SYNOPSIS: The story of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez who, for two decades, was one of the most wanted terrorists on the planet. Between 1974 and 1994, he lived several lives under various pseudonyms, weaving his way through the complexities of politics and beliefs of the time. GENRE: Biopic DIRECTOR: Olivier Assayas WRITERS: Olivier Assayas & Dan […]
Cannes 2002
SYNOPSIS: The ultimate auteur movie. Sokurov’s masterpiece takes us through 300 years of Russian history in a single steadicam shot: 867 actors and 3 live orchestras in one of the world’s greatest palaces, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Alexander Sokurov PRODUCER: Jens Meurer CO-PRODUCER: Hermitage Bridge Studio LANGUAGE: Russian
Midnight Madness 2014
SYNOPSIS: In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Oskari had been planning to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful man on the planet in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their own “Big Game” prize, the unlikely duo must team […]
Venice 1999
SYNOPSIS: Public Enemy is about four remarkable, charismatic and famous Americans who are wildly different but who have one thing in common: They are all former Black Panthers. A film about revolutionaries after the Revolution. GENRE: Documentary DIRECTOR: Jens Meurer CAST: Bobby Seale, Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph and Nile Rodgers PRODUCER: Archipel 33
Prix Europa 2001
SYNOPSIS: The story of Valeri Sikorski, a Ukrainian adventurer with the poison of Chernobyl in his bones en route to the land of his dreams. GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR / WRITER: Achim von Borries CAST: Ivan Shvedoff, Merab Ninidze, Anna Geislerova PRODUCER: Judy Tossell, Tossell Pictures CO-PRODUCERS: Studio Babelsberg Independents LANGUAGE: German
Venice 2006
SYNOPSIS: Barely escaping a Nazi massacre in 1944, young and beautiful Rachel Stein joins the Dutch resistance. But the group is shattered by betrayal and Rachel finds herself falsely accused.Ironically, the only man she can trust is the Head of the German Gestapo in Holland. Rachel has to track down the real traitor and take […]
Sundance 2015
SYNOPSIS: Laney Brooks does bad things. She’s married with kids, but still takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, and disappears whenever she wants. Now, with the destruction of her family looming and temptation everywhere, Laney makes one last desperate attempt at redemption. GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Adam Salky WRITERS: Amy Koppelman, […]
Remember
SYNOPSIS: An old Nazihunter with Alsheimer is on his last Mission. The only problem: every time he falls asleep, he needs to learn again what his mission is … GENRE: Drama / Thriller DIRECTOR: Atom Egoyan WRITER: Benjamin August CAST: Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Jürgen Prochnow, Bruno Ganz, Heinz Lieven, Dean Norris PRODUCER: Serendipity Point […]
Black Death
SYNOPSIS: 1348: Europe has fallen under the shadow of The Black Death. In this apocalyptic world, the fearsome knight Ulric is charged by the church to investigate rumors of a village that the plague cannot reach. A young monk called Osmund is tasked in leading him and his band of mercenary soldiers to the marshland, […]
Bon Appetit
SYNOPSIS: Three chefs and a sommeliere: Love, friendship and life’s choices: a feel-good romantic drama starts to boil over in the kitchen of a top Swiss restaurant: Bon Appetit! GENRE: Drama / Romance DIRECTOR: David Pinillos WRITERS: Paco Cabezas, David Pinillos, Juan Carlos Rubio CAST: Unax Ugalde, Nora Tschirner, Giulio Berruti, Herbert Knaup PRODUCERS: Morena […]