HILDEBRANDT FILM Berlinale EFM Line Up

108' / About: Arthouse-Drama, Friendship / Germany / Colour: colour / Languages: German / Subtitles: German, English / Aspect Ratio: 2:1 / Resolution: DCP, 4K / Sound: 5.1

 

Chris Miera (Director) / Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (Production) / Miera Film (CoProduction) / HILDEBRANDT FILM (CoProduction)

"EIN WEG": The fiction film Ein Weg (Paths) was made while studying at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf and is the cautious exploration of a long love relationship that ends in separation. Over 15 years, as son Max gradually grows up, we accompany Andreas (Mike Hoffmann) and Martin (Mathis Reinhardt) through the highs and lows in the daily life of a partnership. Shot like a documentary, with a small team and budget at real locations, Ein Weg develops with great intensity and flexibility - and through the process of editing finds its special form of telling a story over time.

81' / About: Drama, Berlin Mumblecore / Germany / Colour: colour / Languages: German, English / Subtitles: German, English / Aspect Ratio: 16:9 / Resolution: DCP, 2K / Sound: Stereo

 

Philipp Eichholtz (Director) / Von Oma gefördert (Production) / HILDEBRANDT FILM (CoProduction)

"LUCA TANZT LEISE": After his debut „Liebe mich!“ is "Luca tanzt leise“ Philipp Eichholtz second movie. When it succeeds in fact, this "life"? If one understands math and manages the Abi? If one knows how to make sick leave to move the exams? If you find the right guy who loves a and desires - and being an asshole? Luca knows pretty well what it's like when getting up, eating, dressing not just work. There were ten dark years in their lives. Now she has a small dog, Mata, rescued from a killing station in Bulgaria. For she gets up and walks out. And tried graduation in adult education. Thus, it does not fail at math, Luca concludes with its neighbor Kurt a deal: She helps him with English. But he tells her math. He is also a reliable friend. Like when rings again this aggressive type on her door. And certainly, when it comes really bad for Luca. live your life, but that can only themselves.

Darling Berlin, daredo media GmbH (German Distribution Partner)

Netflix International (Buyer)

43' - 52' - 90' / About: Biopic, Indian Society / Germany, France / Colour: colour / Languages: Hindi, English / Subtitles: German, English, French / Aspect Ratio: 16:9 / Resolution: DCP, 2K / Sound: Stereo

Kordula Hildebrandt (Director) / HILDEBRANDT FILM (Production) / Saarländischer Rundfunk, ARTE (CoProduction)

 

"ABHISHEK AND THE MARRIAGE": After „Tango Pasión“ and „Spirit Berlin“ is „Abhishek and the Marriage“ Kordula Hildebrandts third movie. The film deals with the European largely unknown young Indian rebellion against the ritualized marriage plans of their families. the protagonist Abhishek (37) is designed an alternative existence between tradition and Western modernity and builds in Goa for Indian and Western tourists a holiday resort on. If he succeeds there an independent life or will his Russian girlfriend Miera (31) marriage, especially the pressure of his family bearing down on him. In India, the family is the most important and marriages the norm. The protagonist Abhishek (37), however, has his own plans, he penetrated even against the will of his father and mother. The documentation observed in the first part of the family life in Abhishek's hometown Kota, Rajasthan and provides the second part an insight into the extraordinary life of the protagonist as a holiday resort manager in Arambol, Goa. The documentary takes the European audience in a completely different world. He communicates a realistic insight into a family living conditions and traditional views of the bourgeois middle class and provides access to the idiosyncratic, unusual freethinker Abhishek who makes representative of the young generation of male rebellion against the traditional family image known.

Kinostar Filmverleih GmbH (German Distribution Partner)

Paul Thiltges Distributions (International Sales)

Saarländischer Rundfunk / ARTE (TV Station)

90' / About: Arthouse-Drama, Friendship, Roadmovie, Outdoor / Germany / Colour: colour / Languages: German / Subtitles: German, English / Aspect Ratio: 2,39:1 / Resolution: DCP, 2K / Sound: Stereo

Aline Chukwuedo (Director) / Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (Production) / HILDEBRANDT FILM (CoProduction)

"ELLA UND NELL": Ella and Nell are both friends initially 40 and for nearly 20 years. After a long silence they make together a hiking tour in the Saxon and Bohemian Switzerland, Czech Republic and try to build on earlier times. Not only their different life courses, pride, fear and shame are you getting in your way. Because maybe they also compete for a friendship that has been buried by the course of events. A tender, tragicomic story about friendship and nostalgia.

43' - 52' - 85' / About: Crisis, Ukraine Revolution / Italy, Germany, Luxemburg / Colour: colour / Languages: Russian / Subtitles: English, Italian / Aspect Ratio: 16:9 / Resolution: DCP, Blu-ray, 2K / Sound: Stereo

Sieva Diamantakos (Director) / Mimesi´s Culture (Production) / Paul Thiltges Distributions (Associate Production) / HILDEBRANDT FILM (Associate Production)

"POSTCARDS FROM UKRAINE": After touring in Ukraine with his band, Sieva moves to Kiev where he gets involved in Maidan Revolution. Fascinated mostly by young people ‘cause of their mix of old soviet values and new western culture, he decides to follow five youngsters coming from different cities and social backgrounds. The characters lead him into unexpected places: from the separatists camps in Lugansk and the Maidan Square protests in Kiev, to the oligarchs estates in Kharkiv and the pro-Russian suburbs in Donetsk. Sieva’s journey proceeds under the massive influence of the propaganda; from the beginning of the war in the eastern part of the country until the anniversary of the revolution featuring President Poroshenko’s speech. Documenting fragments of lives and historic events, Postcards From Ukraine sheds light on the country’s new generations - their values, their dreams, and the class tensions in a crisis being written by the elites.

Paul Thiltges Distributions (International Sales)

43' - 52' - 83' / About: Music, Dance, Tango Argentino / Germany / Colour: colour / Languages: German, English, Spanish / Subtitles: German, English, Spanish / Aspect Ratio: 2,39:1 / Resolution: DCP, 2K / Sound: Stereo

 

Kordula Hildebrandt (Director) / HILDEBRANDT FILM (Production)

"TANGO PASIÓN": „Tango Pasión“ portrays Europe's largest and – after Buenos Aires and the region on the Rio de la Plata – the second largest Argentine tango scene in the world. Shown are the stars and makers who have shaped the tango in Germany for decades and led to worldwide recognition. Director Kordula Hildebrandt ("Spirit Berlin") creates a sensual immersion in the scene and are willingly the emotions and passions of this phenomenon back. The audience experiences this world emotionalising from the personal perspective of selected protagonists. The music in the film comes from Astor Piazolla, Klaus Gutjahr, Judith Brandenburg, Paco Liana, Rainer Volk Born, Monaka Berlin, Bassa, Julia Heller, Pablo Woizinski, Fernando Miceli, Mitsch Kohn and Flutterband Trio. The music CD of the film appears in Edition46.

Kinostar Filmverleih GmbH (German Distribution Partner)

EuroArts Music International GmbH (International Sales)

Warner Classics / EuroVideo Medien GmbH (VoD, DVD)

Sky Arts / NRK2 / The Arts Channel Ltd / Lufthansa AG (Buyer)

Edition46 (Music-CD)

43' - 52' - 83' / About: Biopic, Love-Story, Adventure / Germany / Colour: colour / Languages: German, English / Subtitles: German, English / Aspect Ratio: 16:9 / Resolution: DCP, 2K / Sound: Stereo

 

Kordula Hildebrandt (Director) / HILDEBRANDT FILM (Production)

"SPIRIT BERLIN": As an homage to the capital city, „Spirit Berlin“ reveals a side of the metropolis that has not been documented very much in the past: the spiritual heart of Europe, as the so-called spiritual masters describe it. Berlin is a hub and haven for all kinds of seekers and practitioners. Tolerance has always been a trait of this extraordinary city and is part of its soul. Frederic the Great already ordered that in Berlin „everyone should be happy their own way“. „Spirit Berlin“ shows different paths equally. Director Kordula Hildebrandt and her crew succeeded in creating a comprehensive dramatic arc to join the different movements and their participants in a way that allows the viewer to experience how the search for purpose feels in today's Berlin. „Spirit Berlin“ is the story of a young actor who finds himself. A poetic feature-length debut of high sensual quality with beautiful shots by cinematographer Daniel Goede.

Kinostar Filmverleih GmbH (German Distribution Partner)

Alive Vertrieb und Marketing in der Entertainmentbranche AG (VoD, DVD)

maxdome GmbH / Lufthansa AG (Buyer)

Soulfruit Connection (Music-CD)