MONTREAL COMPETITIONS WITH GERMAN ENTRIES

38th Montreal World Film Festival (21 August – 1 September 2014)

German films are prominently and abundantly represented in Montreal's 2014 program: after four German films shown last year, this year sees no less than six films with German involvement screening in the World Competition and First Films Competition. In total, 34 German films and co-productions have been programmed in the Montreal World Film Festival.

All of the German films in the World Competition will have their international premiere there and focus on people in stress situations. THE LIMITS OF PATIENCE by Christian Wagner (Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion, Christian Wagner Film) is about a juvenile court judge, played by Martina Gedeck, who passes beyond breaking point. In THE SUMMER HOUSE by Curtis Burz (focusingfilms), a father and husband puts his family idyll at risk when he starts feeling attracted to a colleague's son. THE CHAMBERMAID LYNN by Ingo Haeb (Sutor Kolonko, 58Filme, Pandora Filmproduktion) is the story of the alienated and isolated Lynn and her unusual way of obtaining some human contact.

AYA ARCOS by Maximilian Moll (Momentum Film) about an elderly actor who falls in love with a young hustler will have its world premiere in the competition for debut films. The mystery thriller BRIGHT NIGHT by Florian Gottschick (almost famous Film- und Medienproduktion, Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (HFF) „Konrad Wolf“ Potsdam-Babelsberg) with Anna Grisebach, Benno Fürmann and Vladimir Burlakov in the leads was previously shown at the Filmfest Munich and will have its international premiere here. In addition, the German co-production THEY ARE ALL DEAD by Beatriz Sanchis (ES/DE/MX, Integral Film) will be shown in the First Films Competition.

The World Greats – Out of Competition will show TO LIFE! by Uwe Janson (CCC Filmkunst, MZ-Film) as a world premiere. There will be internationale premieres of FAMILY FEVER by Nico Sommer (süsssauer Filmproduktion, Traumfängerfilm) and THE HOTEL ROOM by Rudi Gaul (kurhaus production) in Focus on World Cinema – Feature Films as well as BELTRACCHI – THE ART OF FORGERY by Arne Birkenstock (Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien, Tradewind Pictures, Senator Entertainment, Telepool), THE HIGHEST LEVEL – A MUSIC DOCUMENTARY WITH LANG LANG AND SIR SIMON RATTLE von Christian Berger (Deutsche Welle) and WE WERE REBELS von Katharina von Schröder & Florian Schewe (Perfect Shot Films) in Documentaries of the World. NO LAND’S SONG by Ayat Najafi (DE/FR, Torero Film, HANFGARN & UFER) and PARCOURS D’AMOUR by Bettina Blümner (Reverse Angle Pictures) will have their world premieres in this section.

Up-and-coming German film-makers also have an international presence in Montreal outside of the first films competition. There are 14 shorts from German film schools in the international section of the Student Film Festival. Nine titles have been selected from the German Film & Television Academy in Berlin (DFFB), the other productions are from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne, the Academy for Television and Film Munich (HFF), and the FH Dortmund - University of Applied Science and Arts.

In June, German Films organised screenings for festival director Danièle Cauchard in Munich so that she could see new German feature films.

All of the German Films and Co-Productions in Montreal 2014:

World Competition

THE CHAMBERMAID LYNN (DAS ZIMMERMÄDCHEN LYNN) by Ingo Haeb (Sutor Kolonko, 58Filme, Pandora Filmproduktion)

THE LIMITS OF PATIENCE (DAS ENDE DER GEDULD) by Christian Wagner (Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion, Christian Wagner Film)

THE SUMMER HOUSE (DAS SOMMERHAUS) by Curtis Burz

First Films Competition

AYA ARCOS von Maximilian Moll (Momentum Film)

BRIGHT NIGHT (NACHTHELLE) von Florian Gottschick (almost famous Film- und Medienproduktion, Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (HFF) „Konrad Wolf“ Potsdam-Babelsberg)

THEY ARE ALL DEAD by Beatriz Sanchis (ES/DE/MX, Integral Film)

World Greats – Out of Competition

TO LIFE! (AUF DAS LEBEN!) by Uwe Janson (CCC Filmkunst, MZ-Film)

Focus on World Cinema – Feature Films

BETI AND AMARE (BETI UND AMARE) by Andy Siege (DE/ET/CA/RO/ES, Kalulu Entertainment)

COME TO MY VOICE by Hüseyin Karabey (TK/DE/FR, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion)

FAMILY FEVER (FAMILIENFIEBER) by Nico Sommer (süsssauer Filmproduktion, Traumfängerfilm)

SILENCE IN DREAMLAND by Tito Molina (EC/DE, Weydemann Bros.)

THE HOTEL ROOM (DAS HOTELZIMMER) by Rudi Gaul (kurhaus production)

Focus on World Cinema – Short Films

THE CHICKEN by Una Gunjak (DE/HR)

THE HUMAN PRICIPLE (PRINZIP MENSCH) by Marco Gadge

TAWEEZ – THE TALISMAN WRITER by Ali Hakim (DE/AF)

Documentaries of the World

BELTRACCHI – THE ART OF FORGERY (BELTRACCHI – DIE KUNST DER FÄLSCHUNG) by Arne Birkenstock (Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien, Tradewind Pictures, Senator Entertainment, Telepool)

THE HIGHEST LEVEL – A MUSIC DOCUMENTARY WITH LANG LANG AND SIR SIMON RATTLE by Christian Berger (Deutsche Welle)

NO LAND’S SONG by Ayat Najafi (DE/FR, Torero Film, HANFGARN & UFER)

PARCOURS D’AMOUR by Bettina Blümner (Reverse Angle Pictures)

WE WERE REBELS by Katharina von Schröder & Florian Schewe (Perfect Shot Films)

Student Film Festival – International section

A DAY BY THE SEA (EIN TAG AM MEER) by Aline Chukwuedo

AUSSI LOIN by Franziska M. Hoenisch

BEAT BEAT BEAT (JETZT JETZT JETZT) by Christin Freitag

BERLIN TROIKA by Andrej Gontcharov

BLUR BLUE by Sonja Polligkeit

DEVIL by Lisa Bierwirth

ELISABETH by Katharian Woll

FLYING (Fliegen) by Katharina Woll

GABRIEL by Benjamin Chimoy (DE/ES)

MY LAST CONCERT (MEIN LETZTES KONZERT) by Selcuk Zvi Cara

NADESHDA by Anna Frances Ewert

PORCELAIN (PORZELLAN) by Katinka Narjes

RENDEZVOUS by Sylvia Borges

SHOES FROM TRIESTE by Gregor Bozic