EICHENHAIN

Drama

Script & Director: Rainer Kirberg

An ancient forest in Germany left to itself and used only sporadically: as hunting ground, as sanctuary, as place of reflection, as final resting place. Eichenhain is about four encounters between the forest and human beings. In a period of 2000 years, the nature has become a silent witness of conflicts and dilemmas, in which the human being is exposed to his sense of transcendentalism.

„Eichenhain is a metaphysical trip through our existence, an ethnographical tragic comedy, which is glancing incorruptibly and condescendingly at the human kind in all of its malice and greatness.“

Rainer Kirberg Kirberg studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. As a filmmaker, he published four features, including the in 1980 released cult film: Die letzte Rache. Besides known actors such as Tcheky Karyo (Nikita), Erwin Leder (Das Boot) and Peter Lohmeyer, he also worked with the Dalí-Muse and Disco-Queen Amanda Lear and the underground film legend Kenneth Anger.

Status: Preparation for Production, Financing

Production preparation supported by Film und Medien Stiftung NRW

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LOCKVÖGEL

Episodic Drama

Script & Director: Redmond Entwistle

A young man and woman are caught up by a story about the RAF. In 1985, a US-soldier gets lured out of a disco in Wiesbaden and gets killed. The forensics gradually turn into a re-enactment of the events. Soon, they find themselves in the role of temptress and victim.

„Both of my protagonists, Simone and James, have lost control in the present, so they are trying to orientate themselves with the help of myths from the recent past. Attracted by the roles of the soldier and the political activist, they follow a story which is not their own. Essentially, they are looking for an opportunity to understand themselves and to leave their marks on this world.“ Redmond Entwistle

With Lilith Stangenberg („Wild“) and Lee Daniel behind the camera („Boyhood“, „Dazed and Confused“, „Before Sunrise“ etc.)

Status: Preparation for Production, Financing

Production preparation supported by Hessenfilm und Medien, in co-production with sehstern Film Production, Frankfurt.

LAS DISTANCIAS

aka WISHING FOR TIME TO STAND STILL

Drama

Director: Elena Trapé

„We all think that beyond a certain age you’ll hear a click and you’ll understand everything. But that click never comes.“

Olivia, Eloy, Guille and Anne want to surprise their friend Cosmas and are paying him a visit for his 35th birthday in Berlin. Even though his friends took the long way from Barcelona upon themselves, Cosmas doesn’t seem to be pleased to see his old study-friends again. Cosmas seizes the opportunity and escapes in the first night. With his disappearance, he sets something in motion…

Status: Postproduction

Serviceproduction for Coming Soon Films (Barcelona), Associate Producer Isabel Coixet

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THE FARM

Action-Drama

Writer: Armin Prediger & Steven Goldsmith 
Director: Oliver Schmitz

A straightforward heist on a farm goes awry when the owner’s family and farm workers fight back to defend the property. Macho men show poor judgment as strong women make bold decisions.

Status: Financing

A co-production with Shadowy Meadows Productions (South Africa), selected for the Co-Production-Market of Berlinale 2016