Berlinale Special Gala World Premiere of Curved Ball : ... Dont Miss it !

SYNOPSIS 

Although he already has searched Iraq unsuccessfully for weapons of mass destruction as a member of a UN mission, German bio-weapons expert Arndt Wolf is still obsessed with the idea that Saddam Hussein is hiding something. Nobody around him is interested in this topic any more. This changes abruptly when an Iraqi asylum seeker claims to have been involved in the manufacture of chemical weapons. The German Federal Intelligence Service summons Dr. Wolf to ascertain the legitimacy of the claims made by the informant, who has been given the code name “Curveball”. Meanwhile, the 9/11 attacks have shaken the world and put Americans on edge... Johannes Naber shrewdly observes the burgeoning friendship between two unlikely men who find themselves engulfed by the absurd drama they have set in motion. Moreover, as we are warned from the outset, this is – unfortunately – a true story. Naber’s outrage is contagious. Even those previously aware of the facts cannot be anything but dumbstruck as the surreal sequence of events unfold that were to lead to the 2003 Iraq invasion.

SCREENINGS

Tuesday 25 February - 18:30 @ CinemaxX 9 & CinemaxX 5 - Press screenings

Thursday 27 February - 21:00 @ Friedrichstadt-Palast - Official screening

Friday 28 February - 16:00 @ Friedrichstadt-Palast 

Sunday 1 March - 22:00 @ Friedrichstadt-Palast 



PHOTO CALL > Thursday 27 February - 16:45 @ Hyatt

PRESS CONFERENCE > Thursday 27 February - 16:55 @ Hyatt



​TALENTS ATTENDING 

Johannes Naber (director) : Feb 27

Sebastian Blomberg (actor)

Dar Salim (actor)

Michael Wittenborn (actor)

Thorsten Merten (actor, tba), Franziska Brandmeier (act, tba)

Amir Hamz (producer), Christian Springer (producer), Fahri Yardim (producer) 

Sten Mende (DoP), Oliver Keidel (Script)



For German & Austrian Press, please contact Philipp Graf/Boxfish, graf@boxfish-films.de, +49 176 843 47 944





​PRODUCTION

BON VOYAGE FILMS (Amir HAMZ, Christian SPRINGER, Fahri YARDIM - Germany), co-produced by ARRI Media (Antonio Exacoustos, Joseph M’Barek - Germany)

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SALES

ARRI MEDIA INTERNATIONAL