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Cannes 2009Line-Up

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The Three Investigators in the Secret of Terror Castle MARkET SCREENINgS Saturday I May 16th I 4 p.m. I Lerins 1 Sunday I May 17th I 8 p.m. I Riviera 2

The Orange girl MARkET SCREENINgS Thursday I May 14th I 4 p.m. I Riviera 3 Sunday I May 17th I 2 p.m. I Olympia 6

Princess Lillifee MARkET SCREENINgS Sunday I May 17th I 3.30 p.m. I Riviera 4 Tuesday I May 19th I 3.30 p.m. I Riviera 2

killing is My Business, honey MARkET SCREENINgS Tuesday I May 19th I 8 p.m. I Riviera 4 Wednesday I May 20th I 1.30 p.m. I Riviera 2

John Rabe MARkET SCREENINgS Friday I May 15th I 7.30 p.m. I Riviera 2 Tuesday I May 19th I 5.30 p.m. I Riviera 4

hilde MARkET SCREENINgS Saturday I May 16th I 8 p.m. I Palais I Monday I May 18th I 8 p.m. I Palais I

Effi Briest MARkET SCREENINgS Sunday I May 17th I 5:30 p.m. I Riviera 4 Tuesday I May 19th I 8 p.m. I Riviera 2

Bride Flight MARkET SCREENINgS Friday I May 15th I 5.30 p.m. I Riviera 4 Monday I May 18th I 5.30 p.m. I Riviera 4

November Child MARkET SCREENINgS Friday I May 15th I 1.30 p.m. I Riviera 2 Wednesday I May 20th I 3.30 p.m. I Riviera 2

Lulu & Jimi MARkET SCREENINgS Tuesday I May 19th I 1.30 p.m. I Riviera 4

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John RabegENRE PROduCEd By

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World War II Drama

completed

134 minLENgTh

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CAST

Florian Gallenberger

Ulrich TukurDaniel BrühlSteve BuscemiAnne Consigny

SyNOPSIS China was in flames when a German businessman became a reluctant hero. When the Imperial Japanese army invaded China in 1937 and attacked the civilian population of the capital Nanking with unprecedented inhumanity, JOHN RABE took action. Along with a few other members of the foreign community including doctors and missionaries who remained in the city, he created a safety zone in which a quarter of a million civilians survived what was later to go down in history as the "Nanking Massacre".

WINNER OF 4 gERMAN FILM AWARdS 2009 (including Best Picture and Best Actor)

A true story, based on John Rabe’s diaries “The good Man from Nanking”.

German / English

Hofmann & Voges Entertainment, EOS Entertainment and Majestic Filmproduktion in co-production with Wang Zhongjun & Wang Zhonglei / Huayi Brothers and Pampa Production.

MARkET

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Czech Republic & Slovakia, China mainland, hong kong, Macao, Taiwan.

Friday I May 15th I 7.30 p.m. I Riviera 2Tuesday I May 19th I 5.30 p.m. I Riviera 4

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PRESS quOTE “Credible and entertaining” (The hollywood Reporter)

“It wouldn’t be a huge surprise if “John Rabe” turned out to be germany’s Oscar candidate for 2010.” (Screen International)

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The Three Investigators in the Secret of Terror Castle

gENRE PROduCEd By

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Family Entertainment

completed

97 minLENgTh

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CAST

Florian Baxmeyer

Cameron MonaghanChancellor MillerNick PriceJames Faulkner

SyNOPSIS Clowns are usually the last people you’d suspect of committing crimes, so JUPITER, PETE and BOB – the Three Investigators – hardly pay attention when a clown sneaks into Jupiter’s birthday party and tries to make off with something. Though they don’t catch the clown, they retrieve his booty: it’s a tape of Jupiter’s parents, who died several years earlier. The only thing that’s clear in the garbled tape is that Jupiter’s parents were also investigators, and on the trail of something big… Jupiter vows to solve the mystery his parents were working on.

The only clue they have is the name Stephen Terrill, a once-famous inventor who lived in what is now called “Terror Castle.” The boys soon found out how aptly chosen the name is: doors open by themselves, gates slam shut as if by magic, things move, slide, crash, appear and disappear. Plus there seems to be a ghost! It would all be too much for the hardy trio if it weren’t for the ethereally pretty Caroline, a little girl who claims she is a psychic and feels a particularly strong bond toward Bob. Unfortunately, Caroline is also the daughter of the local sheriff, who shoos them away from Terror Castle.

It takes more than a narrow-eyed, ill-tempered sheriff to shake off the three investigators, however, and soon the boys are back in the house, determined to find out what Jupiter’s parents were looking for – something that is supposed to be hidden in the house. Fearlessly defying the mysterious machines that seem to make the house itself come alive, they penetrate to the secret heart of Terror Castle and come upon Stephen Terrill’s invention: a diamond-making machine! But there’s no time to admire the stones, for the ghost of Stephen Terrill appears – and he doesn’t like intruders…

Based on the bestselling novel by Robert Arthur, published in more than 30 countries

English

Studio Hamburg International in co-production with Two Oceans Production

MARkET PREMIERE

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories, Spain and Portugal.

Saturday I May 16th I 4 p.m. I Lerins 1Sunday I May 17th I 8 p.m. I Riviera 2

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PRESS quOTE “Fun and suspense: a fast-paced adventure for kids” (TV Today)

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The Orange girlgENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Drama

completed

81 minLENgTh

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CAST

Eva Dahr

Mikkel Bratt SilsetHarald Thompson RosenströmAnnie Dahr NygaardRebekka KarijordEmilie K. Beck

Norwegian

Helgeland Films in co-production with Tradewind Pictures and Jaleo Films

MARkET PREMIERE

SyNOPSIS It could have been a perfectly normal day, if he had missed that streetcar... But JAN OLAV just catches that streetcar, on a cold autumn day in Oslo. And on that exact streetcar, on that exact day, there she is. A beautiful girl in a red coat, holding a large bag of oranges in her arms. She smiles, and as their eyes meet she drops the bag and the oranges roll all over the streetcar. She gets off at the next stop, but Jan Olav cannot forget her. Who is she, what if he never sees her again? The quest for the girl with the oranges leads him through winter-cold Oslo and all the way to colorful Seville, where the air is warm and the trees are full of oranges. Twenty years later GEORG receives a letter from his father, Jan Olav, about a mysterious girl he calls the Orange Girl. But what can a father who is no longer alive have to tell his 16-year-old son? Georg starts reading the letter on his way to ski in the Norwegian mountains. On this ski trip he meets STELLA. Through his father's letter and a magical encounter under the starry Easter sky, Georg realizes that he and his father have something in common – the dream of true love. Does Georg dare take the chance?

Based on Jostein gaarder’s (“Sophie’s World”) bestseller translated into more than 40 languages

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories and Scandinavia.

Thursday I May 14th I 4 p.m. I Riviera 3Sunday I May 17th I 2 p.m. I Olympia 6

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PRESS quOTE “The Orange girl marries grief and love in a beautiful and well acted film that will touch broad audiences regardless of sex and age.” (TV2 Norway)

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Princess LillifeegENRE PROduCEd By

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LANguAgE

Animation

73 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR Ansgar NiebuhrZhijian XuAlan Simpson

SyNOPSIS In the enchanted kingdom of Pinkovia the fairy PRINCESS LILLIFEE rules with a magic hand, creating beauty and spreading goodwill wherever she goes. Together with her best friend, PUPSI the pig, she flies throughout her realm, leaving behind a magical trail: clouds of pink butterflies and sparkling stars! She soon discovers that not all Pinkovians are happy. They complain about the recklessness and destructive rivalry between the fairies SNOWFLAKE, FLICKER and MISTRAL, and, yes, even about low-flying Pupsi's knack for crashing into market stalls or chicken coops. If things don't change, the Farmer PIXIES, the Fisher ELVES and the Mermaids will leave the enchanted kingdom! Naturally, this makes Lillifee very sad. But with the help of her friends Pupsi, BASIL the hedgehog and CARLOS the frog, Lillifee finds a way to restore peace among the fairies and harmony in her magical realm!

Almost 700,000 admissions in germany after 4 weeks Based on the books published in nearly 30 countries including France, Spain, Japan, korea, Benelux and Scandinavia

English

ndF: neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft and Caligari Film in co-production with Universum Film, Beta Film, WDR and Ismael Feichtl

completed

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories, Benelux and Israel.

MARkET PREMIERE

Sunday I May 17th I 3.30 p.m. I Riviera 4Tuesday I May 19th I 3.30 p.m. I Riviera 2

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killing is My Business, honeygENRE

LANguAgE

Comedy

109 minLENgTh

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CAST

Sebastian Niemann

Rick KavanianNora TschirnerChristian Tramitz Bud Spencer Franco Nero

SyNOPSIS “Good money, flexible hours, plenty of human contact” – hitman TONI RICARDELLI has a great job. He also has a big mouth and can’t stop telling people about his occupation. Few people believe him, but it does put a bit of a damper on his romantic rendezvous. And though he’s a real charmer and, well, a lady-killer, he yearns for a steady girlfriend. Toni’s been contracted to dispatch the reclusive ENRICO PUZZO, an ex-Mafioso whose memoirs are about to be published by Kimbel & Son. The Kimbel “Son” BOB lives in permanent fear of his tyrannical father, a situation only slightly alleviated by the psychiatrist who’s always at his side. When Puzzo doesn’t show up at a press conference, Bob sends his PR lady and fiancée JULIA to lure the sensitive author from his Italian hideaway with a fat check.

Toni is also in hot pursuit of Puzzo, whom he kills just moments before Julia appears on the scene and mistakes Toni for Puzzo. Hey, a gorgeous woman, a check for 500,000 euros – he’d be a fool to set things straight. So he decides to stand in for Puzzo, unaware that he‘s slipping into the shoes of a man whom big-time Mafia boss Marino wants dead. So dead that he’s sending out an entire armada of killers to do away with the alleged Puzzo before his tell-all memoirs appear in print. Among them is Toni’s old friend and fellow hitman Helmut, who cheerfully blasts away at Toni while telling him not to take it personally…

In spite of her imminent marriage to Bob, Julia clearly feels much more than professional interest in Toni, especially when he thwarts one ambush after another with grace and ease. But with Bob contracting a private eye to get rid of his rival, and Toni being hounded by a variety of hitmen and hitwomen, it‘s time to clear up this inconvenient misunderstanding. Even Toni has to admit that, all in all, he prefers being the killer than the victim…

German

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Rat Pack Filmproduktion in co-production with Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, B.A. Produktion, Babelsberg Film, Beta Film and Erfttal Film

completed

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories.

MARkET PREMIERE

Tuesday I May 19th I 8 p.m. I Riviera 4Wednesday I May 20th I 1.30 p.m. I Riviera 2

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PRESS quOTE “A super-slick “Pink Panther”-ish crowdpleaser, recalling the universal Studio look of the late ‘50s/ early ‘60s.” (VARIETy)

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hildegENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Drama

completed

137 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Kai Wessel

Heike MakatschDan StevensMonica BleibtreuJohanna GastdorfHanns Zischler

SyNOPSIS Broadway star, songstress, screen diva, international icon and bestselling author – Hildegard Knef was many things. But more than anything else, she was a fighter who often fell, but never stayed down. Berlin, 1943. The collapse of Nazi Germany looms, but young HILDE marches through the rubble of Berlin with only one thought in her head: she wants to become a star. With luck, looks, the right men and overwhelming self-confidence, she makes her way in the film world, both during and after the war, swapping her Nazi lover for a young Jewish husband. Hollywood beckons, but Hilde is no Marlene. Underemployed and frustrated she longs for Germany. The divided country welcomes her back but a short nude scene in "The Sinner" (1950) provokes a national scandal, making her an outcast in her own country. Internationally, she becomes what she's always wanted to be: a star, on the big screen, on Broadway, in America and Europe. The years go by in a whirl of successes and failures, of ups and downs. Yet even as her film career wanes she picks herself up and embarks on a new journey...

The Charisma of Marlene dietrich. The heart of Edith Piaf. The soul of post-war germany: “The knef.”

Berlin 2009 – Berlinale Special gala

German / English

Egoli Tossel Film AG in co-produc-tion with MMC Independent GmbH

MARkET

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories and Benelux.

Saturday I May 16th I 8 p.m. I Palais IMonday I May 18th I 8 p.m. I Palais I

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PRESS quOTE “An outstanding biopic with a captivating, standout performance by german singer-actress heike Makatsch.” (The hollywood Reporter)

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Effi BriestgENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Drama

completed

118 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Hermine Huntgeburth

SyNOPSIS

Berlin 2009 – Berlinale Special gala

2 nominations at the german Film Awards 2009 (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Costume design)

German

Constantin Film Produktion

MARkET

Julia JentschSebastian KochJuliane KöhlerMišel Maticevic

At her parents’ urging, EFFI BRIEST, a free-spirited 17-year-old girl, marries BARON VON INNSTETTEN, nearly 20 years her senior – and a former admirer of EFFI’S MOTHER. The arranged marriage spells the beginning of a monotonous existence for Effi far away from her hometown: Innstetten is entirely pre-occupied with his political career and the sleepy artist town of Kessin on the Baltic Sea shore offers little excitement. That is until MAJOR CRAMPAS, arrives – one of Innstetten’s military comrades and a charming womanizer. Effi starts a passionate affair with him and finally discovers what love is. But it comes at a steep price: The affair proves fatal for Crampas. Effi, on the other hand – unlike in Fontane’s novel – deals with the consequences of her decisions and embarks on a new chapter in her life...

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories, Benelux, Scandinavia, Poland, Czech Republic & Slovakia and former yugoslavia.

Sunday I May 17th I 5:30 p.m. I Riviera 4Tuesday I May 19th I 8 p.m. I Riviera 2

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PRESS quOTE “A gorgeous-looking pic…Jentsch (“Sophie Scholl”), almost constantly onscreen, again gives a magnetic performance”

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Bride FlightgENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Drama

completed

125 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Ben Sombogaart

Karina SmuldersElise SchaapAnna DrijverWaldemar TorenstraRutger Hauer

SyNOPSIS Eager to escape the damp and suffocating atmosphere of post-war Holland, the three young Dutchwomen ADA, ESTHER and MARJORIE look forward to a better life in New Zealand. They meet on the immigration flight – the "Bride Flight" – to their new country, where they are to join fiancés and marry. During the flight, the three women form a bond of friendship among themselves, and with FRANK, an attractive young man who wants to set up a winery. On their arrival, all four part ways to start a new life. Yet their paths continue to cross... Ada will one day leave her children and her puritan husband for Frank, an escape to freedom that is ultimately doomed... And the single career woman Esther will give her unwanted child to Marjorie and her husband after Marjorie suffers a miscarriage and will probably never bear a child again. As the boy grows up, Marjorie fears that Esther might break the pact of silence they made. An outing that reunites all four friends and the boy turns into a near tragedy that destroys one friendship, shatters a loving relationship, and nearly costs the boy's life... Only 50 years later do they all come together again, perhaps closer now than ever before...

directed by Academy Award nominee Ben Sombogaart (“Twin Sisters”)

One of the most expensive dutch-language productions ever...more than 3 Mio. uSd at the dutch Box Office

Dutch / English

IDTV Film in coproduction with Samsa Film and the NCRV

MARkET

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding Benelux, Australia and New Zealand.

Friday I May 15th I 5.30 p.m. I Riviera 4Monday I May 18th I 5.30 p.m. I Riviera 4

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PRESS quOTE “Excellent acting and lensing” (VARIETy)

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November ChildgENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Drama

completed

95 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Christian Schwochow

Anna Maria MüheUlrich MatthesChristine SchornJuliane Köhler

SyNOPSIS INGA grows up in a small village in Eastern Germany. According to her grandparents, her mother ANNE perished by drowning in the Baltic. One day ROBERT, a pro-fessor for literature, turns up in Malchow where Inga now lives, and claims that he met Anne a few years previously in Constance. Inga's world comes crashing down when she realizes that Robert is right. Apparently, the whole village knew about Anne's flight to the West. But what did really happen at that time? Inga meets only with silence, denial, and a sense of guilt. Why did her mother leave her behind in the GDR? Inga begs Robert to help her in her search for Anne.While they are hunting for clues all over Germany, it becomes more and more obvious, that Robert's sudden appearance in Inga's life was no coincidence.

2 nominations at the german Film Awards 2009 (Best Screenplay, Best Actress)

German

Sommerhaus Filmproduktion in coproduction with SWR, Filmaka-demie Baden-Württemberg, Cine Plus and Filmemacher Produktion

MARkET

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories.

Friday I May 15th I 1.30 p.m. I Riviera 2Wednesday I May 20th I 3.30 p.m. I Riviera 2

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PRESS quOTE “A knockout lead performance by young actress Anna Maria Mühe… daughter of the late ulrich Mühe (“The Lives of Others”)…a smartly layered script… a richly rewarding family drama with a difference” (VARIETy)

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Lulu & JimigENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Drama

completed

95 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Oskar Roehler

Jennifer DeckerRay FearonKatrin SassUdo KierRolf ZacherUlrich Thomsen

SyNOPSIS It’s the rock ‘n’ roll era in Germany – the lust for life and rebellion is in the air. LULU, the daughter of a bankrupt factory owner, falls in love with JIMI, the impossibly handsome but penniless son of a damaged African American World War II veteran. The inhabitants of the conservative small town are horrified, and especially Lulu’s mother GERTRUD tries to stir the prejudices in her friends to fight against this unwanted love affair. She orders her chauffeur, SCHULTZ, and her doctor, VON OPPELN, to do everything they can to spoil the lovers’ happiness. But Lulu and Jimi won’t let anybody or anything get in their way! They live and love on the run, always one step ahead of their pursuers. Until they fall into a trap...

German / English

sperl+schott film in co-produc-tion with X Filme Creative Pool, Senator, EMC Produktion andOskar Roehler

Sundance 2009 – World Cinema Competition

Nominated for Best Cinematography at the german Film Awards 2009

MARkET

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories and France.

Tuesday I May 19th I 1.30 p.m. I Riviera 4SCREENINgS

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Like It or NotgENRE PROduCEd By

STATuS

LANguAgE

Drama

100 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Ben Verbong

Katharina Marie SchubertJulia-Maria KöhlerChristiane PaulAnna BögerSenta Berger

SyNOPSIS LAURA, in her late 20s and the youngest of four sisters, has cancer. When she suddenly stops chemo and arrives unannounced at her parents' house, her mother is dismayed. And her three very different sisters even more so. But after grumbling a bit, they rush home from all over Germany. Their goal is to get Laura to take up her treatment again – and then leave as fast as possible. After all, they have nothing to say to one another… Laura has a different goal: she wants to bring her crazy, dysfunctional family together again.

A bittersweet, deeply moving story about conflict and reconciliation, losing touch and making up, mute dismay and the search for harmony.

German

Elsani Film and 3L Filmproduktion in co-production with MMCI, CTM Film and Borderline Pictures

completed

uPCOMINg

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories and Benelux.

TRAILER AVAILABLE

PRESS quOTE “‘Like It Or Not’ is about family conflicts, dashed dreams, leave-taking, sorrow and death – yet it is anything but depressing.” (Cinema)

“The film gives a refreshingly light-hearted spin on the difficult topic of terminal care.” (Film dienst)

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Berlin ‘36gENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Historical Drama

in post-production

110 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Kaspar Heidelbach

Karoline HerfurthSebastian UrzendowskyAxel PrahlAugust ZirnerThomas Thieme

SyNOPSIS Berlin 1936. The United States threatens to boycott the Olympic games if there are no Jews in the German team. The Nazis then decide to include the Jewish high jumper GRETEL BERGMANN – the leading high jumper of the time – in the Olympic team. But to make sure that she doesn't win a gold medal, they send in a rival, the unknown MARIE KETTELER. What nobody knows is that she is actually a man… The two rivals forge a tenuous friendship during their training. Will they unite to fight the crushing domination of the Nazis or will they follow the call of their athletic ambitions?

Based on a true story

Starring karoline herfurth (“The Reader“, “A year ago in Winter“) and Sebastian urzendowsky (“The Counterfeiters”)

German

Gemini Film with backing from NDR and Degeto

uPCOMINg

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories.

TRAILER AVAILABLE

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Bon AppétitgENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Romantic Dramedy

in post-production

approx. 95 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

David Pinillos

Unax UgaldeNora TschirnerGiulio BerrutiHerbert Knaup

SyNOPSIS DANIEL, HANNA and HUGO are three budding young chefs in their late twenties who come from different countries and backgrounds, but all have something in common: a talent and a passion for cooking. They meet in Switzerland, in the kitchen of one of the most prestigious restaurants in Europe. They connect at once and form a special relationship based on friendship, cooking and common goals. Envied by their colleagues, praised by their superiors, the trio seems unbeatable – until Daniel falls in love with Hanna, who then reveals a secret that changes their lives. As the three of them embark upon a culinary and emotional journey of exploration, they begin to discover what their real goals and passions are...

A touching romantic dramedy set in the competitive world of international cuisine, starring two of Europe's hottest up-and-coming actors unax ugalde (“Che“, “Love in the Time of Cholera“) and Nora Tschirner (“Rabbit Without Ears“)

English

Morena Films in co-production with Orio Produkzioak, Zodiac Pictures and Egoli Tossell Film

uPCOMINg

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories, Italy and Spain.

TRAILER AVAILABLE

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Lila, LilagENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Romantic Comedy

in post-productionapprox. 100 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Alain Gsponer

Daniel BrühlHannah HerzsprungHenry Hübchen

German

Film 1 and Falcom in coproduction with Millbrook Pictures AG

uPCOMINg

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories.

SyNOPSIS The shy waiter DAVID succeeds in winning the attentions of the young MARIE after he pretends to be the author of a novel whose manuscript he found in a junk shop. Everything goes well: the novel – a tragic love story set in the 1950s – hits the bestseller lists and the two become an item – until, suddenly, a tramp appears at a book signing claiming to be the real author of “Lila, Lila”…

Starring daniel Brühl (“good Bye, Lenin!”), hannah herzsprung (“Four Minutes”) and henry hübchen (”go for Zucker”)

TRAILER AVAILABLE

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CeasefiregENRE PROduCEd By

LANguAgE

STATuS

Drama

in post-production

approx. 90 minLENgTh

dIRECTOR

CAST

Lancelot von Naso

Thekla ReutenMatthias HabichHannes JaenickeMaximilian von PufendorfHusam Chadat

SyNOPSIS Baghdad. The official war is over, but everyday life is an endless catastrophe. The situation in Falluja is particularly desolate: hardly any food supplies left, no medi-cine, medical care in shambles. In the midst of this dramatic situation, the U.S. forces reach an agreement with the rebels: a 24-hour ceasefire. KIM (Thekla Reuten), the Dutch member of an international aid organization, is planning a transport of badly needed supplies to a hospital in the war zone with ALAIN (Matthias Habich), a doctor. Assisting them is OLIVER (Maximilian von Pufendorf), a young journalist who hopes to finally land a spectacular story. Forming a community of conflicting interests, the three very different idealists all want to save lives – but first they have to save their own...

The first german film on the Iraq War

Starring Thekla Reuten (“In Bruges”) and Mathias habich (“The Reader“, “Nowhere in Africa”)

German

DRIFE Deyle & Richter Filmprodukti-on in co-production with DCM Mitte Productions and ERFTTAL Film & Fernsehproduktion, ZDF and ARTE

uPCOMINg

TERRITORIES AVAILABLE: World excluding german speaking territories.