A conversation with director Benjamin Heisenberg about his debut film SLEEPER.

SYNOPSIS
Postgraduate Johannes (Bastian Trost) moves to Munich to take up a new job at the department of virology of the Technical University. There, he meets Farid (Mehdi Nebbou), a Persian, who attends to the same research project as Johannes does. Despite their competition, both men become friends. But then the secret service gets in contact with Johannes. They ask him to provide reports on Farid who is suspected to be a terrorist. At first, Johannes vehemently refuses to do so but agrees to spy on Farid when he gathers possible evidence of his friend’s terrorist intentions. Later, when the two friends encounter a work-related conflict, Johannes uses his position of power to cut his rival off of the research project.

ABOUT
Benjamin Heisenberg was born in 1974 in Tübingen, Germany. After finishing school in 1993 he went to study at the academy of fine arts in Munich. He exhibited several art videos before he came to write, direct and shoot his first narrative short film TERREMOTO in 1996. These first experiences with film convinced him to go into filmmaking. From 1997 to 2005 Benjamin Heisenberg studied film directing at the Munich Filmschool. Since then he has written and directed a number of feature films that have won a variety of international film awards. His film SLEEPERR was screened in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

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SYNOPSIS
Hamburg, three friends, one last night together. For years they have been inseparable, the thoughtful Floyd (Frank Giering), the loud-mouthed and yet so vulnerable Ricco (Florian Lukas) and the good-natured Walter (Antoine Monot Jr.). Out of the blue, Floyd drops the bombshell: He has signed on to a cruiser and is leaving for Singapore the very next day. Only one night separates the three of them from an irrevocable farewell. A last night that should be great, something very special, big, unforgettable. So Floyd, Ricco and Walter wander through pubs, bars and clubs, chatting, dreaming and laughing, always on the lookout... for the last time together.

ABOUT
Sebastian Schipper studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg Schule in Munich from 1992 to 1995. He debuted as director with ABSOLUTE GIGANTEN in 1999. The film was co-produced by Tom Tykwer, who has cast Schipper in several of his own films. His fourth film as director is VICTORIA, a one take film about a night in a Berlin nightclub gone wrong. It played at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won in six categories at the German Film Award 2015, including Best Film and Best Direction.

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A conversation in german with director Pia Marais about her debut film THE DISOBEDIENT (german title: DIE UNERZOGENEN), together with Actress Céci Chuh.

SYNOPSIS
Stevie (Céci Chuh), a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat. She makes progress. Yet the good weather doesn’t last and before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. As friends and hangers-on of her parents fill their new home, the chaos continually mounts. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now take a decision.

AWARD
The film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam where it won the Tiger Award for the best debut.

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