GERMAN CURRENTS FILM FESTIVAL 2024
BONES AND NAMES

KNOCHEN UND NAMEN

Sun, 10/13/2024
5:30 PM Goethe-Institut LA Project Space

Presented as a free screening on Sunday, October 13th @ 5:30 PM
at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles.

Admission is free with RSVP below.

Capacity is limited. 

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

Light refreshments provided
 

Germany (2023) 104 min. Digital Projection.  German/French with English Subtitles
Writer-Director Fabian Stumm
Director of Photography Michael Bennet
Cast Fabian Stumm, Knut Berger, Marie-Lou Sellem, Susie Meyer, Magnús Mariuson,
Doreen Fietz, Alma Meyer-Prescott
Producers Fabian Stumm, Nicola Heim
Co-producer Nele Schallenberg
Production Company Postofilm

Boris (Stumm) is an actor. Jonathan (Berger) is a writer. Together, they are a couple, but their relationship has reached a point of routine domesticity that some might call comforting, but others stagnant. As he immerses himself deeper into rehearsals for a new film with an unpredictable director, Boris begins to confuse real and fictional characters; meanwhile, Jonathan tries to redefine his voice as a writer by any means necessary. During these days spent struggling with emotional distance and closeness, trust, desire, and fear of loss, Boris’s niece Josie flits about like Shakespeare’s Puck, testing her boundaries as she navigates the approaching end of her childhood.
Stumm’s directorial and screenplay feature-length debut unfolds in humorous yet tender sequences centered on people searching for their place in life and offers an intimate reflection on the dissonances in relationships that connect and distance us.
 

AWARDS
Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2023 Best Dramatic Supporting Role
Neiße Filmfestival 2023 Neiße-Fisch, Best Screenplay
IFF Berlin 2023 Heiner-Carow-Preis

© Fabian Stumm

FABIAN STUMM was born 1981 in Koblenz and studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute New York. He has appeared on stage at HAU Berlin, Münchner Kammerspiele, Volksbühne Berlin, The Kitchen New York, and Tate Modern London, among others. His film work includes LORE by Cate Shortland, BELA KISS: Prologue by Lucien Förstner, PRECIOUS IVE by Sarah Blaßkiewitz, and the Grimme-Award nominated series DRUCK. He made his directorial debut in 2020 with the short film „Bruxelles.“ In 2022, his second film DANIEL was awarded Best Mid-Length Film at the Achtung Berlin Festival. BONES AND NAMES is his feature-length film debut.

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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, and the German Film Office