14.01.2019 | 40th Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival
A total of four FFHSH-funded productions have made it into the programme of the 40th Max Ophüls Preis film festival, which takes place in Saarbrücken from 14 to 20 January. They include Ziska Riemann's "Electric Girl" and Marcus Richardt's feature film debut "Goliath96" starring Katja Riemann.
In 2017, Berlin-based Director Ziska Riemann spent twelve days in Hamburg to shoot her new filmElectric Girl (NiKo Film/Wüste Film) - now the wild mix of genres is celebrating its premiere in competition at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival. At the centre of the story is poetry slammer Mia, who dubs a superheroine in an anime. While working on the film, she realises that the story of the anime has a lot to do with her own life - the boundaries between reality and fiction become blurred bit by bit and throw her life out of balance.
Two short films from the Hamburg Media School will also be shown in this year's festival competition: InHuntress by graduate Sandra Schröder is about a young woman who wants to end her life in the forest and confront her demons there. Up-and-coming director Lynn Oona Baur addresses the topic of abuse in her short filmAlone with you.
In the feature film debutGoliath96 by HFBK graduate Marcus Richardt, Katja Riemann plays a woman who is desperately trying to establish a connection with her 21-year-old son (played by Nils Rovira-Munoz). He has been locked in his room for around two years and only communicates with the outside world via the internet. The film had a total of 21 shooting days in the Hanseatic city and was produced by the Hamburg-based company Skalar Film. The drama will be shown in the "MOP Watchlist" category.
About the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival The Max Ophüls Preis film festival is one of the most important festivals for young German-language film. For almost 40 years, it has stood for the discovery of young talent from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
