{"id":63861,"date":"2022-05-26T11:55:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/heikos-world-2021-by-dominik-galizia-darling-berlin\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T22:14:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T22:14:55","slug":"heikos-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/heikos-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Heiko’s World (2021) by Dominik Galizia | Darling Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heiko’s World | Heikos Welt<\/h1>\n

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“Heiko’s World<\/strong>” (German title: “Heikos Welt<\/strong>“) is a feature film by Dominik Galizia<\/strong> about the Berlin cult cat Heiko. The character of Heiko, embodied by Martin Rohde<\/strong>, first appeared in the music video \u201eNettelbeckplatz<\/a>\u201c by Shacke One<\/strong> (published on the YouTube channel of the Berlin hip-hop label Nordachse<\/strong>). The appeal of the character to fans was enormous, resulting in the YouTube series “Heikos Welt<\/strong>“, in which Heiko does everyday things for the little man: he eats currywurst, goes bowling, plays badminton, makes Bolognese, …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Over the years, Heiko<\/strong> developed into a cult figure. Hundreds of thousands of clicks and a large following later, according to the director, something bigger was needed: a feature film that would turn Heiko’s charming world with all its colourful facets into a big whole. And so Martin Rohde<\/strong>, who had no acting ambitions before Heiko, suddenly became a film actor who was even awarded the New German Cinema Award<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0at the Filmfest Munich<\/strong>\u00a02021 for his acting performance in “Heiko’s World<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Synopsis<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”63789″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”63786″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\u201eHeiko\u2019s World<\/strong>\u201c is a wacky, loving ode to \u2013 and odyssey through \u2013 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.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

About director\u00a0Dominik Galizia<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Dominik Galizia<\/strong> was born in Trier in 1988. At the age of 18, he moved to Paris to work as a stunt choreographer at Disneyland<\/strong> in the Paris area.<\/p>\n

Since childhood, cinema has been his greatest passion, so in 2010 he decided to move to Berlin to become a director. Music videos became his film school, here he learned everything there is to know about the creative process of filmmaking and realised his first own projects: in addition to numerous music videos, he shot several short films and prepared his feature film debut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201eHeiko\u2019s World<\/strong>\u201c is his second feature film, it celebrated its acclaimed premiere at Filmfest Munich<\/strong> in summer 2021.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1644162117310{margin-top: -5px !important;margin-bottom: 18px !important;}”]Filmography (Selection)<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”-3px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1644161875551{margin-top: -15px !important;padding-top: 12px !important;padding-right: 12px !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 12px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2021<\/td>\nHeiko’s Welt<\/strong>\u00a0– Fiction film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nFigaros W\u00f6lfe<\/strong> – Fiction film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nMondo Strano<\/b> – Short film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nSoulmate<\/b> – Short film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Director’s statement\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by Dominik Galizia<\/em><\/h3>\n
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“\u201eHeiko\u2019s World\u201c is a film about beer, darts and motherly love. It was important to me to portray these three topics as authentically as possible without taking myself too seriously.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The centre of this world: Berlin cult figure Heiko in his first leading role. A comedy balancing humour and tragedy, Mama’s cosy nest and pub, sweat and tears, beer and Futschis.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The focus is on helping in times of need and the unconditional bond between mother and son. Heiko tries everything to help his beloved mother somehow, without initially having a concrete plan of how he is going to do it. But it is precisely this positive incentive, his big heart and his hard-drinking liver that are the three most important components in his adventure.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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