DJECA (Children) at the 65th Festival de Cannes
2012-05-03
We are happy to announce the world premiere of our Bosnian-German-French-Turkish co-production DJECA (Children) by Aida Begić in ‘Un Certain Regard’ at the 65th Festival de Cannes 2012 on Monday, 21st of May, 11am at Salle Debussy.
SYNOPSIS Rahima (23) and Nermin (14) are orphans of the Bosnian war. They live in Sarajevo, a transitional society that has lost its moral compass, including in the way it treats children of the people who were killed fighting for the freedom of their city.
After crime-prone adolescent years, Rahima has found comfort in Islam and she hopes her brother will follow in her footsteps. Their life of bare survival becomes even more difficult after Nedim gets into a fistfight at school with the son of a local strongman. This incident triggers a chain of events leading Rahima and to the discovery that her young brother leads a double life…
THE BIG EDEN is nominated for the German Film Award 2012
2012-04-13
More information to come at
http://www.thebigeden-film.com
THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN in competition for Max Ophüls Prize
2012-01-19
We are happy to announce that THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN by Jan Zabeil is shown at the film festival Max Ophüls Preis in the main competition.
Synopsis A young German travels through a country in Africa. He meets an old fisherman near a river, who takes him deep into the wilderness in his wooden boat. The next morning, he finds himself alone in the middle of an endless delta. Here his intimate battle with death, his fears and perceptions of the outside world begins. After days of drifting through the wilderness, he ends up in a very isolated village, far away from civilization. But his odyssey is not over yet.
His continuous loss of control leads him further into a world far beyond his own comprehension.
The young director Jan Zabeil and his actor Alexander Fehling launch themselves into the abyss of being a stranger in a foreign world.
For more information go to the festivals website:
http://www.max-ophuels-preis.de/prog/wettlang.php
NEW DIRECTORS AWARD for THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN
2011-10-05
THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN by Jan Zabeil won the NEW DIRECTORS AWARD at the 59th San Sebastian International Film Festival!
The film, starring german Shooting Star Alexander Fehling, has been awarded in the competition for first and second feature films in the Zabaltegi section of the festival and is rewarded with 90.000 Euros.
This prize is one reason more to thank everyone involved in planning and producing the film.
Shooting start of Cate Shortland's LORE
2011-07-19
Today the shooting for Cate Shortland’s (SOMERSAULT) new feature film LORE started in Görlitz. Cate Shortland and Robin Mukherjee adapted a novella from the the Booker Prize nominated THE DARK ROOM by Rachel Seifert about five children on their way through post-war Germany.
Synopsis Spring 1945 and the German resistance collapses. As the Allied forces sweep across the Motherland five children embark on a journey which will challenge every notion we have of family, love and friendship. What happens to our youngest after war ends?
For more information visit:
http://www.hoehnepresse.de
THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN wins Young German Cinema Award for best producer
2011-06-30
This years´ FILMFEST MÜNCHEN awards Rohfilm with its “Young German Cinema Award for BEST PRODUCER” ! We are very happy for having received this award and would like to thank everyone involved, especially director Jan Zabeil and the extraordinary actor Alexander Fehling, but also the crew: Jakub Bejnarovicz-Director of Photography, Anton Feist-Sound and Florian Miosge-Editor.
THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN at the 29th Filmfest München
2011-06-06
We are happy to announce that our film THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN by Jan Zabeil will be premiering at this years Filmfest München in the section “Neue deutsche Kinofilme”.
Synopsis A young German travels through a country in Africa. He meets an old fisherman near a river, who takes him deep into the wilderness in his wooden boat.
The next morning, he finds himself alone in the middle of an endless delta. Here his intimate battle with death, his fears and perceptions of the outside world begins. After days of drifting through the wilderness, he ends up in a very isolated village, far away from civilization. But his odyssey is not over yet.
His continuous loss of control leads him further into a world far beyond his own comprehension.
The young director Jan Zabeil and his actor Alexander Fehling launch themselves into the abyss of being a stranger in a foreign world.
THE SLUT at the 64th Festival de Cannes
2011-04-21
We are happy to announce that the Israeli-German co-production THE SLUT by Hagar Ben-Asher will be premiering in the Semaine de la Critique at the 64th Festival de Cannes in May 2011.
Synopsis Tamar’s behavior is fixed. One man after another, a hand job, a blow job, and so on. But she is also the mother of Mika and Noa, 12 and 8. She no longer seeks redemption, until Shai arrives. He comes in order to handle his dead mother’s property. Shai is not aware of Tamar’s behavior, but soon enough discovers her way. He does not care for it, for he thinks he can save her. They fall in love and soon Tamar stops messing around. The tightly knit society is skeptical of her purification process, but true trouble lies in this new daily routine creating a harsh sense of emptiness in Tamar’s core.
SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS on Arte
2011-03-01
We are glad to announce that our film SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS (Germany, Kazakhstan, Russia, France, 2008) will be shown on Arte on March 2nd 2011 at 10:50 pm.
“an excellent example of accessible, cinema-specific, multilayered narrative” – Howard Feinstein (Screen)
Rohfilm at 61st Berlin International Film Festival
2011-01-21
We are very happy to announce that two of our films will be presented at the 61. Berlin International Film Festival.
The argentinian co-production A MYSTERIOUS WORLD (Un Mundo Misterioso) by Rodrigo Moreno (El Custodio, 2006) will have its world premiere in the COMPETITION and the latest documentary by Peter Dörfler, THE BIG EDEN, will be presented in the section PANORAMA.
Looking forward to seeing you all at Berlinale!
NOISE wins Audience Award at Brooklyn IFF
2010-06-14
Our short film NOISE (directed by Esther Löwe) won the Audience Award at this years edition of the Brooklyn International Film Festival. For more information visit http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org
ACHTERBAHN wins 'Best Documentary 2009' by German Film Critics Association
2010-02-15
The Association of German Film Critics awarded ACHTERBAHN (CATAPULT) by Peter Dörfler the prize for ‘Best Documentary 2009’.
The Association of German Film Critics (VdFk) awards annually the best german productions of the year. It is the only german film prize picked exclusively by critics. Over 300 members of the union chose the winning films from german movies that were shown in between January, the 1st 2009, and December, the 31st 2009, at german cinemas or domestic and international film festivals.
Complete List of winners
ACHTERBAHN (CATAPULT) DVD release April 2010
2009-10-27
We are happy to announce that the DVD of our documentary ACHTERBAHN (CATAPULT) will be released in on 30th of April 2010.
More informations coming soon at
http://www.achterbahn-der-film.de
ACHTERBAHN (CATAPULT) in cinemas on July 2nd
2009-06-23
Synopsis Norbert Witte, once the king of the only amusement park of the former GDR, today he is behind bars in Germany. When fleeing bankruptcy in Berlin, Norbert Witte and his family secretly shipped their rollercoasters to Peru. Things went wrong here too. In a desperate attempt, Norbert tried to smuggle cocaine to Germany. Three years later his 23 years old son Marcel was sentenced to 20 years in a Peruvian prison. Now the father is doing everything he can in order to free his son.
More information, trailer, presskit and screening dates at
http://www.achterbahn-der-film.de
YURI'S DAY at the 27th Filmfest München
2009-06-02
YURI‘S DAY by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov will have it’s German premiere at the 27th Filmfest München held June 26th to July 4th.
Synopsis The successful opera diva Lyuba takes a last trip to the remote town of Yuriev in the middle of nowhere. Wanting to sell all her property here she uses the opportunity to show her adolescent son Andrey, where she grew up in order to finally leave her hometown behind forever. Mother and son wander aimlessly through the streets of this alien place until something unforeseen happens and Andrey disappears mysteriously.
More information at
www.filmfest-muenchen.de
JAFFA by Keren Yedaya at the 62nd Festival de Cannes
2009-04-23
We are happy to announce that the Israeli-French-German co-production JAFFA by Keren Yedaya will be premiering in the Official Selection (out of competition) at the 62nd Festival de Cannes this year.
Synopsis Mali and her family live in Jaffa, where they own a garage. Taufik and his father Hasan work for them. The relationship between the Jewish owners and the Arab workers is supposedly good but under the surface other emotions bustle. Mali and Taufik have been having a stormy affair for several months now that seems to have come naturally. They keep the forbidden affair a secret and very much fear the reaction of their families. When Mali accidentally gets pregnant, they must act.
Director Keren Yedaya, whose debut OR (MON TRESOR) won the Camera D’Or and Grand Prix Semaine de la Critique in 2004, is returning to Cannes with an unusual melodrama. Led by the hypnotic performances of Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Mahmud Shalaby and Moni Moshonov and the mesmerizing cinematography of Pierre Aim (BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS, LA HAINE) JAFFA is a heart-rending love story, a barometer of the mental state of a country and homage to the heyday of Egyptian cinema.
Rohfilm at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival
2009-02-15
We have the pleasure to present the world premiere of ACHTERBAHN / CATAPULT by Peter Dörfler (Perspektive Deutsches Kino) and our festival success SNOW by Aida Begic (Generation 14+).
Looking forward to seeing you all at Berlinale!
