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Wherever Paradise Is

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2023 runtime 27'28 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Surround original-language English, German, Russian subtitles English, German

Germany at the turn of the millennium: A few years ago, Anja came to Germany from Russia with her mother and little brother. But the teenager refuses to speak German. Germany is only a stopover for her anyway; she would much rather go to America. While her mother rushes from cleaning job to cleaning job, she skips school and makes up gangster scenes with her little brother. Life is okay until she overhears a phone call from her mother.

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director Roman Wegera Production Roman Wegera, Sophia von Gaffron Script Roman Wegera Editing Roman Wegera, Sophia von Gaffron DOP Chantal Bergemann Szenenbild / Production Design Laura Yurtöven Original Score Paulina Marie Langer, Sidney Jaffe Cast Polina Grinjova, Nadja Bobyleva, Mikhail Pashchuck, John-Luca Gense Sound Design Jenny Winter film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2023 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany (Max Ophüls Preis (Jurypreis), Bester mittellanger Film)
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de
Production
  • Roman Wegera
  • https://www.instagram.com/roman.wegera/
Sales
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/

Roman Wegera

Born 1993 in Kazakhstan, he grew up in Germany and studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne until 2022, majoring in directing and screenwriting. WHEREVER PARADISE IS is his graduation film. He works as a freelance screenwriter and story editor.

Filmography
2019 Culetto di pesca
2020 Andrej
2023 Wherever Paradise Is

Portrait of Roman Wegera