Month: August 2018

We are very pleased that four DFFB films are nominated for the FIRST STEPS Award 2018:

Full-length feature films:

HAGAZUSSA (R/B: Lukas Feigelfeld, K: Mariel Baqueiro, P: Simon Lubinski, Lukas Feigelfeld)

SARAH SPIELT EINEN WERWOLF (R: Katharina Wyss, B: Katharina Wyss, Josa Sesink, K: Armin Dierlof, P: Christophe Marzal)

Götz George Young Talent Award:

SARAH SPIELT EINEN WERWOLF (R: Katharina Wyss, B: Katharina Wyss, Josa Sesink, K: Armin Dierlof, P: Christophe Marzal)

Documentary:

LET THE BELL RING  (R/B: Christin Freitag,  K: Max Preiss, P: Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert, Ansgar Frerich)

Michael Ballhaus Prize for camera graduates::

HAGAZUSSA  for the camera by  Mariel Baqueiro

Further information on the FIRST STEP Award can be found here.

Michael Bertl (Head of Cinematography at the DFFB) has been selected to participate with his film “What Doesn´t Kill Us” (directed by Sandra Nettelbeck) at the Locarno Film Festival 2018. The upcoming release in Germany will be on the 15th of November 2018.

Synopsis: As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with his ex-wife as best friend, too many peculiar patients and a new dog, psychotherapist Max doesn’t need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive gambler with a boyfriend problem, shows up late for her appointment, she rocks his world and he falls in love with her. The more Max attempts to keep it professional, the more their lives get entangled. So how can he manage to help her without getting involved? How can loving her not lead to losing her altogether? Wrestling with his conscience and his heart, torn between the patient and the woman he loves, he has no choice but to stick to the famous airplane rule: help yourself first before you can help others.

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Locarno Filmfestival Program & Sections