annika Kuhl, heaven ly wonder has helped him. He starts a friendship with Swantje Kolhof, Til Theinert, Daniel Michel Production Company the father of the family, Benno. Soon he moves in with them at Junafilm length 110 min Original Version German their garden plot, not knowing what cruelty there is to come. True to his religious belief, he stays with them although the in- KaTrin GeBBe‘s films include: the shorts RAIN (2006), KOI creasing violence by Benno is torturing him. Tore is fighting the (2006), INVITATION (2008), DAFFODILS (2008), DOVES OF PEACE torment with his own weapons. A dangerous struggle between (doc, 2008), SORES & SIRIN (2008), KICK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL libidinous actions and altruism begins. (commercial, 2010), BILDER MIT KATZE (music video, 2011), and her feature debut NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN (2013). World sales Celluloid Dreams [email protected], www.celluloid-dreams.com Villa Bernard, 4th Floor, 35 bd. La Croisette phone +33-(0)4-93 68 62 70 6 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 7 CRITICS’ WEEK KOmm UnD sPiel COME AND PLAY screening Monday, 20 May, 14:00 h, Espace Miramar Tuesday, 21 May, 20:00 h, Espace Miramar Thursday, 23 May, 08:30 h, Salle Bunuel Berlin. Grisha, a Russian-German boy, fools around with a toy Category Short Year of Production 2013 Director/screenplay gun. The longer he plays, the further he is thrust into an altered Daria Belova Director of Photography Max Preiss Cast Alexan- reality. The boundaries between the present and the past start der Josef Shtol, Maria Zharkova, Julia Gorr, Iljá Pletner, Roman to blur. Images from a bygone Berlin appear; streets and build - Sdobnyakov, Andrej Vanichev Production Company Deutsche ings still carry the memories of war. Suddenly, he is caught in a Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) length 30 min Ori- nightmare of another lifetime. ginal Version Russian, German Daria BelOVa’s films include: BRMR (short, 2009), BALLET STORY (short, 2011), and COME AND PLAY (short, 2013). World sales Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) [email protected] www.dffb.de 7 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 8 ECRANS JUNIORS / CANNES CINEPHILES DraUssen isT sOmmer SUMMER OUTSIDE screening Thursday, 23 May, 14:00 h, Studio 13 Friday, 24 May, 09:30 h, Raimu Fourteen-year-old Wanda moves to Switzerland with her family. Category Feature Year of Production 2012 Director Friederike Everything should get better there. The big house, the over- Jehn screenplay Lara Schützsack, Friederike Jehn Director of grown garden, and the idyllic and pretty city: All this seems so Photography Sten Mende Cast Maria Dragus, Nicolette Krebitz, promising. But the new beginning is difficult for everyone. De- Wolfram Koch, Audrey von Scheele, Philippe Graber, Nalu spite the desire of being an intact family and the desperate Walder Production Company Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmpro - effort to get it right this time, old wounds are opened up again. duktion length 96 min Original Version German Wanda decides to take her family back, but it is more than the FrieDeriKe JeHn’s films include: LATCHKEYKIDS (short, girl can take. An exciting summer at the end of which everyone 2002), EXAMPLES (short, 2003), LOSING GROUND (short, 2004), arrives at the end of their longings. CHRISTMAS ON ICE (short, 2004), PIRATES LIFE/NOTHING BUT (2005), DANCING ON AND ON (2008), and SUMMER OUTSIDE SUMMER OUTSIDE is an emotional family drama, a tribute to (2012). “being a child.” World sales Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion [email protected] www.zum-goldenen-lamm.com 8 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 9 L’ACID CANNES 2013 Das merKWÜrDiGe KÄTZCHen THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT screening Thursday, 23 May, 11:00 h, Studio 13 Thursday, 23 May, 20:00 h, Les Arcades Siblings Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and their Category Feature Year of Production 2013 Director/screenplay little sister Clara. That evening, other realtives will be joining Ramon Zürcher Director of Photography Alexander Haßkerl them for dinner. This sequence of family scenes in a Berlin flat Cast Jenny Schily, Anjorka Strechel, Mia Kasalo, Luk Pfaff, creates a wondrous world of the everyday: Coming and going, Matthias Dittmer, Armin Marewski, Leon Alan Beiersdorf, conversations, all manner of doings, each movement leading to Sabine Werner, Kathleen Morgeneyer, Monika Hetterle, Gustav the next, one word following another. It is a carefully staged Körner, Lea Draeger Production Company Deutsche Film- und chain reaction of actions and sentences. And in between, silent Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) length 72 min Original Ver- gazes and anecdotes about experiences. Putting the absurdities sion German of daily life on display, the film assembles seemingly unspec - tacular details and snippets into an exciting choreography of ramOn ZÜrCHer’s films include: his feature debut THE every day life. STRANGE LITTLE CAT (2013), and the shorts TODAY I LIKE THIS SONG (2007), REINHARDTSTRASSE (2009), PASSERSBY (2010), and YESTERDAY MY FRIEND BOUGHT A BIKE (2011). World sales Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] www.dffb.de 9 32348_GF_Cannes_Layout 1 06.05.13 17:38 Seite 10 neW German Films FriDaY, 17 maY saTUrDaY, 18 maY sUnDaY, 19 maY ……………………………… …………………………… …………………………… 09:30 h riViera 2 09:30 h arCaDes 3 09:30 h riViera 2 KOPFÜBer JesUs lieBT miCH Drei sTUnDen UPsiDe DOWn JesUs lOVes me THree HOUrs Bernd sahling Florian David Fitz Boris Kunz 90 min 102 min 100 min sales: arri Worldsales sales: Global screen sales: arri Worldsales …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… 11:30 h riViera 2 11:30 h arCaDes 3 11:30 h riViera 2 FÜnF JaHre leBen FÜnF FreUnDe 2 V8 – DU WillsT FiVe Years THe FamOUs FiVe 2 Der BesTe sein stefan schaller mike marzuk V8 – sTarT YOUr enGines 95 min 93 min Joachim masannek sales: Global screen sales: Beta Cinema 102 min sales: arri Worldsales …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… 13:30 h riViera 2 13:30 h arCaDes 3 13:30 h riViera 2 eine GanZ Die VamPirsCHWesTern ZWei leBen Heisse nUmmer VamPire sisTers TWO liVes HOT line Wolfgang Groos Georg maas markus Goller 98 min 100 min 95 min sales: arri Worldsales sales: Beta Cinema sales: Global