Everyone Else |
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KOMPLIZEN FILM IN CO-PRODUKTION WITH SWR, WDR AND ARTE, FUNDED BY BKM, FFA, FFF BAYERN, KURATORIUM JUNGER DEUTSCHER FILM, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG AND DFFF.
2009 | 35mm | 1:1.85 | 5.1. | 124 min |
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Synopsis
"Everyone Else" tells the story of an uneven couple (Chris and Gitti), who are struggling through a holiday in secluded togetherness. We get to know two people as they can only be when they're alone: their secret rituals, silly habits, unfulfilled desires and power struggles. The encounter with another couple leads their relationship to falter. The others are not only more successful; they are also adept at maintaining a conventional male-female relationship behind a modern façade. Chris starts to model himself upon them, attempting to enforce boundaries on his idiosyncratic girlfriend. This shakes Gitti's faith in him. Her attempt to conform to his new ideal goes from being a daring flirtation with a new role to become a silent war against herself. Whilst Chris blossoms in the role of the strong one, and opens towards Gitti in a new way, Gitti is in danger of losing herself. The leads are played by Birgit Minichmayr and Lars Eidinger. Shooting took place in Sardinia in Summer 2007. |
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Cast
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Awards
Berlinale, 59th International Film Festival Berlin:
Silver Bear – JURY GRAND PRIX Silver Bear – Best Actress Birgit Minichmayr Femina Film Award for Best Costume Design - Silke Fischer German Film Award 2010: Nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI): FIPRESCI Critics Award Best Director Internationale Women's Film Festival Dortmund: Main Prize Love Is Folly International Film Festival: Best Actor - Lars Eidinger Ourense Film Festival: Best Actress - Birgit Minichmayr film+ award: Best Editing in a Feature Film - Heike Parplies |
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theatrical release
"Everyone Else" was released in various countries including:
France – Why Not Productions (http://www.whynotproductions.fr) USA - The Cinema Guild (http://www.cinemaguild.com) Spain - Karma Films (http://www.karmafilms.es) Sweden - Folkets Bio (http://www.folketsbio.se) Denmark - Öst for Paradis (http://www.paradisbio.dk) Norway - Arthaus (http://www.arthaus.no) Argentina/Chile/Uruguay/Paraguay - IFA Cinema (http://en.unifrance.org/directories/company/84542 /ifa-argentina) Russia - Russian Report (http://www.rusreport.com) Hungary - Anjou Lafayette (http://www.anjoulafayette.eu) Poland - Vivarto Sp. Z.o.o. (http://www.vivarto.pl) Serbia - Atalanta Films International (http://www.imdb.de/company/co0056449) Portugal - Atlanta Filmes (http://www.atalantafilmes.pt) Germany - Prokino (http://www.prokino.de) Austria - Polyfilm (http://www.polyfilm.at) Switzerland - Filmcoopi (http://www.filmcoopi.ch) |
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FESTIVALS
2009
Berlinale International Film Festival – Competition Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival Montevideo Film Festival Seoul Women's Film Festival Copenhagen International Film Festival CPH:PIX Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz Bozner Filmtage (Bozen Film Festival) International Women's Film Festival Dortmund Cannes International Film Festival Seattle International Film Festival Transylvania International Film Festival Sydney International Film Festival Taipeh Film Festival Cinema Jove Cinédecouvertes Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Jerusalem International Film Festival Melbourne International Film Festival Motovun Film Festival Zagreb Brisbane International Film Festival Espoo Cine Varna Film Festival Love is Folly Goethe-Institut Hanoi Cambridge Film Festival Bangkok International Film Festival Calgary International Film Festival New York International Film Festival Vancouver International Film Festival Warsaw International Film Festival Ourense International Film Festival Megabox European Film Festival GI Hongkong Sao Paulo International Film Festival American Film Institute Festival Los Angeles Damascus International Film Festival Goethe-Institut Singapur American Film Institute Festival Washington Festival International du Film d'Arras Deutsches Kinofestival in Nantes (German Film Festival) (Univerciné Allemand) Ljubljana Film Festival Thessaloniki International Film Festival MUCES European Film Festival Segovia 2010 Goethe-Institut Hanoi Deutsches Film Festival Tromso International Film Festival Göteborg International Film Festival Independent Film Festival Istanbul Portland International Film Festival Sofia International Film Festival Cinematheque Ontario World Cinema Showcase 2010 Goethe-Institut Montréal Rome Independent Film Festival Sarasota Film Festival Wisconsin Film Festival Mosaico Film Festival Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam Paris Cinema Seize the Night Amsterdam Chennai International Film Festival Pune International Film Festival |
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Distribution / World Distribution
Distribution: Prokino (http://www.prokino.de)
World Distribution: Bavaria Film International (http://www.bavaria-film.de) < |
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