Wild Roses

The years of exile in the life of famous German speaking writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the ”right attitude” towards the events in WWII Germany and his search for a home in the new world. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2016 and was the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

Wild tells an anarchistic story of Ania who breaks the tacit contract with civilisation and fearlessly decides to live a life without a safety net or hypocrisy. Wild premiered in competition at Sundance and then was presented in many international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Gothenburg, and BFI London.

A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudice and mistrust. Westernwas presented in 2017 at Cannes in the “Un Certain Regard” section and in 2018, as a Special Event, at the Trieste FF.

A prankster father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter in Romania, by creating a hilarious alter ego and posing as her CEO’s life coach. A brilliant comedy on a father-daughter relationship.
FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, Best Film at the European Film Awards, Toni Erdmann was the German nominee at the Academy Awards.

In the late 19th century, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary – known as Sisi – is living in an aristocratic women-only commune in Greece. Countess Irma is sent there to be Sisi’s companion. The film premiered at Berlinale Panorama 2023.

She is small, but dangerous. Wherever Benni ends up, she is immediately expelled. The wild 9-year-old girl has already become what child protection services call a “system crasher”. System Crasherpremiered in competition at the Berlinale in 2019 and was selected as the German entry for the Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.

Paris Calligrammes combines the personal memories of Ulrike Ottinger – known worldwide as an avant-garde artist and an unconventional filmmaker – with a portrait of the city and a social cartography of the 1960s, through archival footage and extracts from her own work. The film premiered at the Berlinale 2020 and then was presented at the Trieste FF in 2021.

Binding together a foundational myth with musical creation, Angela Schanelec, the figurehead of the German “new New Wave”, returns with her very own and stunning contemporary rendering of the tragedy of Oedipus. Music premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2023, where it was awarded Best Screenplay.

When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. Their love is passionate, but professional and personal friction begins to disrupt their harmony. Directed by one of the most important female directors of European cinema, starring the stunning Vicky Krieps, the film was in competition at the latest Berlinale

In a remote city in northeastern Turkey, a German film crew attempts to shoot a documentary while a Turkish surveillance agent deals with seemingly mysterious forces haunting his young daughter. As their stories intertwine, a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and trauma unfolds. The film premiered at Berlinale Encounters 2023.

Mr Bachmann and His Class is an intimate documentary portraying the bond between a school teacher and his students. His unconventional methods clash with the complex social and cultural realities of the provincial German industrial town they live in. The film premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2021 where it was awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prize.

The last year of Anishoara’s childhood before she takes off into her adult life. Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu won the “When East Meets West Development Award 2013” in Trieste for this film. Anishoara was then presented at the Trieste FF in 2017, during the 28th edition.

*Born in Trieste: film whose project was pitched at When East Meets West

Romy Schneider – the biggest female star in Europe of her time, gives her last interview to two journalists in a spa hotel. Three days, driven by romantic desire, professional ambition and the urge for living. The film premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2018.