Most movies are produced for the big screens of cinemas. Because of we’re cinema lovers, we want to pay tribute to this fact and therefore we operate our own theatrical distribution in Berlin.
The following films had (or will have) theatrical release on the specified dates and have since been screened in selected cinemas:
It is supposed to be more than just an excursion. Once a year, the village youth group goes away for a few days to experience fellowship and leisure away from home. But this time it is to be more than just fun and recreation. Much more. After a serious fire, the meeting place of six youths, a small hut, is completely destroyed, revealing a casket hidden under the floorboards. The mysterious contents call the group around Lydia to South Tyrol in the mountains. For Theo in his wheelchair, the tour is unthinkable. But he, of all people, is enthusiastic about the idea. He loves the mountains, for him the trip would be a dream. After initial scepticism, Sarah, Johanna, Finn and Luca agree. The journey begins. The destination is a cave near the summit.
Not only the encounter with the transgender punk Ninja causes tensions in the group, but also the hike with the experienced mountain guide Peter brings up fears and self-doubt among the young people. The repercussions tug at the cohesion of the teens among themselves. Can they reach their goal despite the difficulties? And what will await them when they solve the riddle of the mysterious find from the silver capsule?
Artkeim² | 2022 | Adventure | Germany | Original title: “Fisch im Fell“
Original title: Fisch im Fell
Director: Dean Benzin
Screenplay: Christian Pasquariello
Actors: Lene Deike, Falco Heidzig, Phelan Brunk, Leabé, Amalia Teuber, Lukas Bake, Leonie Fries, Emanuel Fellmer, Kati Ruppert, Frederick Lau, Dieter Hallervorden
Producer: Michael Marintschak, Martin Widiger
Executive producer: Johann Subklew, Dean Benzin
Cinematography: Konstantin Freyer
Editing: Ina Tangermann, Claudio Demel
Sound: Johannes Doberenz, Jörg Weimann
Make-up: Jasmin Arnold
Costumes: Marie Rebscher
Production design: Hans-Dieter „Krolli“ Kroll
Property: Andrea Korb
Music: Max Wege
Sound Design: Marvin Keil
VFX: Lukas Schwabe
Production: Evangelische Jugend Bad Harzburg
Year of production: 2022
Genres: Abenteuer, Jugendfilm
Country: Germany
Language: German
Length: 84 Min
Aspect ratio: 1,85:1
Resolution: DCI 2K Flat
Sound: 5.1 Surround
Rating: FSK 12
Premiere on November 13, 2022 at the 36th Braunschweig International Film Festival
Filmlabel: Artkeim²
Distributor: UCM.ONE
Theatrical start: May 25, 2023
All information about the movie: Fish in the Fur
The cinema film “Fish in the Fur” (Artkeim²) premiered at the Kant Kino in Berlin on Thursday, 25 May 2023. An unusual adventure film that begins in the rubble of a burnt-down youth hut in the Harz Mountains and takes the protagonists all the way to South Tyrol in search of a secret cave in…
The unconventional adventure film “Fish in the Fur” (German title: “Fisch im Fell”) celebrates its release in German cinemas today, May 25, 2023. The unusual film project, which will be released on the film label Artkeim², was created under the auspices of the Protestant Youth Bad Harzburg and the director Dean Benzin. Six film-loving young…
With “Fisch im Fell” (English title: “Fish in the Fur”) on the Artkeim² label, UCM.ONE is bringing an extraordinary film to German cinemas on May 25, 2023. The cinema film was produced in the youth work of the Protestant regional church of Braunschweig with professional accompaniment and guest stars such as Frederick Lau and Dieter…
Following the world premiere of the youth adventure film “Fisch im Fell” at the 36th Braunschweig International Film Festival, the film producers signed an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement with UCM.ONE. Summary A great adventure often begins with a mystery. The youth group’s hut in the Harz mountains has burned down. Amidst the charred rubble, the boys…
In an isolated village, beyond temporal and geographical localisation, lives 14-year-old Daniel. The life of this gentle and tolerant boy, who only wants to please everyone, is marked by violence and emotional coldness. He sacrifices himself for his family, tries to please his violent big brother and devotedly cares for his terminally ill father, who longs for his own end but does not dare to end his life himself.
In the forest, Daniel meets Marcel, an outcast who has returned to the village after many years and ekes out a living by fighting dogs. The two are united by their receptivity to the comforting silence of the forest and an intense relationship with nature. With a stoic expression, Daniel endures his dashed hopes as well as the humiliations of his emotionally stunted fellow men, as if he wants to avoid becoming just like them until the very end – even if that means surrendering to raw nature in the end.
Artkeim² | 2022 | Drama | Germany | Original Titel: “Gewalten“
Original title: Gewalten
Screenplay & director: Constantin Hatz
Actors: Malte Oskar Frank (Daniel), Robert Kuchenbuch (Vater), Paul Wollin (Marcel), Eric Cordes (Michael), Ben Felipe (Lukas), Susanne Bredehöft (Erika), Beatrix Strobel (Ivana), Mohamed Haj Younis (Karim), Bashar Kanan (Karims Bruder), Nahla Nabil (Karims Mutter), Ludger Bökelmann (Freund von Lukas), Christian Schneeweiß (Bestatter), Max Koch (Sportlehrer) und Robert Gallinowski† (Trainer)
Producer: Matthias Greving, Janina Sara Hennemann, Kirsten Lukaczik
Cinematography: Rafael Starman
Editing: Marco Rottig
Sound: Corinna Zink
Technical department: Deborah Bode, Nico Flach, Tristan Hurlbrink
Production company: Kinescope Film GmbH, Bremen
Year of production: 2022
Genre: Drama
Country: Deutschland
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: English, German (SDH, bafA)
Lenght: 147 Min
Aspect ratio: 2,39:1 (DCI-2K Scope)
Sound: Surround 5.1
Resolution: 2048×858
Rating: FSK 12
Other title:
English: Forces
Label: Artkeim²
Distributor: UCM.ONE
Theatrical start: May 11, 2023
All information about the movie: Forces
The arthouse drama “Forces” by Austrian director Constantin Hatz opens today in German cinemas on the Artkeim² label distributed by UCM.ONE. “Forces” manages without a single note of music in its almost 150 minutes. Cinematographer Rafael Starman‘s images were awarded the “Heiner Carow Prize for the Promotion of German Cinematic Art“ at the 2022 Berlinale. Synopsis In an…
Kinescope and UCM.ONE Filmverleih invite you to the theatrical release tour of the film “Forces” (German original title: “Gewalten”), which starts today, Wednesday 10 May 2023, in Bremen. The production directed by Constantin Hatz will also be presented in Kiel and Hamburg on this tour. The film “Forces”, which is marketed on the film label…
Last year, the arthouse drama “Gewalten” (English title “Forces”) celebrated its world premiere at the Berlinale. Now the film by Austrian director Constantin Hatz is coming to German cinemas. The start date is 11 May 2023. “Gewalten” manages without a single note of music in its almost 150 minutes. Cinematographer Rafael Starman’s images were awarded…
The documentary tells the story of two teenage girls on different continents who are connected by their screens and their passion for gymnastics. Amidst the dazzling world of social media, they begin to figure out who they are and what they want out of life.
Whitney Bjerken from the USA is a world-famous YouTuber and gifted singer-songwriter. The quiet but sensitive Yara from Germany is one of her biggest fans. Connected by the glittering world of social media and their passion for gymnastics, they begin to find out who they are and what they want from life. A coming-of-age film about success and loneliness, friendship and first love, queer coming out and the courage to find your own voice.
Director Joya Thome’s first feature-length documentary has become a poetic psychogram of the social media generation. The film tells the story of two girls – fan and idol – who vacillate between vulnerability and strength, between the external image and their inner truth.
NONFY Documentaries | 2022 | Documentary | Germany | Original title: “One In A Million“
Original title: One In A Million
Director: Joya Thome
Sreenplay: Lydia Richter, Joya Thome, Philipp Wunderlich
Cinematography: Lydia Richter
Sound: Philipp Wunderlich
Editing: Jamin Benazzouz, BFS
Music: Hundreds – Philipp Milner
Sound Design: Felix Roggel
Mixing: Lasse Kröger
Production Coordination: Isis Struiksma
Production Manager: Martina Hedwig
Producer: Katharina Bergfeld, Martin Heisler
Editorial (NDR): Timo Großpietsch
Production company: Flare Film GmbH
Year of production: 2022
Genre: Documentary
Country: Germany
Film locations: Georgia (USA), Neumünster/ Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Lenght: ca. 84 Min.
Rating: FSK 0
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound: Stereo
Language: German, English (available with English UT and in German VO)
Resolution: 2K
All information about the movie: One In A Million
The documentary film “One In A Million” opens today in German cinemas on the film label NONFY Documentaries. The documentary for children and young people by Joya Thome tells the story of two teenage girls in Georgia (USA) and Northern Germany who are digitally connected through their social media activities and their passion for gymnastics.…
Each year, over 60,000 missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, usually referred to as Mormons) are sent around the world to preach their gospel. The documentary follows four American LDS teenagers who have received a mission from God that takes them from their families and the safety of their remote, religion-filled bubbles to the icy, forested reaches of Finland, home to the least religious, most closed-minded and sceptical people in Europe.
The journey they embark on will prove to be the most emotionally and psychologically difficult time of their young lives. As these wide-eyed, passionate teenagers struggle with the absence of their families, language hurdles, aching feet and daily rejection, they are pushed beyond their limits and fall deeper and deeper into their faith.
NONFY Documentaries | 2022 | Documentary | Finland, Germany | Original title: “The Mission“
Original title: The Mission
Director: Tania Anderson
Cinematography: Antti Savolainen
Editing: Suvi Solja
Sound: Janis Grossmann-Alhambra, Isa Köroglu
Music: Mikko Joensuu
Production companies: Danish Bear Productions, Dirk Manthey Film
Producer: Isabella Karhu, Juho-Pekka Tanskanen
Genre: Documentary
Countries: Finland, Germany
Lenght: ca. 96 Min.
Rating: FSK 6
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope (21:9)
Sound: Stereo
Resolution: 2K
All information about the movie: The Mission
Today, “The Mission” start in German cinemas on the UCM.ONE label NONFY Documentaries. The film by British-American-Swiss director Tania Anderson shows the life on “mission” of a group of young missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They leave their home in the USA to convert the most unreligious, closed-minded and sceptical…
UCM.ONE is bringing the documentary film “The Mission” to German cinemas on 30 March 2023 on the NONFY Documentaries label in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The film by British-American-Swiss director Tania Anderson had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2022. The international documentary production, a co-production of Danish Bear Productions (Finland) and Dirk…
In order to save the Dannenröder forest from being cleared for a new motorway route, climate activists occupied the forest in October 2019. For over a year, they lived in tree houses well over 20 metres above the ground, creating an alternative living and open space. A year later, with the start of the clearing season, the clearing of the structures and the clearing of the aisle for the motorway A49 began. With creativity, courage and music, the squatters resisted and engaged in civil disobedience until finally, on 8 December 2020, the last tree fell with the last tree house. David Klammer documents the protests against the clearing of the Dannenröder Forest for the planned motorway expansion photographically and with a film camera. His film accompanies the activists from September to December 2020.
The film “Barricade” has been honoured with numerous awards and has been shown at renowned film festivals. Here is a selection: Snowdance Film Festival, Auroville Film Festival, Hofer Filmtage, Kasseler Dokfest, Eco Film Festival in Portland/USA, Peleponnisos Film Festival (Greece), Transitions Film Festival (Australia).
NONFY Documentaries | 2021 | Documentary | Germany | Original title: “Barrikade” | English Titles: “Barricade – Pictures of a Forest Occupation”; “Barricade”
Original title: Barrikade
Director: David Klammer
Cinematography: David Klammer
Sound: David Klammer
Editing: David Klammer
Produktion: David Klammer
Year of production: 2020
Genre: Documentary
Country: Germany
Lenght: ca. 83 Min.
Rating: FSK 6
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope (21:9)
Sound: Stereo
Resolution: 2K
All information about the movie: Barricade
The award-winning documentary “Barricade” (NONFY Documentaries), which documents the courageous resistance of climate activists in Dannenröder Forst against the clearing for a new motorway route, is also available on DVD and online from today. Photographer and director David Klammer’s film captures the extraordinary story of the activists who occupied the forest in October 2019 and…
As of today, the documentary “Barricade” by award-winning Cologne-based photographer and filmmaker David Klammer, distributed by UCM.ONE on the NONFY Documentaries label, can be seen in cinemas nationwide. The coal company RWE is currently in the process of finally demolishing Lützerath despite the coal phase-out and massively expanding the Garzweiler open-cast mine. In recent weeks,…
The documentary film “Barricade” by award-winning Cologne-based photographer and filmmaker David Klammer celebrates its nationwide cinema release on Thursday 02 February 2023 at 21:00 at the Acud Kino in Berlin. The coal company RWE is in the process of finally demolishing Lützerath despite the coal phase-out and massively expanding the Garzweiler open-cast mine. In recent…
Since this week, climate activists in Lützerath (Nordrhein-Westfalen; English translation: North Rhine-Westphalia) in Germany have been trying to prevent the final demolition of the village by RWE for the Rhenish open-cast lignite mine Garzweiler. UCM.ONE is thematising the climate protests in the cinema with the documentary “Barricade”. The film is by the world-award winning Cologne…
Marie (Elisa Plüss) is blindsided by her boyfriend Julian (Thomas Fränzel) with a marriage proposal at his brother’s wedding in front of the assembled family. Marie has no clue how to react to this. She piles into the countryside to think about herself, her life and her relationship alone. Alone? In her mother’s vacation home, things soon become increasingly cramped and absurd: because Marie’s thoughts suddenly take shape, her thought people become more numerous and penetrating. They force possible baby names on her, an ex-boyfriend climbs down from trees, and a “lyrical me” in a sari proclaims Marie’s inner world in verse. Finally, her would-be fiancé arrives for real in the deceptive loneliness of the Uckermark, bringing with him a whole busload of his own thought people….
What would happen if you showed your thoughts to each other? How much honesty can a relationship take? In her first feature film, director Zora Rux, a longtime collaborator of Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, uses poetic tableaux to tell a surrealistic, comic story about the search for the true self.
Darling Berlin | 2021 | Comedy, Drama | Germany | Original title: “Ich Ich Ich” | English Title: “Second Thoughts”
Original title: Ich Ich Ich
Written & directed by: Zora Rux
Cast: Elisa Plüss, Thomas Fränzel, Lola Klamroth, Sebastian Schneider, Judith van der Werff, Henriette Confurius, Wenka von Mikulicz, Paul Lux, Pablo Grant
Producers: Leonie Minor, Roxana Richters, Fred Burle
Camera: Jesse Mazuch
Editing: Zora Rux, Kalle Boman, Martin Herold, Henning Stöve
Sound: Robert Hefter
Music: Ben Rössler, Jonathan Ritzel, Mister Milano
Production: German Film and Television Academy Berlin GmbH
Co-Production: Zora Rux, Fred Burle
Production Year: 2021
Genres: Comedy
Country: Germany
Language: German
Length: 85 Min
FSK: 6
Aspect ratio: 1:1,85
Sound: Dolby Surround 5.1
Filmlabel: Darling Berlin
Distribution: UCM.ONE
Theatrical release: December 01, 2022
All information about the movie: Second Thoughts
Today the moving feature film “Second Thoughts” (German title: “Ich Ich Ich”) by director Zora Rux on the Darling Berlin label distributed by UCM.ONE opens in cinemas nationwide. The premiere took place yesterday at the KuturBrauerei in Berlin. What would happen if you showed each other your thoughts? How much honesty can a relationship take?…
UCM.ONE celebrated the nationwide theatrical release of Zora Rux’s absurd comedy “Second Thoughts” (German title: “Ich Ich Ich”) on Wednesday evening at Berlin’s Kulturbrauerei in the presence of the filmmaker, cast and crew. The Darling Berlin film starring Elisa Plüss and Thomas Fränzel will be released in German cinemas on Thursday 01 December 2022 and…
For the first time at this year’s 21st FILMZ Festival of German Film, Mainz (3-13 Nov 2022), the special prize for outstanding achievements in film was awarded by the state capital Mainz. Cinematographer Jesse Mazuch received this special prize for his camera work in “Second Thoughts”. In her first feature film “Ich Ich Ich” (English…
Heiko’s mother Belinda suffers from keratoconus, a rare condition of the cornea. She is gradually losing her sight and could soon go completely blind if she is not given treatment. Belinda’s eyesight could be restored with the cornea of a deceased donor – but such a transplant costs a lot of money, and the health insurance does not cover it.
For Heiko, this is the beginning of an odyssey through the Berlin pub world: in order to raise the money for his mother’s operation, he faces the best dart players in town, at first reluctantly, but then with growing ambition, euro by euro. They, however, pursue completely different plans and thus draw Heiko into a spiral of madness that he could not have imagined before.
„Heiko’s World“ is a wacky, loving ode to – and odyssey through – Berlin’s corner pubs with their very own fauna of original characters, full of unexpected twists and turns, and with a main character who grows on us on his beer-soaked hero’s journey.
Darling Berlin | 2021 | Comedy | Germany | Original title: “Heikos Welt” | English title: Heikos World”
Director: Dominik Galizia
Screenplay: Dominik Galizia
Cast: Martin Rohde, Leyla Roy, Heike Hanold-Lynch, Hans-Jürgen Alf, Franz Rogowski, Dieter Weichbrodt, Werner Böhnke, Detlef Rothermund, Shacke One, Molockk Dilemma, Gerdy Zint, Herlod Vomeer
Producer: Dominik Galizia
Executive producer: Alexander Schoeller
Cinematography: Elias C.J. Köhler
Editing: Daniel Kundrat
Sound: Nico Berthold, Andy Schlegel
Sound engineer: Ludwig Bestehorn
Head lighting: Joël Kinast
Visual Effects: Bastian Schreitling
Scene design: Philipp Droste
Makeup: Mandy Sossmann
Styling: Tanina Holz
Music (Score): Andy Schlegel
Production management: Thomas Otto
Assistant director: Sven Pfizenmaier
Production companies: Alexander Schoeller Production, Mutter & Vater Filmproduktion
Year of production: 2021
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitle: English
Length: 118 Min
Rating: FSK 12
Aspect ratio: 2.4 : 1
Sound: Surround 5.1, Stereo 2.0
Resolution: 4K
Awards:
2021 Filmfest Munich: “New German Cinema Award” as best actor -> Martin Rohde
2021 Achtung Berlin: “Prize of the most audience-attracting film” -> Heiko‘s World
Theatrical start Germany: May 26, 2022
All information about the movie: Heiko’s World
From April 1, 2023, the Darling Berlin film “Heiko’s World” (German title: “Heikos Welt”) will be one of the highlights of the Paramount+ streaming service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The film by Dominik Galizia has been running in German cinemas without interruption for ten months and has reached almost 25,000 viewers there so far.…
The Darling Berlin comedy “Heiko’s World” (Original German title: “Heikos Welt”) by Dominik Galizia is part of the pre-selection for the “Lola” 2023. The German Film Award will be presented in several categories on 12 May 2023 in Berlin. The final nominees will be announced on 24 March. last year, the Darling Berlin film Nico…
Today the Darling Berlin comedy Heiko’s World is released in stores on Blu-Ray and DVD. In his feature film, director and writer Dominik Galizia has a blast telling the story of his main character Heiko (Martin Rohde), a heartwarming mother/son relationship that turns whimsical capers between Berlin pubs, darts and plenty of beer and Futschi.…
Three Darling Berlin films will be shown this week in three different Berlin pop-up cinemas. On Wednesday 24 August, after sunset, the documentary “Searching Eva” by Pia Hellenthal will start at the Feldkino on Tempelhofer Feld. On Thursday 25 August at 8 p.m. there will be a screening of “Heiko’s World” by Dominik Galizia in…
On Tuesday evening, the Darling Berlin comedy “Heiko’s World” (German title: “Heikos Welt”) exceeded 15,000 viewers after its theatrical release. In the sold-out open-air cinema Rehberge in Berlin Wedding saw on Tuesday evening alone 1,512 viewers in a performance the film. The open air screening was like “a festival,” sums up director Dominik Galizia, who…
The Darling Berlin comedy “Heikos Welt” is not only going into its eighth nationwide cinema week, in Berlin there are three big open-air screenings on the program. On Saturday July,16th, the Berlin Open Air Premiere will take place at 9.30 p.m. in the Moabiter Filmrauschpalast. On Sunday at 9:45 p.m. we go to the “Insel Open-Air…
Two weeks after the theatrical release of “Heikos World”, the Berlin comedy is approaching 10,000 viewers. In the German cinema weekend charts, the feature film ranks 7th in terms of viewers per copy. After the cartoon “Die Olchis”, “Heikos World” by Dominik Galizia is the second most successful German production in this chart category. With meanwhile 31…
Today, the comedy “Heiko’s World” by director Dominik Galizia on the Darling Berlin label distributed by UCM.ONE opens in cinemas nationwide. The sold-out premiere for the theatrical release already took place yesterday at City Kino Wedding in Berlin. The character of Heiko, embodied by Martin Rohde, first appeared in the music video „Nettelbeckplatz“ by Shacke One (published on…
Before it is distributed theatrically by UCM.ONE and released nationwide tomorrow by the film label Darling Berlin, the crazy and at the same time loving feature film “Heiko’s World” by director Dominik Galizia will celebrate its premiere tonight at 8:00 pm in the sold-out City Kino Wedding. Many of the actors and actresses, among other…
The UCM.ONE team will again be present at the European Film Market (EFM) Online with 3 staff members and at the Berlinale with 2 representatives from 10 – 17 February. Nearly 3,500 producers, buyers, distributors and sales agents from 110 countries will take part in this year’s online-only film fair due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The…
The self-confident and lively German-Persian Nico loves her job as a geriatric nurse and is popular with everyone because of her easy-going and sympathetic manner. She enjoys the Berlin summer with her best friend Rosa until a racist attack suddenly tears her out of her carefree everyday life. Nico realises that she doesn‘t belong as self-evidently as she always thought. Haunted by flashbacks of the terrible attack, she withdraws more and more into herself.
Not only Rosa loses touch with her, but also her clients fail to recognise the young woman. Nico feels that things cannot go on like this and turns to the gruff karate champion Andy. With him she begins a tough training programme which helps her to channel her anger and discover her own strength, but she also loses touch with herself. When Nico eventually meets the Macedonian woman Ronny, a connection develops between the two that causes Nico to question the path she has chosen.
Darling Berlin | 2021 | Drama | Germany | Original title: “Nico“
Director: Eline Gehring
Screenplay: Sara Fazilat, Francy Fabritz, Eline Gehring
Cast: Sara Fazilat, Sara Klimoska, Javeh Asefdjah, Andreas Marquardt, Brigitte Kramer, Isidoro Fernandez Mompelier, Sabrina Tannen
Producer: Sara Fazilat
Cinematography: Francy Fabritz
Editing: Eline Gehring
Sound: Andreas Otto, Ye Linlin Cardrage, Olga Nosva, Meik-René Enderlein, Justus Wirth, Matthias Rupp, DingDing Jiang, Anna Roznowska
Music: Zeina Azouqah, Doro Bohr, Konstantin Wecker
Production companies: Third Culture Kids & DFFB – Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Year of production: 2021
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Language: German, English, Persian
Subtitles: German for the hearing impaired, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
Lenght: 79 Min
Rating: FSK 12
Aspect ratio: 1: 2.00
Sound: 5.1 Surround, 2.0 Stereo
Resolution: 2K Flat (24 fps)
Awards:
2021 Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival: Max Ophüls Prize for the” Best Actress” -> Sara Fazilat
2021 First Steps: “No Fear Award” -> Sara Fazilat
2021 QueerScope: “Queer Scope Debut Film Award” for the best feature debut -> Nico
2021 Braunschweig International Film Festival: “Braunschweiger Filmpreis” for best young actor -> Sara Fazilat
2021 Biberach Film Festival: “Debüt-Biber” for the best debut film -> Nico
2021 FILMZ Festival of German Cinema: “Audience Award” in the feature film competition -> Nico
2021 Radstadt Film Festival: “Youth Jury Award” for the best film -> Nico
2022 Bavarian Film Award: “Best young actress” -> Sara Fazilat
Premieres:
National premiere: 42nd Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, 2021
International Premiere: 24th Shanghai International Film Festival, 2021
Theatrical start Germany: May 12, 2022
All information about the movie: Nico
The new streaming provider Paramount+ launches today, 8 December, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland including the Darling Berlin film “Nico”. Paramount+ is a new streaming service for Hollywood blockbusters, exclusive originals, series and shows. The streaming service is available via the Sky Q platform and via Sky on Demand. There, Paramount+ can also be added…
The feature film “Nico” by director Eline Gehring, distributed by UCM.ONE on the Darling Berlin label and released in cinemas on 12 May 2022, is available everywhere as of today both on Blu-Ray and DVD. At the same time, it can also be purchased and rented from download portals. “Nico”, for which Eline Gehring wrote…
It was announced last night: “Nico” by Eline Gehring won the Jury Award at the 36th MiX Festival of LGBTQ + Cinema and Queer Culture in Milan! The well established film festival ran from 16 to 19 June in the capital of Lombardy, it is the oldest queer film festival in Italy. The jury explained their…
It has just been made official: Sara Fazilat receives the Bavarian Film Award for “Best Young Actress” for her impressive portrayal of “Nico” in director Eline Gehring’s film of the same name! Since 1979, the Bavarian State Government has awarded the Bavarian Film Award for outstanding achievements in German filmmaking, based on the recommendation of…
Today, the moving feature film “Nico” by director Eline Gehring on the Darling Berlin label distributed by UCM.ONE opens in cinemas nationwide. The premiere already took place yesterday at the KuturBrauerei as part of radioeins’ “schöner Mittwoch” (English: “Beautiful Wednesday)” in Berlin. “Nico”, for which Eline Gehring wrote the screenplay together with cinematographer Francy Fabritz and…
We are pleased to announce today the cinemas that will play “Nico” from May 12, 2022! The moving feature film by director Eline Gehring will be released on the Darling Berlin label from UCM.ONE. “Nico” for which Eline Gehring wrote the screenplay together with cinematographer Francy Fabritz and producer and leading actress Sara Fazilat, celebrated its…
Yesterday a very special event took place in Bremen: “Nico” was shown in a special screening at the Schauburg, at the invitation of SV Werder Bremen. Sara Fazilat, the film’s leading actress, producer and co-screenwriter – who also grew up in Bremen – presented “Nico” to the guests, who included Werder’s president and managing director…
We are very pleased to announce that the moving feature film “Nico” by director Eline Gehring will be released on May 12, 2022 by UCM.ONE on the Darling Berlin label. The film can be booked through Die FilmAgentinnen in Germany. “Nico”, for which Eline Gehring wrote the screenplay together with cinematographer Francy Fabritz and producer and…
As of today, it’s official: „Nico“ by director Eline Gehring has been shortlisted for the German Film Award 2022 in the feature film category! Here, „Nico“ finds itself in the illustrious company of other outstanding works such as „Great Freedom“ (by Sebastian Meise), „AEIOU – A Quick Alphabet of Love“ (by Nicolette Krebitz), „Lieber Thomas“…
The UCM.ONE team will again be present at the European Film Market (EFM) Online with 3 staff members and at the Berlinale with 2 representatives from 10 – 17 February. Nearly 3,500 producers, buyers, distributors and sales agents from 110 countries will take part in this year’s online-only film fair due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The…
Germany, 1946. Hunger, rubble, returning soldiers. Charlotte is pregnant, but her beloved homecomer wants neither her nor his child. To win him over and escape the threat of disgrace, she enrols in the “Fräulein Course” run by actress Gloria Deven, who was an aspiring film starlet under fascism and is now banned from working. But Gloria, with her merciless teaching, is not interested in reviving the girls’ coquetry, which has become unnecessary during the war. Instead, she awakens in Lotte a longing for something that has been denied her for too long: Freedom.
“Trümmermädchen – Germany Year Zero” tells the story of young women’s self-empowerment against the backdrop of the ruins of World War II in intense, extraordinary images and is a blazing plea for cohesion and sisterhood.
Artkeim² | 2021 | Drama | Germany | Original title: “Trümmermädchen – Die Geschichte der Charlotte Schumann“
Director: Oliver Kracht
Producer: Simon Buchner
Executive Producer: Marco Grönwoldt, Lennart Lenzing
Cast: Laura Balzer, Valery Tscheplanowa, Lena Urzendowsky, Anna Gesa-Raija Lappe, Katja Hutko, Lara Feith, Till Wonka, Henning Flüsloh, Philipp Karner
Cinematography: Marvin Schatz
Editing: Petja Nedeltscheva
Sound: Max Kersten, Fabian Klein, Johannes Kunz, Jan Lukas Mielke, Johannes Schelle
Costume design: Hannah Ebenau, Sabrina Krämer
Production design: Yvonne Leuze
Music: Patrick Puszko
Makeup: Paolo Celano, Charlotte Fleck, Tim Scheidig
Casting: Nina Haun
Production companies: Simonsays Pictures, Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
Year of production: 2021
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
Length: 122 Min
Sound: Surround 5.1, Surround 7.1
Aspect ratio: 1:2.39
Resolution: 2K Scope
Rating: FSK 16
Theatrical release Germany: March 24, 2022
Prizes:
2019 Berlinale: “Thomas Strittmatter Prize” from the MFG Film Fund Baden-Württemberg for the best manuscript -> Oliver Kracht
2021 International Hof Film Festival: “Bild-Kunst-Förderpreis for Best Costume Design” -> Hannah Ebenau & Sabrina Krämer
2021 International Hof Film Festival: “Bild-Kunst-Förderpreis for Best Production Design” -> Yvonne Leuze
Premiere:
October 2021, 55th Hofer Filmtage; Bild-Kunst-Förderpreis for the “Best Costume Design“ (Hannah Ebenau and Sabrina Krämer) and the “Best Production Design” (Yvonne Leuze); Special Mention Jury of the Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino.
All information about the movie: Trümmermädchen – Germany Year Zero
The feature film “Trümmermädchen – Die Geschichte der Charlotte Schumann” by director Oliver Kracht is available from today on the Artkeim² label on DVD as well as on VoD portals. The film, for whose screenplay Oliver Kracht was already awarded the Thomas Strittmatter Prize at the Berlinale in 2019, celebrated its world premiere at the…
Today the feature film “Trümmermädchen – Germany Year Zero” by director Oliver Kracht is being released nationwide in cinemas on the Artkeim² label distributed by UCM.ONE. The premiere took place yesterday at the KuturBrauerei in Berlin. The film, for whose screenplay Oliver Kracht was already awarded the Thomas Strittmatter Prize at the Berlinale in 2019,…
The UCM.ONE team will again be present at the European Film Market (EFM) Online with 3 staff members and at the Berlinale with 2 representatives from 10 – 17 February. Nearly 3,500 producers, buyers, distributors and sales agents from 110 countries will take part in this year’s online-only film fair due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The…
The feature film “Trümmermädchen – Germany Year Zero” (German title: “Trümmermädchen – Die Geschichte der Charlotte Schumann”) by director Oliver Kracht will be released nationwide in cinemas on 24 March 2022 on the Artkeim² label distributed by UCM.ONE. The film, for whose screenplay Oliver Kracht was already awarded the Thomas Strittmatter Prize at the Berlinale…
At the 55th Hof Film Festival, which ended yesterday, “Trümmermädchen – Germany Year Zero” by Oliver Kracht was awarded the Bild-Kunst-Förderpreis for “Best Costume Design” (Hannah Ebenau and Sabrina Krämer) and “Best Production Design” (Yvonne Leuze). Since 2004, the prize has consisted of an award for “Best Costume Design” and “Best Production Design”, both prizes are…
“Trümmermädchen – Germany Year Zero”, the debut film by director Oliver Kracht, will celebrate its world premiere this month at the 55th International Hof Film Festival, which will take place from October 26 to 31. It is a long-established forum that annually attracts film lovers and media representatives from all over Germany. The film will be…
As of today, it’s official: Laura Balzer is one of three nominees for the Götz George Young Talent Award at this year’s First Steps Awards! We congratulate her and keep our fingers crossed for the award ceremony on 21 June. “Trümmermädchen – Germany Year Zero” by Oliver Kracht is a very exceptional feature film with an…
In the shadow of the bright lights of Las Vegas, the last round has come for a much-loved dive, the Roaring 20s, home and family substitute for a motley crew of regulars who find distraction from their rough everyday lives here. This is the basic idea of Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, a film in which reality is as unreal as the world the regulars escape. It is a mosaic of very different life stories and tells of the last hours of a pub in which we meet people who grapple with the past while facing an uncertain future and who sing loudly while their ship goes down.
Filmmaking duo Bill and Turner Ross paint a portrait of a tiny world before the sinking, but one that still provides warmth and comfort to its inhabitants. The filmmakers’ unusual and compelling approach to non-fictional storytelling makes for a foggy memory of events lost in empty shot glasses and clouds of smoke.
NONFY Documentaries | 2020 | Documentary | USA | Original title: “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets“
Directors: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Chere Theriot
Executive producers: Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan Silberberg, Nicole Stott, David Eckles, Minette Nelson, Matt Sargeant, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett, Josh Penn
Featuring: Michael Martin, Cheryl Fink, Marc Paradis, John Nerichow, Lowell Landes, Ira J. Clark, Bruce Hadnot, Pete Radcliffe, Felix Cardona, Al Page, Rikki Redd, Pam Harperm, Shay Walker, Tra Walker, Trevor Moore, Kevin Lara, David S. Lewis, Kamari Stevens, Sophie Woodruff, Miriam Arkin
Cinematography: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
Visual Effects: Josiah Holmes Howison, Markus Rutledge
Editing: Bill Ross IV
Music: Rafael Triebel, Fabian Saul
Visual Effects: Josiah Holmes Howison, Markus Rutledge
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: German
Aspect Ratio: 1:1.78
Theatrical release: December 02, 2021
Prizes:
2020 Nevada City Film Festival, US: “Best film of the festival” -> Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020 Nevada City Film Festival, US: “Best documentary of the festival” -> Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020 True/False Film Fest: “Best documentary” -> Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
2020 Champs-Élysées Film Festival: “Best director” at American feature films -> Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
2021 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US: “Heterodox Award” for the best contribution -> Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
All information about the movie: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets will be released in German cinemas on Thursday, 02 December 2021 via the label NONFY Documentaries and distributed by UCM.ONE. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2020 and its international premiere at the Berlinale in the Panorama section the same year, before going on…
The acclaimed documentary Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets by directors Bill and Turner Ross will open in cinemas nationwide on 02 December 2021, distributed by UCM.ONE on the NONFY Documentaries label. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020 and its international premiere at the Berlinale in the Panorama section the…
A day and a night in Berlin: Karma drives an electric wheelchair, a flat share casting ends up with a squatting, a cook and a stray dog become kings, everyone is looking for an expectant father and a rabbit makes a nerd finally get to know his neighbours. Do Berlin taxis actually drive all the way to the Eiffel Tower? And who is the Queen of Berlin? All these stories and more are told by Notes of Berlin, inspired by real notes and notices found by attentive Berliners on lampposts, in stairwells or in backyards and then published on Joab Nist’s cult blog notesofberlin.com.
The film strolls with us through the city and takes an amused, sensitive look at people and situations that might otherwise be overlooked. It is a declaration of love for Berlin, shows the everyday madness and chance encounters and makes the city the protagonist, because: “The heart of the city beats in the street”.
Darling Berlin | 2020 | Comedy | Germany | Original title: “Notes of Berlin“
Director: Mariejosephin Schneider
Co-author: Thomas Gerhold
Actors: (in the order of appearance): Paul Boche, Louit Lippstreu, Lana Ellenrieder (in „Der Unfall“); Gareth Lennon, Olivia Kundisch (in „Man With Van“); Bartholomew Sammut, Axel Werner (in „Ein Hund steigt aus“); Katja Sallay, Zoe Steinbrenner, Matus Krajnak, Ardian Hartono, Malwina Senkiw (in “WG-Casting“), Yeliz Simsek, Jale Arikan, Nisan Arikan, Gizem Cetin, Şükriye Dönmez, Attila Kabuk, Ali Ekber, Hasan H. Tasgin, Helena Abay, Asil Aydin (in „Das türkische Café); Resit Ballikaya (in „“Wir sind Könige!“); Mex Schlüpfer, Stephanie Stremler (in „Das Karma dankt“); Tom Lass, Marko Dyrlich, Maria Mägdefrau, Taneshia Abt (in „Kaninchen/Hase“); Andrea Sawatzki, Leopold Altenburg, Frizzipina Schneider (in „Mutter an der Kreuzung“); Edgar Harter, Marc Philipps (in „Die Vernissage“); Holger Behr, Stella Sai Musall, Sandra Julia Reils, Maximilian Gehrlinger, Jarl Lando Beger, Alucard, Alice D (in „Queen von Berlin“); Gernot Kunert, Sean Black (in „Taxi nach Paris“); Warsama Guled, Alexander Martschewski, Ben Gibson, Frederik von Lüttichau, Nizam Namidar (in „Kleine Diebe“); Richard Dreher, Alaaddin Kemec (in „Was heisst denn Contemplate“)
Producers: Martin Danisch, Clemens Köstlin
Associate Producer: Joab Nist
Image design and grading: Carmen Treichl
Editing: Inge Schneider
Set design: Greta Truetken, Nathalie Panther, Bohdan Adam Wozniak
Costume design: Susanne Weiske, Julia Blazek
Make-up: Stefanie Lewandowski
Music: Rafael Triebel, Fabian Saul
Sound Design: Niklas Kammertöns
Soundmix: Alexandre Leser
Production management DFFB: Andreas Louis
Production management: Clemens Köstlin
Editorial RBB: Verena Veihl, Cooky Ziesche
Year of production: 2020
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Theatrical release: September 09, 2021
Lenght: 103 Min
FSK: 12
Aspect ratio: 1:1.33
Framerate: 25 fps
Sound: Surround 5.1, Stereo 2.0
Resolution: 2k digital
Prizes:
2020 Biberach Film Festival: “Best Debut Film” -> Mariejosephin Schneider
2020 Biberach Film Festival: “Audience Beaver” -> Notes of Berlin
2020 Biberach Film Festival: “Student Beaver” -> Notes of Berlin
All information about the movie: Notes of Berlin
The film “Notes of Berlin” by director Mariejosephin Schneider is available as of today on DVD as well as on download portals. The stories were inspired by real note messages found in the streets of the city and published by Joab Nist on his cult blog www.notesofberlin.com. They are typical of the Berlin cityscape, tell…
The achtung berlin Filmfestival starts today in the 17th edition and will show many new films until September 12th, all of which have something to do with or around Berlin. Our film label Darling Berlin also features two films in the program: “Notes of Berlin”” by Mariejosephin Schneider and “Nico” by Eline Gehring. The film…
The theatrical release date for the multiple award-winning feature film “Notes of Berlin” by director Mariejosephin Schneider has now been set for September 9, 2021 after the corona-related postponement. The film on the Darling Berlin label distributed by UCM.ONE celebrated its world premiere at the International Film Festival in Warsaw in October and was awarded…
The UCM.ONE team is represented this year from March 1st to 5th at the European Film Market (EFM) Online with 3 people. Almost 3,500 producers, buyers, sales agents and distributors from 110 countries are taking part in the film fair, which is only taking place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The EFM is the…
Due to the Corona-related closure of the cinemas for an indefinite period of time, we are forced to postpone the theatrical release date of the feature film “Notes of Berlin” by director Mariejosephin Schneider, which was scheduled for 14 January 2021. We hope to be able to set a new date early in the new…
The feature film “Notes of Berlin” by director Mariejosephin Schneider was awarded three “beavers” at its German premiere at the 42nd Biberach Film Festival, namely the Debut Beaver as Best Debut Film, the Audience Beaver of the audience jury and the Student Beaver of the student jury. It is the first time in the festival’s…
The feature film “Notes of Berlin” by director Mariejosephin Schneider will be released in cinemas nationwide on January 14, 2021 on the Darling Berlin film label distributed by UCM.ONE. The film had its world premiere on October 10, 2020 at the Warsaw International Film Festival and will celebrate its German premiere on October 31, 2020…
Since her older brother Dennis jumped to his death two years ago, 17-year-old Rebekka has been trying in vain to come to terms with his suicide. Her parents are mainly concerned with maintaining their bourgeois façade and, like the village community, have long since identified a “culprit” for Dennis’ death: Vincent, his best friend, who jumped off the bridge with him at the time and miraculously survived the fall. When Vincent returns to the small town in the Black Forest after a long absence, the old scars are reopened. Rebekka, however, sees in the dismissive eccentric the only hope of finally understanding who her brother really was. Against the vehement resistance of Rebekka’s parents, the two young people grow closer and a tempestuous love affair develops that is both healing and increasingly destructive. Rebekka is drawn deeper into her brother’s emotional world than she would like. When the situation escalates, she has to make a tough decision.
„Dark Dreamers“ (German title: “Albträumer” is a coming-of-age drama with mystery elements, told in intoxicating images and sensitively acted, in which a young woman’s painful search for answers collides with the mental and emotional confinement of her surroundings.
Artkeim² | 2020 | Drama | Germany | Original title: “Dark Dreamers“
Director: Philipp Klinger
Screenplay: Simon Thummet, Philipp Klinger (Book editing)
Actors: Sarah Mahita, Béla Gabor Lenz, Stephan Szasz, Birge Schade, Andreas Warmbrunn, Gustav Schmidt, Valerie Stoll, Julia Brendler
Producer: Christoph Holthof, Daniel Reich
Production manager: Sebastian Ebert
Production coordinator: Patricia Langenhan
Cinematography: Adrian Langenbach
Sound: Christoph Schilling
Editing: Bastian Epple
Visual Effekcts: Marco Zanoni
Production design: Cosima Vellenzer
Costume design: Teresa Crosser
Make-up: Heidi Wick
Sound Design: Robin Harff
Music: Francesco Wilking, Patrick Reising
Mixing: Clemens Grulich
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: German, English
Theatrical release: August 12, 2021
Lenght: 93 Min
Rating: FSK 12
Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
Framerate: 25 fps
Resolution: digital 2K
Prizes:
2020 exground filmfest Wiesbaden: Jury Award “Best International Youth Film” -> Dark Dreamers
2020 exground filmfest Wiesbaden: audience award “best feature film” -> Dark Dreamers
All information about the movie: Dark Dreamers
The moving feature film “Dark Dreamers” (German title: “Albträumer”) by director Philipp Klinger will be released on DVD on 21 January 2022 on UCM.ONE’s Artkeim² label and as VoD on portals including Apple TV, Prime Video, Kino on Demand, Maxdome, Videociety, Google, Videoload and Vimeo. The film had its theatrical release on 12 August 2021. In…
We are very happy to announce that Philipp Klinger’s feature film debut “Dark Dreamers” (German title: “Albträumer”), which was released by UCM.ONE on the label Artkeim² on August 12, was honored with the Goethe-Institut’s “Children’s and Youth Film Award ” at the Chemnitz Youth Film Festival Schlingel. The film, with a great cast including Sarah…
On August 12, 2021, the touching feature film “Dark Dreamers” (German title: “Albträumer”) by director Philipp Klinger, a coming-of-age drama with mystery elements, will be released nationwide on the Artkeim² label in cinemas distributed by UCM.ONE. In his feature film debut, Philipp Klinger, who himself grew up in a small village in the Black Forest, relates in…
The moving coming-of-age drama with mystery elements “Dark Dreamers” (Original German title: “Albträumer”) by director Philipp Klinger will celebrate its theatrical release premiere on Thursday, 12 August 2021, at 8:30 pm at the City Kino Wedding in Berlin. In addition to the director, some of the cast and film team members will be present. The film…
The UCM.ONE team is represented this year from March 1st to 5th at the European Film Market (EFM) Online with 3 people. Almost 3,500 producers, buyers, sales agents and distributors from 110 countries are taking part in the film fair, which is only taking place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The EFM is the…
Phillip Klinger’s debut film premiered at the Hofer Filmtage 2020 and since then has already had a remarkable festival career (in Braunschweig, Wiesbaden, Biberach, among others). “Dark Dreamers” (German title: “Albträumer”) is expected to be released in early summer 2021 under the UCM.ONE label Artkeim². The two young leading actors, Sarah Mahita and Béla Gabor…
Los Reyes (English: “The Kings“) is the oldest skate park in the Chilean capital Santiago. But this movie is not primarily about the skaters, but about the real kings in this mircocosm: Futbol and Chola, two unseparable stray dogs that have found a home in the park between speeding skateboards and noisy teenagers. The younger and livelier Chola loves to play with the balls that are lying around everywhere. Her favourite game consists in putting them on the edge of the bowls where the skaters show their tricks and to try to catch them just before they fall down. Futbol, the older of the pair, often watches her game umpatiently. He in turn is always carrying something in his mouth and finds great fun in dragging things around and gnawing them off. The teenagers around have their own stories and problems, which can be followed in the background in their conversations while the camera captures the subtle interaction between the two dogs as they are slumbering, chasing a ball or just mooching around.
The movie is a meditative, almost fairy-tale like and at the same time very touching documentary film which tells a whole world through the observation of two dogs.
NONFY Documentaries | 2018 | Documentary | Chile | Original title: “Los Reyes“
Directors: Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
Executive Producer: Maite Alberdi
Co-produder: Dirk Manthey
Cinematography: Pablo Valdés, Adolfo Mesías
Production companies: Perut + Osnoviko Ltda, Dirk Manthey Film UG
Countries: Chile, Germany
Language: Spanisch
Subtitles: German, English
Theatrical release: July 08, 2021
Länge: 75 Min
Rating: FSK 12
Aspect ratio: 1:1.78
Resolution: Full HD
Prices:
2019 Amsterdam, International Documentary Film Festival: “Special Jury Award” for the best documentary -> Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
2019 Millennium Docs Against Gravity:“National Geographic Award” for the best cinematography -> Pablo Valdés
2019 Viña del Mar Film Festival: “Grand Paoa” for the best documentary -> Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
All information about the movie: “Los Reyes“
As of today, the acclaimed documentary “Los Reyes – Königliche Streuner” (English title: “Los Reyes”) by directors Bettina Perut & Iván Osnovikoff is available on DVD in Germany, Austria and Switzerland through UCM.ONE’s NONFY Documentaries label. Summary: Los Reyes (“The Kings”) is the oldest skate park in the Chilean capital Santiago. This film, however, is not…
The time has come: Today the wonderful documentary “Los Reyes” by Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff officially hits German cinemas, distributed by UCM.ONE on the NONFY Documentaries label! The release premiere will take place tonight at 8:30pm at the B-Ware Ladenkino in Berlin, the two directors will be joining us from Santiago de Chile via…
The acclaimed documentary “Los Reyes” (German title:”Los Reyes – Königliche Streuner”) kicks off the open air cinema season of the Mobile Kino at the Alte Münze, Molkenmarkt 2, in Berlin Mitte tonight at 9:45 pm. The two directors Bettina Perut & Iván Osnovikoff will join from Chile via video for a film talk and Q&A. Tickets and further information…
The film “Los Reyes” will be released on the film label NONFY Documentaries via the distributor UCM.ONE in German-speaking countries on 10 June 2021. However, the film is not primarily about the skaters of the well-known and oldest skate park Los Reyes in the Chilean capital Santiago but about the true kings of this microcosm:…
The documentary “Los Reyes” (NONFY Documentaries) celebrates its German premiere at Dok.fest Munich (May 8-19, 2019). The film tells the story of the Chilean skatepark-youth in Santiago from the perspective of two street dogs Chola and Futbol. The two strays listen to the conversations of the teenagers, who day after day hang out on their…
The experimental feature film “Anonymous Animals” is set in a world where the positions of power of humans and animals have been reversed. In oppressive images and without any dialogue, the film draws its viewers into gloomy landscapes shrouded in mist and into sparsely lit rooms where frightened humans face a gruesome fate and are thrown back on their instincts. Escape from the dominant animals appears to be the only possible way out….
The film combines the everyday horror that takes place around the human use of animals with a disturbing premise: What if the roles were reversed? Since its premiere, the film has had an enormously successful festival career at the most prestigious international genre film festivals and has won numerous awards.
Artkeim² | 2020 | Fantasy, Horror | France | Original title: “Les animaux anonymes“
Director: Baptiste Rouveure
Writer: Baptiste Rouveure
Actors: Thierry Marcos, Aurélien Chilarsky, Pauline Guilpain, Emilien Lavaut
Producer: Michael Kraetzer, Nicolás Onetti
Production company: Anonymous Animals Films
Country: France
Language: none
Theatrical release Germany, Austria & Switzerland): May 13, 2021
DVD/Blu-Ray release date: June 18, 2021
VoD release date: June 18, 2021
Length: 64 Min
Rating: FSK 16
Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
Resolution: Full-HD
Prizes:
2020 Cinemafantastique International Genre Film Fest: Best Feature Film -> Anonymous Animals Films
2020 Derby Film Festival: Best Genre Feature Film -> Anonymous Animals Films
2020 FANtastic Horror Film Festival, San Diago: Best of the Fest -> Michael Kräuter, Nicolás Onetti
2020 Maracay International Film & Video Festival: Fantastic Feature Film -> Anonymous Animals Films
2020 Molins Film Festival: Best Photography -> Emmanuel Dauchy, Kevin Brunet, Baptiste Rouveure
All information about the movie: “Anonymous Animals“
UCM.ONE is releasing the French film “Anonymous Animals” by Baptiste Rouveure today on Blu-Ray, DVD and VoD portals on the Artlkeim² label in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Director Baptiste Rouveure’s experimental feature film is set in a world where power positions are reversed – positions are swapped between humans and animals. In a remote field…
The French film “Anonymous Animals” by Baptiste Rouveure starts today hybrid in cinemas with UCM.ONE on the Artlkeim² label. In this case, “hybrid” means that the film can be seen in some open cinemas, but it is also available on the Kino on Demand platform and via Cinemalovers in “virtual cinemas” at the same time. The last two options…
Unfortunately, due to the adopted nationwide tightening of Corona measures, the theatrical release via UCM.ONE of “Anonymous Animals” could not take place on the big screen on 22 April 2021 as originally planned. We are all the more pleased to announce that the feature film will now have a “hybrid” theatrical release on May 13,…
The film takes place in a near future: the number of terrorist attacks has increased so drastically that encounters with other people and any form of cultural life only take place in virtual space. Public gatherings are prohibited for security reasons. There are no more concerts, no more supermarkets, no more theatre, no more pubs.
The psychologist Claire looks after survivors of terrorist attacks. When one day she finds a ticket, an analogue piece of paper, on a patient’s desk, she breaks out of her life in isolation. Driven by the need for community, she and her brother Aurel (Anton Spieker), a star trumpeter who for years has only stood in front of virtual audiences, plan a secret live concert in front of real, physically present people. With the help of the hackers Ada (Sonja Dengler) and Maximus (Corbinian Deller), they succeed in defying all odds to realise their plan…
“Live” celebrated its world premiere in January 2020 at the festival Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken (Germany) and has since then been shown and awarded successfully at German and international film festivals.
Artkeim² | 2020 | Drama, Science-Fiction | Germany | Original title: “Live“
Director: Lisa Charlotte Friederich
Screenplay: Lisa Charlotte Friederich
Actor & actresses: Karoline Marie Reinke, Anton Spieker, Christine Chapman, Corbinian Deller, Sonja Dengler, Julian Greis, Ulrike Knospe, Sithembile Menck, Arthur Romanowski, Tanja von Oertzen, Feras Zarka
Producer: Lisa Charlotte Friederich, Rike Huy
Production company: ⎮li⎮ke⎮ Filme
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Theatrical release: December 10, 2020
Länge: 83 Min
Rating: FSK 12
Aspect ratio: 1:1,89
Resolution: HD
All information about the movie: “Live“
The gripping, dystopian feature film “Live” by director Lisa Charlotte Friederich celebrates its Berlin debut on the big screen at Revier Südost on August 20, 2021 at 07:30 pm! The event is open air and co-organised by the Berlin Lesbian Non-Binary Filmfest in cooperation with Mobile Kino. Before the film there will be a (video) performance…
The gripping feature film “Live” by director Lisa Charlotte Friederich will be released on the German film label Artkeim² on DVD on 16 April 2021, with a making-of and the bonus clip “Stabat Mater” as bonus material. “Live” had a “virtual theatrical release” on 10 December 2020, distributed by UCM.ONE, as VoD on portals like Kino…
The UCM.ONE team is represented this year from March 1st to 5th at the European Film Market (EFM) Online with 3 people. Almost 3,500 producers, buyers, sales agents and distributors from 110 countries are taking part in the film fair, which is only taking place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The EFM is the…
The trumpeter Rike Huy and the violinist Joosten Ellée are both classically trained musicians. One from “early music”, the other from “new music”, both share a passion for cool electronic music and dark cinematic narratives. In 2015 they met at the Lucerne Festival and worked together for the first time for the score for the…
Due to the extension of the Corona measures the cinema release of “Live” by director Lisa Charlotte Friederich unfortunately cannot be shown on the big screens as planned. Irony of fate: The film takes place in a dystopian future in which society is in complete lockdown – a situation that was described as extremely far-fetched…
On December 10, 2020, the film “Live” by director Lisa Charlotte Friederich will start in cinemas nationwide on the Artkeim² film label, distributed by UCM.ONE. The film takes place in a near, dystopian future, in which all public life – including concerts – has been relocated to virtual space due to the risk of terrorist…
On 16 October, the actress Tanja von Oertzen died in Heidelberg at the age of 70. She was born in 1950 in Moscow. After graduating from a boarding school in southern Germany, she decided to become a stage actress. In Stuttgart she first studied ballet with John Cranko, then she went to the HMDK to…
“Live” is this year’s opening film at the “Heimat Europa Film Festspiele” in Simmern in the Hunsrück region (Germany), newly founded by Urs Spörri. At its premiere in Saarbrücken in January 2020, the film “Live” by Lisa Charlotte Friederich was still unreal science fiction. Today it is set in reality. Because the film is set…
The world-weary Harris drives his old-fashioned taxi through a desolate, deserted landscape. Only the voice of his boss, who repeatedly calling him on the radio, keeps him company. When he gets the order to pick up a passenger, the enchanting Penny gets into his taxi. A flirtation begins between the two but ends when she has arrived at her destination and gets out of the car. However, when Harris resets his meter, he is instantaneously transported back to the moment he pulled up to her, and the journey begins all over again.
Harris and Penny find themselves trapped in a time loop and try to solve this mystery. During the seemingly never-ending journey on a lonely stretch of roads, secrets are revealed, truths come to light and Harris’ life is irrevocably changed.
“Kahlschlag” is genre cinema that is as disturbing as it is surprising and that poses the question of good and evil in every human being. It has been aptly described by one critic as “Fargo in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern”.
Artkeim² | 2018 | Mystery, Thriller | USA | Original title: “The Fare” | Russian title “Где-то во времени”
Director: D.C. Hamilton
Screenplay: Brinna Kelly
Original title: The Fare
Actors & actresses: Gino Anthony Pesi, Brinna Kelly, Jason Stuart, Jon Jacobs, Matt Fontana, Jeff Blum, J.K. Baker, Stephen Ji, Sarah Moore, Debbie Mottinger, Neil Mottinger, Paul Samaniego, Rob Starns, Joshua D.W. Smith, David Midell, Jessica Goldapple, Jaimi Paige, Jeremiah Peisert, David Saenz
Producer: D.C. Hamilton, Brinna Kelly, Gino Anthony, Kristin Starns
Co-producer: David Midell
Production companies: 501 Pictures, Public Displays of Affection, Grady Film
Country: USA
Language: Englisch
Synchronisation: English
Subtitles: English
Theatrical start Germany: August 27, 2020
Lenghth: 82 Min
Rating: FSK 16
Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
Resolution: HD
Prizes:
2018 Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival: “Best Feature Editing” -> D.C. Hamilton
2019 Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival: “Best Dark Fantasy / Supernatural Film” -> The Fare
2019 Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival: “Best Supporting Actress” -> Brinna Kelly
2019 Film Quest: “Best Concept and Execution” -> D.C. Hamilton & Brinna Kelly
Additional information about the movie: “The Fare“
What began as a harmless taxi ride for Harris and Penny suddenly turns into a mysterious journey through infinity that will change their lives forever! Brilliant, mysterious entertainment cinema, like a mixture of “Twilight Zone” and “Groundhog Day”, which also has the ingenuity of the cult film “Donnie Darko”. A real treat for movie buffs!…
Today UCM.ONE is releasing the American indie film “The Fare” by D.C. Hamilton via the film label Artkeim² to the cinemas in Germany. The leading actress Brinna Kelly also wrote the script and convinces at the side of her co-star Gino Anthony Pesi as a mysterious passenger on a night cab ride through a lonely…
After a long “Corona break” in theatrical distribution, UCM.ONE is bringing the film “The Fare” by D.H. Hamilton to cinemas nationwide on August 27, 2020 via the film label Artkeim². The film, a kind of intimate play in a taxi, combines mystery in the style of “Twilight Zone” with a gripping love story in a unique…
Martin and Eric are childhood friends. Already when they were little boys they used to go fishing at the reservoir every Sunday, and already as children they fell in love with the same girl: Frenni.
Today, 20 years later, Martin lives with Frenni in a quiet family home on his parents’ farm. The contact with Eric has broken off after a terrible incident, until one day he stands in front of their door and asks Martin to join him on a last trip to the lake. Reluctantly, Martin comes along, but the trip soon turns out to be a journey into the heart of darkness. While the situation between the friends at the lake is getting worse and worse, Frenni is also alarmed and tries to get to the lake…
“Kahlschlag” is genre cinema that is as disturbing as it is surprising and that poses the question of good and evil in every human being. It has been aptly described by one critic as “Fargo in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern”.
Artkeim² | 2018 | Thriller | Germany | Original title: “Kahlschlag” | English title: “A Clear Felling”
Director: Max Gleschinski
Screenplay: Max Gleschinski
Original title: Kahlschlag
Actors & actresses: Florian Bartholomäi, Bernhard Conrad, Maike Johanna Reuter, Jan ‘Monchi’ Gorkow, Arne Fuhrmann, Petra Nadolny, Christoph Gottschalch, Ulrike Reinhold, Maria Radomski, Frank Strobel
Producer: Max Gleschinski, Jean-Pierre Meyer-Gehrke, Torsten Wichner
Co-producer: Benjamin Weiß, Jan Klonowski, Klaus Blaudzun, Phillip Lehner
Production company: Von Anfang Anders Filmproduktion
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Theatrical start Germany: March 05, 2020
Lenghth: 98 Min
Rating: FSK 16
Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
Resolution: HD
Prizes:
2018 Hof International Film Festival: “German Cinema New Talent Award” for the Best Movie -> Kahlschlag
2019 Retro Avant Garde Film Festival: “Festival Award” for the Best Actor -> Bernhard Conrad
2019 Satisfied Eye International Film Festival: “Satisfied Eye Trophy” for the Best Actor in a leading role -> Bernhard Conrad
2019 Satisfied Eye International Film Festival: “Satisfied Eye Trophy” for the Best Actress in a supporting role -> Maike Johanna Reuter
2019 Camgaroo Award: “Camgaroo Award” for the Best Feature Film -> Kahlschlag
2020 German Actor Award: “Best Actor” -> Bernhard Conrad
All information about the movie: “A Clear Felling”
Jede Woche präsentiert eine bekannte Persönlichkeit ihre „Empfehlung der Woche“ in der Cinemathek (sz.de/cinemathek) der online-Version der Süddeutschen Zeitung in Kooperation mit Pantaflix. Wir freuen uns sehr, dass für diese Woche die Wahl auf “Kahlschlag” gefallen ist. Die Schauspielerin Karoline Schuch (“Hannas Reise”, “Ich bin dann mal weg”) hat den Debütfilm von Regisseur Max Gleschinski ausgewählt. The…
The UCM.ONE team is represented this year from March 1st to 5th at the European Film Market (EFM) Online with 3 people. Almost 3,500 producers, buyers, sales agents and distributors from 110 countries are taking part in the film fair, which is only taking place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The EFM is the…
Kahlschlag, the multi-award-winning debut film by director Max Gleschinski, combines elements of the thriller genre with a fatal love story in which a woman is torn between two men who have been close friends since childhood. In cool images, it tells of the horror that builds up in the province, which seems so harmless, and…
After the gripping feature film “Kahlschlag” by Rostock director Max Gleschinksi has been available via the German film label Artkeim² on Blu-Ray and DVD since 23 October, the film is now also available for download on all VoD portals. “Kahlschlag” is both disturbing and surprisingly black-humorous genre cinema with depth, which a critic has very aptly…
Bernhard Conrad won the “Best Actor” award yesterday evening at the German Actors’ Awards ceremony organized by the Bundesverband Schauspiel (BFFS) and the agency La Maison VSF for his double role in Max Gleschinski’s film “Kahlschlag” ( English title “A Clear Felling”), which is distributed by UCM.ONE. We congratulate him warmly! Alina Seban was also awarded…
Bernhard Conrad won the “Best Actor” award at both the Retro Avant Garde Film Festival (RAGFF) in Venice and the Satisfied Eye International Film Festival in London for his double role in the film “Kahlschlag”. We congratulate very much! “Kahlschlag” (english title: A Clear Felling“) by Max Gleschinski with its cast (Florian Bartholomäi, Bernhard Conrad,…
The thriller “Kahlschlag”, which will be released by UCM.ONE on the label Artkeim² in 2020, won the “Sonderpreis Spielfilm” (English; “Special Award Feature Film”)” at the Independent Film Award Camgaroo. On 27.November 2019 the Award Night was placed in Munich, where the winner was be announced. The Camgaroo Award is “a film award ceremony for…
At the “Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino” in Hof, the jury selected Max Gleschinski’s film “Kahlschlag” (english title: A Clear Felling”) as the “best young German film”. The award was presented on 25 October 2018 during the 52nd International Hof Film Festival. The jury justified its decision for “Kahlschlag” as follows: “A seemingly classic love triangle…
Susan, in her early 50s, is a very attractive woman. But the half Italian, born at the beginning of the 60s in Berlin, is ill. She is bipolar and has a schizoaffective disorder. Susan tells her life. That, she says, stopped at the age of 11. Because then she was sexually abused. Despite a good school performance and the attempt to take up a bourgeois profession, she never led an ordinary life.
As queen of the Berlin techno clubs of the 90s, as a drug dealer and globetrotter, she still defends her independence today. With her impressive talent to make herself the subject of the film and to do so in a very strong, self-confident and reflected way, Susan captivates the audience.
The film gives Susan a stage, portrays her as a film diva and combines her magnetizing screen presence with her relentless openness to an opulent, captivating performance. “Character One: Susan” is the portrait of an extraordinary woman.
Darling Berlin | 2018 | Documentary | Germany | Original title: “Character One: Susan“
Director: Tim Lienhard
Screenplay: Tim Lienhard
Participants: Susan Angelini, Aydin Üretmen, Bavara, BayBJane
Actors: Christian Anhuth, Moritz Haase, Lukas Preuss Absinthia Absolut
Producer: Tim Lienhard
Production: 101 Movie UG
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Theatrical release: January 16, 2020
Length: 80 Min
Rated: FSK 16
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Resolution: HD
Dedicated to Helga Lienhard
More information about the film: “Character One: Susan“
On 25 September 2020 the fascinating documentary film “Character One: Susan” by Tim Lienhard will be released on DVD. The film was launched in cinemas across Germany on 16 January 2020 by UCM.ONE on the Darling Berlin label. The director met his protagonist at the Loveparade in the early 90s and could not resist her charm.…
The documentary “Character One: Susan” has its cinema release in Germany today. Director Tim Lienhard presents the film today in Cologne in the Filmpalette and tomorrow and on Saturday together with his protagonist Susan Angelini in Berlin. The film will be shown on Friday, January 17, 2020, at 8:30 pm at the City Kino Wedding…
The emotionally touching documentary “Character One:Susan” by director Tim Lienhard will celebrate its theatrical release on the film label Darling Berlin on Friday, January 17, 2020, at 8:30 pm at the City Kino Wedding in Berlin. It had its world premiere at the achtung berlin festival in April 2019. The director and his protagonist will…
The new film by Tim Lienhard “Character One: Susan”, which Darling Berlin will be releasing next year (2019), will be screened by achtung berlin this year. The documentary is about Susan. Susan is in her early 50s and a very attractive woman. The half-Italian, born in the early sixties in Berlin, tells her life. That…
“Small Planets” is a discovery to remote places, of which you wouldn´t believe exist at all. They are located in Spain, Italy, Iceland, Spitsbergen and Naples. Right in the middle and yet outside, they are exemplary of a life behind invisible walls. They raise questions. Which walls do separate the ones from the others? What is the impact on those people experiencing it, and who’s in and who’s out?
The selected locations are all symbolic of places of isolation. To reach these places you have to overcome obstacles. You have to cross oceans and overcome fears and prejudices. You have to pass control stations, cross cultural barriers or just open your eyes.
NONFY Documentaries | 2018 | Documentary | Spain, Italy, Iceland, Norway | Original title: “Small Planets“
Director: Dirk Manthey
Cinematography: Sebastian Bock
Producer: Dirk Manthey & Kurt Ottenbacher
Executive producer: Dirk Manthey & Mathias Kraemer
Production companies: Dirk Manthey Film UG & Strandfilm Produktions GmbH
Countries: Spain, Italy, Iceland, Norway
Language: Spanish, Italian, Chines (Mandarin), Icelandic, French, English, Sinhala
Subtitles: German, English
Theatrical release: January 09, 2020
Length: 96 Min
Rated: FSK 0
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Resolution: HD
More information about the film: “Small Planets”, Homepage: www.smallplanets.eu
Today the visually stunning documentary film “Small Planets” by director Dirk Manthey will celebrate its German premiere at 7:30 pm in the “Wissenschaftskino” (English “Science Cinema”) series at the Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin. The documentary film about four places, each of which is in its own way isolated from the rest of the world, gets by without…
The visually stunning documentary film “Small Planets” by director Dirk Manthey will celebrate its German premiere on Thursday, January 09, 2020 at 7:30 pm in the “Wissenschaftskino” (English “Science Cinema”) series at the Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin. The director and his team will be present, before the film he will give an introduction to the topic “Visual…
Eva – 25, drifter, Berliner, poet, pet-owner, sex worker, virgo, recovering addict, housewife, feminist, model – declared privacy an outdated concept at the age of 14. This is the tale of a young woman growing up in the age of the internet, turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, challenging you on what a woman „should be“. Through her fragmented personalities you see the emergence of a generation, in which the concept of a fixed identity has grown old.
We jump from Berlin to Italy, from Mexico to Athens, as if we clicked through their Instagram profile. We meet her lovers, her father’s new family and her mother, who still lives in the nursery with her parents. Eva runs fashion shows in Paris, is massaged by Sugar Daddies in bourgeois hotels, sprays herself with ketamine in the bathtub, blow-dries the hair of her Greek girlfriend, plays with her cat. Instead of following a narrative thread, the film revolves around themes that Eva’s life raises on its own: Questions about sexuality, gender, the concept of work and a fixed identity. All this is constantly accompanied by her online followers, who comment on each of her life decisions, each new haircut. Eva is cast into doubt, highly praised, declared crazy. The portrait of a modern person.
Available via UCM.ONE in Germany.
Darling Berlin | 2019 | Documentary | Germany | Original title: “Searching Eva“
Director: Pia Hellenthal
Screenplay: Pia Hellenthal, Giorgia Malatrasi
Starring: Eva Collé
Producers: Natalie Farrey, Danny Gabai, Matt Ippolito, Giorgia Malatrasi, Bryn Mooser, Hayley Pappas, Martin Roelly, Benjamin Ruth, Erik Winker
Production: Corso Productions, Vice Studios
Co-Productions: ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Country: Germany
Language: German, English, Italian
Subtitles: German, English
Theatrical release: November 14, 2019
Length: 89 Min
Rated: FSK 16
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Resolution: HD
All information about the film: “Searching Eva”; IMDb: www.IMDb.com, www.IMDbPro.com
Three Darling Berlin films will be shown this week in three different Berlin pop-up cinemas. On Wednesday 24 August, after sunset, the documentary “Searching Eva” by Pia Hellenthal will start at the Feldkino on Tempelhofer Feld. On Thursday 25 August at 8 p.m. there will be a screening of “Heiko’s World” by Dominik Galizia in…
The documentary insider tip of the Berlinale 2019 “Searching Eva” (Darling Berlin) by Pia Hellenthal is now also available on DVD and on all relevant VoD portals in Germany and Austria. “Searching Eva” is a film beyond all conventions, challenging in its subject matter and visually and aesthetically fascinating. You immerse yourself in Eva’s worlds…
As announced today, the extraordinary documentary film “Searching Eva” by director Pia Hellenthal has been nominated for the “Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik” (English: “German Film Critics Award”) 2019. “Searching Eva” was released on November 14, 2019 in Germany by the film label Darling Berlin and distributed by UCM.ONE. In staged but at the same time documentary…
Today the documentary “Searching Eva” (Darling Berlin) comes to cinemas all over Germany. Pia Hellenthal’s film, which celebrated its world premiere at the Berlinale this year and has since been shown very successfully at numerous international festivals, will finally be shown in German cinemas. In Berlin, Darling Berlin has organized a very special film screening…
For the release of “Searching Eva” (Darling Berlin) on 14 November there’ll be special film screenings in Cologne and Berlin: In Cologne “Searching Eva” will be shown on 13 November at 8.30 p.m. in Odeon cinema. Director Pia Hellenthal will be there and answer the audience’s questions. In Berlin UCM.ONE and the film label Darling Berlin as…
The documentary “Searching Eva” (Darling Berlin), which celebrated its world premiere this year at the Berlinale and has since been shown very successfully at numerous international festivals, comes to Germany for two more previews: on 20 October 2019 it will be shown at the Queer Film Fest in Munich and on 23 October at the…
The award-winning documentary “Searching Eva” by director Pia Hellenthal will be shown on Saturday, 12th and Sunday, 13th October 2019 in the series “Made in NRW” at the Film Festival Cologne. At the presentation on October 12, 2019 at 21:00 in Filmpalast 3, the film crew will be present and available for questions. “Searching Eva”…
The documentary “Searching Eva” (Darling Berlin) will be shown as a preview at the Berlin Film Night on Monday 9 September 2019. The film by Pia Hellenthal tells the story of Eva – 25, drifting around, Berliner, poet, pet owner, sex worker, virgin, convalescent, housewife, feminist, model – she declares privacy at the age of…
The jury has decided: The documentary “Searching Eva” has been nominated for the German Documentary Film Award 2019. In addition to eleven other productions, Pia Hellenthal’s debut film competes for the main prize, which is endowed with € 20,000 and donated by SWR and MFG. The German Documentary Film Prize will be awarded in Stuttgart on…
The documentary “Searching Eva” by Pia Hellenthal wins the Special Mention Award in the competition of the CPH:DOX Festival in Copenhagen. The jury’s reasoning praised “the innovative approach to an artist’s profile. The film language corresponds to a high degree to the facets of a character who is constantly searching for alternative approaches for everything…
The documentary “Searching Eva” by director Pia Hellenthal will celebrate its world premiere on 11 February in the official programme of this year’s 69th Berlinale. This extraordinary portrait has been nominated for Best Documentary in both the Panorama Documents section and the Teddy Award. UCM.ONE starts “Searching Eva” in November 2019 in cinemas all over…
Valentine, an out-of-work New York actor, travels across the Atlantic in order to discover his German roots and stay at the ‘datsche’ or summer cottage that he inherited from his grandfather. His neighbours in the East German garden allotment colony welcome him with open arms, a lot of curiosity and more rules than he can ever dream to remember. However, not everybody is foreigner-friendly, especially not Gregor, a neighbour with passions for hedge-trimming and nationalism. Which is a problem for Valentine, since he happens to not only have a refugee hiding in his datsche attic, but also an international group of couch-surfing guests about to arrive in his garden…
The movie offers an outsider’s view on Germany, but it is also a film for anyone who has ever loved a place and had to leave it. It is also a swan song from a Brit to the beautiful dream of Europe, a thank you and a goodbye.
Darling Berlin | 2018 | Comedy, Drama | United Kingdom | Original title: “Datsche“
Director: Lara Hewitt
Screenplay: Lara Hewitt
Actors & actresses: Zack Segel, Kunle Kuforiji, Marie Céline Yildirim, Luis Lüps, Juan Carlos Lo Sasso, Christian Harting, Tilo Bettmann, Peter Mettke, Karl-Heinz Schulze, Brigitte Schulzek, Günter Schulzek
Producers: Tony Doherty, Jules Gladys, Lara Hewitt, Silvia Schmidt
Productions: Parkwood Theatre and Films, Rosemilk Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English, German
Subtitles: English, German
Theatrical release: October 03, 2019
Length: 93 Min
Rated: FSK 6
Aspect Ratio: 2,35 : 1
Resolution: HD
All information about the film: “Datsche“; Homepage: “Datsche“; IMDb: www.IMDb.com, www.IMDbPro.com
“Datsche” by Lara Hewitt is the name of the opening film of the first Darling, Berlin! Berlin, Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! online festival. The film is about the Valentine, an out-of-work New York actor, who travels across the Atlantic in order to discover his German roots and stay at the ‘datsche’ or summer cottage that he inherited…
The film “Datsche” by Lara Hewitt, which was released last October, offers a view of Germany from the outside, but is also a film for everyone who has ever loved a place and had to leave it. The comical and at the same time moving film is about overcoming prejudices and the breakthrough humanity in…
Spring has finally arrived and makes you want to enjoy the summer, which hopefully everyone will soon be able to enjoy at least a little bit outside, despite the corona crisis caused by the Sars-CoV-2 virus and the resulting lung disease Covid-19. So that the time until then is not too long and to spread…
Lara Hewitt’s film “Datsche” deals with the overcoming of prejudices and breaking humanity in a small allotment garden near Potsdam. The premiere will take place on Thursday, 03. October 2019, 7pm, in the presence of British director Lara Hewitt and the film team at City Kino Wedding in Berlin. The new Darling Berlin Film starts…
In the feature film “Datsche” by female director Lara Hewitt, the New Yorker Valentin sets off across the Atlantic to pursue his German roots. The dacha, which his late grandfather left to him, is located in a sleepy allotment garden in the former East of the Republic, near Berlin. Not all neighbors welcome him with…
At 8:30 pm today, the film “Datsche” by Lara Hewitt will be screened for the first time in Berlin at the Lichtblick cinema as part of the festival achtung berlin – new berlin film award. Another way to see the movie is on Tuesday, 16.04.2019 at 17:30 in the Babylon cinema. The film is about the Valentine,…
The film “Datsche” by Lara Hewitt opens as German premiere the first international film festival in Stolpe with the subtitle: “Wonderous Stories”. For the festival premiere, Marcel Grant has selected a total of 28 films with an international board of trustees, including 15 feature films by filmmakers from Germany, France, Italy, England, Belgium, China, Argentina,…
The film “Swimming” tells the story of Elisa and Anthea, two very different girls whose friendship gives them support and orientation in a difficult phase of their lives. They become best friends and develop a game in which they record everything they do with their mobile phone cameras. Soon they come up with the idea of turning the camera around and secretly filming their classmates, who have finished Elisa earlier. Their close friendship develops into a destructive dynamic that becomes threatening for everyone who gets in their way. The girls turn from victims into perpetrators.
Elisa and Anthea belong to the first generation to grow up with the Internet, digital images and self-portrayal on the Internet. We watch them develop a bizarre friendship, how they play, search for adventures and cross borders. It is essential for the girls to actively participate in the flood of images that characterizes our everyday lives today. That’s why their mobile videos flow into our film. The material mix creates an individual style – subjective, full of omissions and changes of perspective, close and unpolished.
Darling Berlin | 2018 | Drama | Germany | Original title: “Schwimmen” | English title: “Swimming”
Director: Luzie Loose
Screenplay: Luzie Loose
Actors: Stephanie Amarell, Jonathan Berlin, Alexandra Finder, Deborah Kaufmann, Bjarne Meisel, Jürg Plüss, Lisa Vicari, Christian Heiner Wolf
Producers: Christoph Holthof, Lennart Lenzing, Philipp Maurice Raube, Daniel Reich
Production: Kurhaus Production
Co-Productions: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Theatrical release: September 12, 2019
Length: 102 Min
Rated: FSK 12
Aspect Ratio: 2,35 : 1
Resolution: HD
2018 Hof International Film Festival: “Hof Prize in Gold” for the best director -> Luzie Loose
2019 achtung berlin – new berlin film award: “Best Camera” -> Anne Bolick
All information about the film: “Swimming”; IMDb: www.IMDb.com, www.IMDbPro.com
The second film at the Darling, Berlin! Berlin, Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! online festival is “Swimming” (German title: “Schwimmen”) by Luzie Loose. “Swimming” tells the story of Elisa and Anthea, two very different girls, whose friendship gives them support and orientation during a difficult phase in their lives. They become best friends and develop a game in which they…
At last weekend’s International Fil
