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<strong>MIP</strong> <strong>TV</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />
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November Conspiracy<br />
A day that shocked the world - and destroyed his life<br />
November 22, 1963. Shots ring out in Dallas. President John F. Kennedy is dead. Shortly after the assassination, a<br />
plane leaves Dallas for Detroit. There is only one passenger in first class, a Cuban diplomat. On that day and the<br />
following days, the entire crew of the Dallas-Detroit flight dies or disappears under mysterious circumstances.<br />
Coincidence - or conspiracy?<br />
Ben Ford doesn't believe in coincidences. An insurance investigator, Ben was hoping to celebrate his 30th birthday<br />
on November 22, 1963 by asking his stewardess girlfriend Katie to marry him. But Katie was on the mystery flight<br />
and apparently saw something she shouldn't have. When she doesn't return that night, Ben begins to investigate...<br />
As he delves into the inexplicable events, he comes across a connection to the Mob and the local capo's coldblooded,<br />
power-hungry acolyte Frank Calasso. Though Ben enters a shadowy world of organized crime, high-level<br />
secrets, betrayals and threats, nothing can stop him from finding Katie's killer. As he narrows in on Frank Calasso,<br />
he makes a couple of mistakes that put him in the crosshairs of the brutal killer. But is Calasso really the<br />
mastermind of a plot that threatens to engulf them all...<br />
Forty years later, 70-year-old Ben is ailing and forced to move in with his daughter Kathleen. She has long been at<br />
odds with her distant father, who never got over Katie's disappearance. But when Katie's body is found, the case is<br />
reopened - and Ben becomes the prime suspect.<br />
Kathleen cannot believe that her father could be a murderer - though what does she know of his past... Ben has<br />
been trying to keep it secret from her for 40 years. But when he realizes that she wants to do business with a<br />
Cuban businessman, it is too much for him. For the Cuban is the very man who perhaps killed Katie...<br />
As Ben's story weaves the past and the present into an intricate tapestry, the discoveries Ben makes today<br />
gradually unearth long-buried secrets. Little by little, the truth sheds its light on the enigma of November 22, 1963<br />
and its consequences that continue to resonate in the present.<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
November Conspiracy<br />
Drama<br />
Miniseries<br />
6 x one hour<br />
Sasha Roiz, David Fox, Anne Openshaw, Charlotte Sullivan, Joe Pingue,<br />
Matthew Deslippe<br />
Michael DeCarlo<br />
Produced by Devine Entertainment and Jonsworth Productions for Citytv<br />
2
A Woman In Berlin<br />
A true story of survival during the Russian occupation…<br />
HER husband Gerd has gone with the rest of the soldiers; only a few pockets of German resistance remain in<br />
Berlin. Joining the other desperate women, children and elderly as they flee through the bombed-out city<br />
attempting to hide from the Russian soldiers, she fears the brutality to come…the Germans had done the same in<br />
every village on their march to Moscow.<br />
Without shelter to protect the women, and the rapes begin. Fueled by humiliation, horror and despair, she and the<br />
others still attempt to flee or fight – but there is no escape. The jeering Russians take the women on the spot,<br />
wherever they find them.<br />
After several such attacks, numb and empty, she makes a strong pledge to herself – they can use me, but they<br />
won’t break me…they won’t touch my soul. She decides that from now on, it will be her choice – not theirs.<br />
Determined to seek protection and to survive, she offers herself to Andrej, the battalion commander, who unlike<br />
the soldiers he commands, is intelligent, sophisticated and polite.<br />
She is given a room in a widow’s huge apartment where Andrej has respectfully set up headquarters. Guarded by<br />
his soldiers and supplied with the best of food and wine, the apartment is a safe haven from the random violence<br />
outside. Although she submits to him, he treats her with warmth and respect. She still holds Gerd in her heart, but<br />
Andrej’s gentle kindness melts her tough, protective shell and to her own surprising, she falls for the Russian<br />
commander…<br />
When Andrej gets transferred out of Berlin, they sadly part, knowing theirs to be an impossible love. When Gerd<br />
returns, she hands him this diary with the hope that he can understand all that she has endured. But he rejects her.<br />
What now? Having survived the horrors of war, she knows that she must simply go on living…<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
A Woman In Berlin<br />
Drama<br />
Miniseries<br />
two hours<br />
Nina Hoss, August Diehl, Sandra Hueller, Juliane Köhler<br />
Max Färberböck<br />
Constantin Film in co-production with Tempus Film<br />
3
Romanzo Criminale<br />
The dark side of the Eternal City<br />
Rome in the late 70s. Capital of a country torn by ruthless left-wing terrorism and rampant corruption. Political<br />
murders, spectacular bombings, high-profile kidnappings. Gut-wrenching times in a city that fosters crime and<br />
brutality, yet whose underworld is a patchwork of petty gangs and small-time crooks. One man dreams of rising to<br />
the top of the pack. With enough money, men and weapons, he will become Rome's King of Crime.<br />
"The Lebanese" is what he calls himself, and his ambition is boundless. With his pal Dandi, he and his fierce little<br />
gang rob shops and warehouses. When he meets the cool, sharp-minded gang leader "Ice," the hot-headed<br />
Lebanese senses that Ice is exactly the man he needs to help him make his dream come true. The two gangs join<br />
forces. Their reign of terror can begin!<br />
Rome's warlords bow down to the newcomers. All except "Terrible," whom the Lebanese hates with every fiber of<br />
his being. But in this line of work, you have to do business with your enemies. And as the Lebanese corners the<br />
market for drugs, he makes lots of enemies. He also makes valuable connections among corrupt cops and<br />
politicians, and in the Secret Service, which seeks to enlist the gang to destabilize the government and provoke a<br />
right-wing coup.<br />
But there's one organ of the State that is actively fighting the Lebanese and his gang: the young, idealistic police<br />
inspector Nicola Scialoja. He's been after the gang ever since the kidnapping of a wealthy nobleman that ended in a<br />
bloody fiasco. To learn more about the gang, he cozies up to call girl Patrizia, a ravishing beauty who's the mistress<br />
of the Lebanese's right-hand man Dandi. But the cop falls for her and soon begins to wonder whether he's fighting<br />
the gang for the sake of justice - or for his own sake...<br />
When Ice falls in love with an innocent girl, he starts to long for a respectable life. But as the brains to the<br />
Lebanese's brawn, he's indispensable. While the Lebanese and his gang continue to stir up Rome's underworld, they<br />
begin to fall prey to fatal attractions such as women, drugs, drink, gambling, fancy cars, night clubs... And they<br />
become more and more entangled with powers that will always be greater than themselves: the Mafia and the<br />
State. As paranoia takes hold of the Lebanese, and disagreements can't be resolved without bullets or knives, the<br />
fall from grace of Rome's leading gang is only a matter of time. An epic ballad of shattered friendships, boundless<br />
criminal energy and unfulfillable dreams of power hurtles towards its harrowing coda...<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
Romanzo Criminale<br />
Drama<br />
Series<br />
24 x one hour<br />
Francesco Montanari, Vinicio Marchioni, Alessandro Roia, Marco Bocci, Daniela Virgilio,<br />
Andrea Sartoretti, Mauro Meconi<br />
Stefano Sollima<br />
Cattleya and Sky in association with RTI<br />
4
The Rheinbergs<br />
Banking is their trade. Power is their goal. Love is their weakness.<br />
Some families are united by love, others by tragedy or strokes of fate. And then there are families like the<br />
Rheinbergs, united by boundless ambition, ruthless power and fabulous wealth. To the owners of the distinguished,<br />
gold-class Rheinberg Bank, feelings aren't important where money is involved - and love isn't worth a cent if power<br />
is at stake.<br />
The Rheinbergs are a pillar of Frankfurt society, their bank a respected institution, their family estate a magnificent<br />
stud farm. Holding the reins of the family empire is matriarch Lilo von Rheinberg, determined to rule over her<br />
family till her parting breath. Yet her power pales in comparison with that of her son Markus, the dashing but<br />
unscrupulous head of the family bank. His beautiful and elegant wife Sophia exerts a stabilizing influence on him and<br />
their three grown children: Frank, a budding bank executive in love with Grace, a district attorney; Elena, a horse<br />
specialist; and Marietta, the spoiled child who always gets what she wants from people - especially from her<br />
grandmother...<br />
Trouble enters the family in the form of Mona Sailer and her daughter Ariane. Mona is Markus von Rheinberg's<br />
sister, who turned her back on her family 30 years ago and raised her daughter alone in Spain. But after discovering<br />
her true origins, Ariane vows to claim her share of the family's fortunes - which also means navigating the<br />
treacherous waters of her family's established power structures. Mona returns to the family fold only to stand by<br />
her daughter, even though she hardly has to: Ariane has all the brains and cunning of a Rheinberg.<br />
Yet Mona and Ariane are the least of the Rheinbergs' current problems. Commerce Senator Blessmann vows to<br />
avenge himself on the family for the death of his father, the Rheinbergs' trusted assistant and right-hand man. Then<br />
the mysterious demise of a prostitute threatens to cast a shameful light on Markus von Rheinberg and his brotherin-law,<br />
and even to tear the family apart when District Attorney Grace, Frank von Rheinberg's girlfriend, begins to<br />
investigate... Dark secrets from the family's past are brought to light by various victims of the mighty Rheinbergs.<br />
And new assaults on the family's wealth and standing are undertaken by others, who covet the family's immense<br />
fortune. But as these ordeals and the international financial crisis threaten to destroy the family and its business, the<br />
Rheinbergs realize that they can only successfully face new challenges, both global and local, if they overcome their<br />
differences and work together - perhaps the biggest challenge of all.<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
The Rheinbergs<br />
Drama<br />
Series<br />
21 x one hour<br />
Gerlinde Locker, Roland Koch, Angela Roy, Susanne Schäfer, Johannes Zirner, Michael<br />
Brandner, Peter Kremer<br />
Christine Kabisch<br />
Tivoli Film in Co-Production with Lisa Film for ARD and ORF in association with Beta<br />
5
The Border<br />
In a world divided by fear, they hold the line...<br />
The border is the last defense against global crime, and it's Mike Kessler and his elite rapid-response team, aided by<br />
a futuristic global research and surveillance network, that risk their lives to guard it.<br />
Counterfeit cancer drugs... the rescue of a submarine crew... the theft of revolutionary oil-extraction technology...<br />
Afghan heroin hitting the streets - all extremely dangerous cases that make the unit's teamwork even more<br />
critical...<br />
But with the arrival of the new Homeland Security agent Liz Carver, the team undergoes a dynamic change. Young<br />
and attractive, Liz has a brashness about her that both antagonizes and seduces the members of the unit. To the<br />
charismatic Gray, she's a sensual breath of fresh air, but for the language expert Layla, she's competition. For<br />
Kessler, who already has his hands full with the M16 agent Charlotte and his college-age daughter Zoe, Liz is both a<br />
blessing and a threat - especially when her inexperience and idealism come into contact with politically sensitive<br />
issues.<br />
Charged with maintaining international security, the elite unit must first and foremost resolve their internal<br />
conflicts and overcome the stresses of their personal lives. It's only when they can work together as an effective<br />
team that they'll be able to successfully confront the extremely dangerous challenges coming their way...<br />
The highly successful and long-running series "The Border" is back with even more<br />
intriguing episodes...<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
The Border<br />
Drama<br />
Series<br />
39 x one hour<br />
James McGowan, Sofia Milos, Graham Abbey, Nazneen Contractor, Jonas Chernick,<br />
Grace Park<br />
N.N.<br />
White Pine Pictures for CBC<br />
6
Heartland<br />
A family ranch - a horse whisperer - a fight to save a dream...<br />
Set against the majestic splendor of the Rocky Mountains, the Fleming Heartland Ranch is run by the ambitious Lou,<br />
her fiery younger sister Amy and their grandpa Jack.<br />
While Amy, a talented horse whisperer, is determined to save her dream of a ranch for curing difficult horses, the<br />
practical Lou is more concerned with the ranch's deteriorating finances. For Jack, it's no longer just about keeping<br />
wild horses under control; he's got to keep his two granddaughters - and their ongoing conflicts - reigned in as<br />
well.<br />
Jack brings the tough and rebellious Ty back to the ranch. Having barely escaped from city gangsters, Ty now finds<br />
his attention split between the horses he's come to love and the stubborn Amy's attraction to the new ranch hand<br />
Caleb. Lou is putting all her energy into getting the money together to build an equine corporate retreat on the<br />
ranch in the hopes of saving it - despite Jack's doubts. Having begun an emotionally rewarding relationship with Lisa,<br />
Jack is better equipped to handle everything that comes - including the continual pestering of their 13-year-old<br />
neighbor Mallory...<br />
For them all, although life on the ranch brings both joys and sorrows, one thing never changes - their intense<br />
passion to keep the dream of Heartland alive...<br />
Adventures and misfortunes continue with even more captivating episodes.<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
Heartland<br />
Family Entertainment<br />
Series<br />
51 x one hour<br />
Amber Marshall, Michelle Morgan, Shaun Johnston, Chris Potter, Graham Wardle<br />
Tina Grewal<br />
SEVEN24 Films and Dynamo Films for CBC<br />
7
Wild Roses<br />
Land is their legacy. Oil is their fortune. Rivalry is their fate.<br />
Welcome to the new West! Where overnight oil millionaires with Porsches and over-the-top mansions butt up<br />
against the salt-of-the-earth cattle and rodeo country. It's a place where fortunes are made in the tar sands at noon,<br />
and lost on poker tables at night.<br />
It's been two years since the death of her husband, and against all odds, Maggie Henry (48) and her daughters Kate<br />
(26) and Charlotte (15) have managed to run their beloved Rivercross Ranch on their own. It hasn't been easy, but<br />
with business-minded Kate taking the lead, it looks like they have a good chance of succeeding. The return of black<br />
sheep daughter Lucy (23), a free-spirited dreamer who left home for the city years before, reopens old wounds.<br />
And with adopted teen daughter Charlotte always good for a dramatic outburst, Maggie Henry has her hands full<br />
keeping her family under control.<br />
The McGregors are the closest neighbors of the Henrys, and the head of the family is David McGregor (53), a<br />
wealthy, powerful oilman and rancher. When he tries to take the Henrys' land, the women are shocked because<br />
David is an old family friend whose life is closely interwoven with theirs. Years ago, David's father had left a large<br />
part of his property to Maggie's husband - and now David wants it back. Complicating matters further is the fact<br />
that David has long been in love with Maggie, and Kate and Lucy are both closely connected to David's sons Will<br />
(29) and Peter (27). Although David likes to see himself as figure of authority, he's in for a sobering experience<br />
when his sons begin to challenge him...<br />
While David has the farm prospected for oil, Kate tries to save Rivercross by competing in rodeos, raising cattle<br />
and developing the horse business. The results of the prospecting increase the tension between the two families,<br />
who clash not only at Rivercross, but also in the gleaming glass towers and chic restaurants of the big city. Yet the<br />
romantic relationships between the Henrys and the McGregors continue to thrive - as well as the intrigues spun by<br />
the beautiful but spoiled Rebecca McGregor.<br />
The Henrys and the McGregors may be neighbors, but they live on different sides of the new West - united by<br />
love, but divided by greed.<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
Wild Roses<br />
Drama<br />
Series<br />
one hour series<br />
Steve Byers, Michelle Harrison, Gary Hudson, Kim Huffman, Amy Lalonde, Adam<br />
MacDonald, Sarah Power, Claire Stone<br />
Michael DeCarlo<br />
Seven24 Films and Northwood Productions<br />
8
Romy<br />
Her career began with a legend. Her life ended as a myth.<br />
The daughter of the celebrated actor couple Magda Schneider and Wolf Albach-Retty, Romy Schneider is<br />
confronted by fame very early in life - and to her, it means banishment to boarding school and little time with her<br />
parents. Yet she, too, discovers her love for acting while in boarding school, and at the age of 15, her mother<br />
arranges for her to star in her first film. Two years and several films later, she debuts as Empress Elisabeth in "Sissi,"<br />
the first film in a trilogy that has become immortal and that determined the fate of Romy Schneider.<br />
As "Sissi," Romy conquers millions with her refreshing naturalness and youth. Yet she rebels against the excessive<br />
sweetness of her image and refuses to make a fourth Sissi feature. Instead, she accepts an offer to shoot her first<br />
film in France, where she meets and falls in love with a then unknown young actor named Alain Delon. The<br />
German public, not to mention Romy's own mother, feels betrayed by Romy's defection to France...<br />
After Delon leaves her, Romy marries the actor Harry Meyen, has a son with him and begins to dream of a normal<br />
life. The following years bring her great professional success, but also enormous personal challenges that demand<br />
the utmost from her. Her craving to live life to the fullest helps her overcome several strokes of fate - but<br />
ultimately her life is too short to satisfy her longings, and she begins her quick and heart-rending descent towards<br />
immortality...<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
Romy<br />
Drama<br />
<strong>TV</strong> Movie<br />
two hours<br />
Jessica Schwarz, Thomas Kretschmann, Guillaume Delorme, Heinz Hoenig,<br />
Maresa Hörbiger<br />
Torsten Fischer<br />
Phoebus Film in coproduction with SWR, WDR, ARD Degeto, ORF and NDR in<br />
association with France 2 and Beta<br />
9
My Mother, My Bride And I<br />
Finding a wife is one thing. Keeping her is something else...<br />
Of course it's crazy: going to Bucharest to meet prospective wives chosen from a catalogue. But it's OK with<br />
Erwin, in his early 40s, who knows little of life and even less of women. <strong>Up</strong> to now, the only woman in his life has<br />
been his mother. In the day, he runs the family gas station with her. In the evening, he watches <strong>TV</strong> with her. Life in<br />
the sticks doesn't offer much more. A wife is what he needs! But Erwin is Mother's boy, and Mother isn't into<br />
sharing. This becomes distressingly clear to Irina, the shy young woman Erwin brings back from Bucharest with him.<br />
He has three weeks to decide whether he wants to "keep" her. As Mother sharpens her claws, Irina<br />
metamorphoses from gray mouse to enterprising, life-loving dynamo. She opens up a bar at the gas station, bringing<br />
color and life to the drab mother-son couple. It's a bit too much for Erwin, who has trouble coping with Irina's<br />
inexplicable moods and demands, her sexuality, her womanhood. But when Mother dies, Erwin realizes how<br />
helpless and alone he is. He needs Irina more than ever. The only problem is, she's gone back to Romania...<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
My Mother, My Bride And I<br />
Drama<br />
<strong>TV</strong> Movie<br />
two hours<br />
Matthias Brandt, Monica Bleibtreu, Maria Popistasu<br />
Hans Steinbichler<br />
sperl + schott film with WDR and arte in co-production with EOS Entertainment<br />
10
Ferry Tale<br />
Navigating between a ship owner's dirty tricks, she sets sail towards justice<br />
<strong>Up</strong> to now, tourism has been the chief industry on the North-Sea island of Amrum. But if the attractive young<br />
Anna has her way, it'll soon be ostriches. The fisherman's widow and mother of two has poured all her savings into<br />
an ostrich farm, and plans to sell the eggs and meat to restaurants on the mainland. To do so, she relies on the<br />
ferry service run by the ship owner Reents.<br />
But when her first shipment is spoiled through Reents' negligence, Anna loses her clients, her reputation, and her<br />
money. Her last resort is to take on the mighty Reents directly. Helping her are her best friend Matthias, whose<br />
love for Anna is obvious to everyone but her, and the handsome journalist Marc, who has more than a professional<br />
interest in Anna. Labeled "the meanest man alive" by the press, Reents finds ever new ways of attacking Anna, who<br />
reluctantly mutates into a media star. But when Reents cuts the ferry service, Anna's fellow islanders accuse her of<br />
selfishness. She knows she must keep up the fight ? especially after Matthias finally tells her what she thought she'd<br />
never hear...<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
Ferry Tale<br />
Drama<br />
<strong>TV</strong> Movie<br />
two hours<br />
Janina Hartwig, Michael von Au, Uwe Friedrichsen, Gunter Berger, Alexander Radzsun,<br />
Florian Fitz<br />
Helmut Metzger<br />
ndF for ARD Degeto in association with Beta<br />
11
Fireball<br />
Unleash the fury within<br />
Young and single, Ava Williams is an expert fire inspector who never met a blaze she couldn't solve. Following in<br />
the footsteps of her beloved father, Ava thinks she's seen everything. But after a mysterious fire rips through the<br />
local jail, she finds herself heading up the investigation from hell with an unlikely ally. At the still smoking ruins of<br />
the fire, she meets cocky Federal Investigator Lee Cooper who is there to take one of the inmates into custody.<br />
The fire has nearly killed bad-boy celebrity Tyler "The Fuse" Draven. A chronic abuser of experimental sports<br />
drugs, Draven was in jail for assaulting a news crew and violating his parole.<br />
Blowing up a car along the way, Draven escapes from the hospital. Agent Cooper tries to track him down, while<br />
Inspector Williams is left to contend with a mysterious series of fires and deadly fireballs that befall the community.<br />
As Ava uncovers shocking clues, she struggles to convince Lee that they have an extraordinary case on their hands<br />
- Draven is behind the fires, wrecking revenge on those who have wronged him. With time running out, the two<br />
investigators must put their differences aside and come up with a plan to stop Draven’s murderous rampage before<br />
he reaches the nuclear power plant. But they’re about to discover that the only way to stop a monstrous madman<br />
bent on total destruction is to fight fire with fire.<br />
Starring Lexa Doig (Stargate, Andromeda and Eureka) and Ian Somerhalder (Lost and CSI).<br />
Title<br />
Fireball<br />
Genre<br />
Action<br />
Category<br />
<strong>TV</strong> Movie<br />
Format<br />
two hours<br />
Starring<br />
Ian Somerhalder, Lexa Doig, Aleks Paunovic<br />
Directed by<br />
K.T. Donaldson<br />
Executive Producers HARVEY KAHN JOE BROIDO<br />
Produced by Produced by Front Street Pictures and Fire Road Productions in association with Sci Fi<br />
Channel USA and Beta<br />
12
Il Divo<br />
Winner of the Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2008<br />
In rome, at dawn, when everyone is sleeping, one man is awake. That man is giulio andreotti. He’s awake because<br />
he has to work, write books, move in fashionable circles and, last but not least, pray.<br />
Calm, crafty and inscrutable, andreotti is synonym of power in Italy for over four decades. at the beginning of the<br />
nineties, this impassive yet insinuating, ambiguous yet reassuring figure appears set to assume his seventh mandate<br />
as prime minister without arrogance and without humility.<br />
Approaching seventy, andreotti is a gerontocrat who, with all the attributes of god, is afraid of no one and does not<br />
know the meaning of awe, since he is accustomed to seeing it stamped on the faces of all his interlocutors. his<br />
satisfaction is muted, impalpable. for him, satisfaction is power, with which he has a symbiotic relationship. power<br />
the way he likes it. unwavering and immutable, from the outset. he emerges unscathed from everything: electoral<br />
battles, terrorist massacres, slanderous accusations.<br />
He is untouched by it all, unchanging. Until the strongest counter power in Italy, the mafia, declares war on him.<br />
then things change. perhaps even for the enigmatic, immortal andreotti.<br />
But the question is: do they really change or only appear to?<br />
We can be sure of one thing: it is difficult to tarnish andreotti, the man who knows the ways of the world better<br />
than any of us.<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
Starring<br />
Directed by<br />
Produced by<br />
Il Divo<br />
Drama<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Ennio Fantastichini, Carlo Buccirosso, Piera degli Esposti,<br />
Paolo Graziosi, Fanny Ardant<br />
Paolo Sorrentino<br />
Indigo Film / Lucky Red / Parco Film in coproduction with Babe Film<br />
13
North Face<br />
A mountaineering adventure based on an incredible true story.<br />
Summer 1936. TONI and ANDI are passionate mountain climbers. There's one mountain in particular that<br />
fascinates them: the Eiger North Face, the most dangerous rock face in the Alps, which has yet to be scaled. Being<br />
the first means not only a longed-for boost of their social standing, but also Olympic gold.<br />
As they get ready for their climb, they meet LUISE, Toni's childhood sweetheart, a journalist who has been sent to<br />
report about the conquest of the mountain with her fellow reporter ARAU, a Nazi follower. Though she and Toni<br />
fall in love again, Luise also feels drawn to Arau. Nonetheless, the now distraught Toni begins the ascent with Andi.<br />
On the way they meet the WILLI and EDI, their most tenacious rivals.<br />
Everything goes smoothly and they make good progress. On the terrace of the Grand Hotel at the foot of the<br />
Eiger, the four men are being watched with telescopes by enthusiastic crowds and the world press. Luise, too, is<br />
among them, and she realizes that Toni is still her real love.<br />
Suddenly the weather turns, and Willi injures himself. It looks as if the Eiger is going to win again. While a dramatic<br />
struggle for survival unfolds on the North Face, Luise sets out to save her lover. A race against time and the forces<br />
of nature begins...<br />
Title<br />
Genre<br />
Category<br />
Format<br />
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North Face<br />
Drama<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Benno Fuermann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, Ulrich Tukur<br />
Philipp Stölzl<br />
MedienKontor Movie, DOR Film, Triluna and Majestic Filmproduktion<br />
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Heart of Fire<br />
In a land fighting for independence, a young girl soldier refuses to kill…<br />
The ten year-old AWET has spent her entire life in an orphanage, where her naturally fiery temperament readily<br />
absorbed the lessons on the sins of oppression and the value of self-worth.<br />
Her hopes for a normal and happy family life are swiftly shattered when after a short and unpleasant stay with her<br />
father, a fanatical supporter of the freedom fighters, both she and her older sister FREWEYNI are unceremoniously<br />
delivered into the hands of the Jehba – the Eritrean Liberation Front.<br />
Having been taught to fight oppression at all costs, Awet at first willingly chants songs of liberation along with the<br />
guerilla group and, too young to bear arms, joins the other children in various support functions around the secret<br />
camp. Still, her courageous sense of self-worth quickly puts her at odds with the group’s militant commander,<br />
MA’AZA.<br />
It’s not long before increasingly grave attacks mounted by their sworn enemies, the Shabia, create the necessity of<br />
arming even the youngest children with rifles. Although barely able to shoulder the powerful weapon, Awet<br />
dutifully learns to load and fire it.<br />
But when the young soldier first sees the enemy dead and realizes that they are just as human as she, Awet makes a<br />
solemn oath never to kill. Labeled a traitor by Ma’aza, Awet nevertheless stands her ground and fights the violence<br />
in the disarming way that only a child could.<br />
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Heart of Fire<br />
Drama<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Micael Letekidan, Micael Solomie, Seble Tilahun, Daniel Seyoum<br />
Luigi Falorni<br />
Burkert Bareiss Production by <strong>TV</strong>60Film in coproduction with Senator Film, Aichholzer<br />
Filmproduktion, Beta Film, BR and arte<br />
15
La Bohème<br />
Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version directed by<br />
Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, starring the opera world's "dream<br />
team," soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazón<br />
Paris in the 1830s. Four friends share a drafty Parisian garret. Though leading a life of privation, they are buoyed by<br />
good spirits: the writer Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard and the philosopher Colline. It is<br />
Christmas Eve, and they decide to celebrate in their favorite pub, the Café Momus. Rodolfo stays behind to finish<br />
an article. There is a knock at the door; their neighbor Mimì, whose candle has gone out, asks for fire. Rodolfo is<br />
fascinated by her. It is love at first sight!<br />
The new lovers catch up with Rodolfo's friends at the Café Momus, where Marcello's former mistress Musetta<br />
turns the evening into a spirited event. The light-hearted mood of Rodolfo's and Mimì's first days together does not<br />
last, however, for Mimì develops a fatal illness. Though they agree to stay together, Mimì leaves her lover. Only<br />
when she is desperately ill and dying does she return to the garret where she once was so happy - and to Rodolfo,<br />
the man she still loves with all her heart...<br />
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La Bohème<br />
Drama<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, George von Bergen, Nicole Cabell<br />
Robert Dornhelm<br />
<strong>Unitel</strong> and MR Film in coproduction with ZDF and Classica in association with IMG with<br />
support of ÖFI, FFW and ORF Film-/ Fernsehabkommen<br />
16
PA-RA-DA<br />
"A moving tale...An appealing true story... A winning performance by Jalil lespert"<br />
(The Hollywood Reporter)<br />
Paris, 1992. Miloud, a Franco-Algerian clown and circus artist, is itching for new adventures. His destination is<br />
Bucharest, where he wants to perform in hospitals and orphanages. But what he finds there is beyond his most<br />
harrowing nightmares: the sewer children of the Romanian capital, outcasts treated like animals, ignored, abused<br />
and even killed by uncaring authorities. Profoundly moved by their plight, he decides to stay. With nothing but his<br />
charisma, his obstinacy and his big heart, he gradually gains the trust of the children,<br />
Who know little else than violence and prostitution. In his struggle to improve their lot, however, he runs into the<br />
merciless resistance of the authorities, who refuse to acknowledge this devastating scourge. Arrested by the police,<br />
entreated by the French ambassador to leave the country and disowned by an offi cial French aid organization,<br />
Miloud realizes that the only way to help the children is through his art: the circus! As he teaches them circus acts,<br />
the children ? hesitant at first ? soon begin to enjoy themselves. And along with self-confi dence, they discover<br />
solidarity, respect and, most importantly, human dignity.<br />
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PA-RA-DA<br />
Drama<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Jalil Lespert, Bruno Abraham-Kremer, Evita Ciri, Patrice Juiff, Gabi Rauta<br />
Marco Pontecorvo<br />
Panorama Films in co-production with Yalla Films and Domino Film<br />
17
Berlin Calling<br />
Who needs wings to fly!<br />
The legendary electronic music DJ ICKARUS returns to Berlin from an exhausting, worldwide marathon of club<br />
gigs and raves. After various albums and countless concerts, Ickarus has reached cult status. Although he’s<br />
completely fried, he and his girlfriend MATHILDE now dive into the job of getting his new album mixed and<br />
released. But when he presents his new tracks to ALICE - the tough boss of his underground record label - she<br />
doesn’t like it and tells him it needs more work.<br />
Frustrated and burnt out from the tour, Ickarus still continues playing local gigs - until his dealer PEA gives him<br />
some bad drugs and he totally freaks out, eventually waking up in a psych ward with Mathilde simply unable to<br />
handle him anymore… He falls under the supervision of Dr. Petra Paul, an expert on drug rehab, and finds himself<br />
in the midst of a crazed group of drug-infested patients and even a fan - the young ward assistant Alex. Though<br />
Ickarus doesn’t take Dr. Paul’s rehab program quite seriously, she still allows him to set up his equipment and work<br />
on his tracks. However, he’s way too wired and sneaks out one night to score from Pea and party.<br />
But the additional hits throw him off the deep end. In a psychotic frenzy, he trashes the record label office and<br />
collapses in a wasted heap. Realizing he needs help but having nowhere to go, Ickarus finds his way back to the<br />
hospital. Now under heavy medication, the only escape left for Ickarus is his music and he throws himself into<br />
working on some entirely new tracks to survive the timeless rehab daze.<br />
When Mathilde unexpectedly shows up, Ickarus hands her the tracks, which completely blow her away. She rushes<br />
them to the record label and before Ickarus is even aware of it, he finds himself again in the therapy room. This<br />
time, though, it’s a photo shoot for his new album Berlin Calling.<br />
”Berlin Calling” becomes the Next Big Thing on the global electronic scene and the reborn star Ickarus, re-tuned<br />
to reality, is back on track.<br />
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Berlin Calling<br />
Drama<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Paul Kalkbrenner, Rita Lengyel, Corinna Harfouch<br />
Hannes Stöhr<br />
sabotage films, stoehrfilm in co-production with WDR and arte<br />
18
10 Seconds<br />
Inspired by the actual air crash of 2002 above Lake Constance<br />
It's a typical day at a busy airport, with planes continually taking off and landing with clockwork precision... until<br />
suddenly, catastrophe strikes. Two planes collide in mid-air, resulting in the tragic deaths of 83 people...<br />
One year later, Flight Controller MARKUS still wrestles with feelings of guilt and depression over his failure to<br />
prevent it. His wife FRANZISKA, no longer able to bear his emotional burden, seeks comfort in a selfish affair...<br />
The two are completely unaware that yet another tragedy awaits them at the hands of ERIK, a physicist broken by<br />
the loss of his beloved wife and daughter in the plane crash and consumed by a twisted need for revenge. His<br />
single-minded vengeance is thrown into question when the young and bubbly DANIELA enters his life.<br />
HARALD was one of the first cops on the scene of the terrible air crash. Despite suffering panic attacks brought on<br />
by the brutal memories of that horrible day, he is determined to catch Erik. As they wrestle with their own<br />
personal demons, these five are unaware that their fates are swiftly rushing toward a common and shocking<br />
destiny.<br />
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10 Seconds<br />
Drama<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Marie Bäumer, Sebastian Blomberg, Filip Peeters, Hannah Herzsprung<br />
Nicolai Rohde<br />
moneypenny filmproduktion in co-production with ZDF and arte<br />
19
Prom Wars<br />
Love is a battlefield<br />
When a town has one posh girls' school and two posh boys' schools, trouble is in the cards when comes Prom<br />
time: who gets to take the girls to the Big Dance? The "nerd school" or the "jock school"? Tackling this Herculean<br />
dilemma is a task for a natural-born leader, a self-confident, sharp-witted mover and shaker - for high-school senior<br />
Diana! She triggers a Prom War when she decides not to put up any longer with the embarrassments and<br />
humiliations of the two boys in her life: Percy, a decent guy and scholarship nerd who's a fish out of water in his<br />
high-octane school, and Geoffrey, a pompous ass and alpha jock with entitlement issues.<br />
They and their classmates will fight for the exclusive rights to take the girls to the prom. The war is ruthless.<br />
Devastating. Hilarious - especially when the nerds face physical challenges and the jocks grapple with mind-teasing<br />
tasks. As the two armies align themselves for the final battle, Diana and her fellow damsels marvel at the mayhem<br />
they've set in motion for the siege of their hearts. Is there still time to make peace on the battlefield of love?<br />
"For what it represents as well as for what it achieves, Prom Wars is as refreshing as it is funny." (Montreal Mirror)<br />
Directed by Phil Price, this breakneck-paced teen comedy features popular young <strong>TV</strong> stars Alia Shawkat (Arrested<br />
Development, Veronica Mars, State of Grace) and Ricky Ullman (House, M.D., Cold Case, Law & Order S.V.U.).<br />
"See it and take notes!" (Montreal Gazette)<br />
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Prom Wars<br />
Comedy<br />
Feature Film<br />
two hours<br />
Raviv Ullman, Alia Shawkat, Rachelle Lefevre, Kevin Coughlin<br />
Phil Price<br />
a Philms/PCNI production of a Phil Price film<br />
20
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