GERMAN CURRENTS FILM FESTIVAL 2024
WHEN WILL IT BE AGAIN LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE

GERMAN CURRENTS OPENING FILM & GALA RECEPTION

Fri, 10/11/2024
7:00 PM Egyptian Theatre

Presented on Friday, October 11th @ 7:00 PM at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre.

Admission is free with RSVP below.

Capacity is limited.

RSVP holders will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.

All attendees are invited to a Gala Reception following the film 
 

Germany (2023) 116 min. DCP Projection.
German/English with English Subtitles
  
Director Sonja Heiss
Screenplay Sonja Heiss, Lars Hubrich, based on Joachim Meyerhoff’s novel of the same name
Cinematography Manuel Dacosse
Cast Laura Tonke, Devid Striesow, Pola Geiger, Camille Loup Moltzen, Casper von Bülow, Merlin Rose
Producers Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski
Co-producers Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Peter Schauerte, Magdalena Prosteder
Production Company Komplizen Film GmbH, Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH

For Josse Meyerhoff (Loup Moltzen/von Bülow/Rose), growing up is anything but typical. His family lives on the grounds of Germany’s largest psychiatric hospital, where his father, Richard (Striesow), is the director, and the boundaries between the patients and the family’s private lives are blurred. His mother, Iris (Tonke), ignores the signs of her crumbling marriage by painting Italian vistas and escaping into memories of her youth.  The youngest of three boys, Josse is prone to emotional outbursts and sadness but often finds comfort and a sympathetic ear among the clinic’s patients. As Josse grows from his childhood in the 1970s to adolescence, his first love, a taste of freedom abroad, tragic losses in the 1980s, and finally into adulthood and his return to his family in the 1990s, the search for a sense of belonging and a feeling of home travels with him.

Multi-award-winning writer-director Sonja Heiss and co-writer Lars Hubrich’s skillful adaptation of Joachim Meyerhoff’s best-selling autobiographical novel blends tragedy and comedy, coming to life through powerful performances by Tonka, Striesow, Geiger, and Loup Moltzen/von Bülow/Rose, who portray Josse throughout the years.  

 
SELECT AWARDS:
German Film Award 2023 Nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Director
Günter Rohrbach Filmpreis 2023 Preis des Oberbürgermeisters, Best Performance – Laura Tonke

© Peter Hartwig

Sonja Heiss is a screenwriter, novelist, and director based in Berlin. Raised in Munich, where she attended the University of Television and Film Munich, her student films KARMA COWBOY and CHRISTINA WITHOUT KAUFMANN have received numerous awards at international festivals. Her debut feature film HOTEL VERY WELCOME premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of the Berlinale, winning several prizes including the First Steps Award. Her second feature, HEDI SCHNEIDER STECKT FEST premiered in the Forum section of the Berlinale, winning several awards, including the Hessian Film Award. Her first book, a collection of short stories named “Das Glück geht aus,” was published in 2011. Her critically acclaimed novel “Rimini” was released in 2017 and made it onto the Spiegel bestseller list. She is an alumna of the Villa Aurora (2011).

WORLD SALES
Beta Cinema
www.betacinema.com


The German Currents Film Festival is produced by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque in kind cooperation with the German Consulate General, and with the support of Condor, The Friends of Goethe, ELMA,The Villa Aurora, and the German Film Office