screening format
DCP
languages
Deutsch
Subtitles
Englisch
Amal, a 13-year-old refugee from Lebanon, deals drugs in the Hanover underground. He lives an isolated life in a home for asylum seekers outside the city. One day he meets a young German girl who might be his saviour.
director
Carolina Hellsgård
Cast
Artem Klevansky, Rebecca Stein
Original Score
Steffen Scholz
Editing
Carolina Hellsgård
Script
Carolina Hellsgård
DOP
Kathrin Krotthenthaler
Production
Johanna Aust / Flickfilm
Sound Design
Robert Fuhrmann
Festivals
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Germany
Rencontres Cinématographiques des Belvédères, Cerbère, France
Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), Genf, Switzerland
Festival Silhouette, Paris, France
Göteborg Film Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
(Bester Vorfilm Youth Days)
PASSAGES Film Festival of Cinema of the Borders, Portbou, Spain
(1st Prize)
Production
- Flickfilm GbR
- Johanna Aust
- Hochkirchstr. 9/1
- 10829 Berlin
- +49 176 99474281
- http://www.flickfilm.eu
Distribution
- Flickfilm GbR
- Johanna Aust
- Hochkirchstr. 9/1
- 10829 Berlin
- +49 176 99474281
- http://www.flickfilm.eu
Sales
- Flickfilm GbR
- Johanna Aust
- Hochkirchstr. 9/1
- 10829 Berlin
- +49 176 99474281
- http://www.flickfilm.eu
Carolina Hellsgård
Born 1977 in Stockholm;
2003-2007 studied at the Berlin University of the Arts;
2008-2009 studied film directing at the CalArts in Los Angeles;
her films have been screened and awarded at numerous festivals
Filmography
2008 Karaoke
2009 Hunger
2012 Hjältar