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1 Lineup The Pilgrim A Hitman s Solitude Before the Shot Pause Page Screening Wednesday / September 10th / 9.30 a.m. / Cinema 7 Wednesday / September 10th / 3.30 p.m. / Cinema 7 Toronto Lineup 2014 Chrieg Therapy for a Vampire Adama Mammal

2 The Pilgrim PAULO COELHO S BEST STORY Having sold over 165 million copies of 30 books, Paulo Coelho is one of the best-selling authors of all time. His works have been translated into 80 languages and published in more than 150 countries around the world. Daniel Augusto Júlio Andrade Ravel Andrade Fabiana Gugli Fabíula Nascimento Enrique Díaz Paz Vega A suicide attempt, three passages through a mental institution and all the imaginable conflicts a young man, torn between good and evil, could possibly face in the 60s and 70s. The misunderstood boy and the rebellious youth blossom into a man who does not give up on his dream: to become a widely acclaimed writer. THE PILGRIM tells the amazing and true journey of Paulo Coelho s life that turned him into a writer of tales millions of people all over the world enjoy. Dama Filmes Babel Films Completed Delivery: Summer 2014 The main source of inspiration for Paulo Coelho s work is his own life. The author of The Pilgrimage and The Alchemist is, no doubt, a celebrity, but only few know that the story of his life is even better than fiction. Paulo flirted with death, escaped from madness, experimented with drugs, overcame torture, suffered and smiled for love, made Rock and Roll History in Brazil, but never gave up on his biggest dream: to triumph as a writer. Filmmaker Daniel Augusto, born in São Paulo in 1972, has directed over 300 hours of documentaries, short films and video clips, covering various topics and audiences, always with a striking aesthetic and a keen and sharp eye. His short film Porn Karaoke was heralded as one of the best and most intriguing Brazilian films of the year by renowned critic Luis Carlos Merten. THE PILGRIM is Daniel s first feature film. 4 Screening Wednesday / September 10th / 9.30 a.m. / Cinema 7 5

3 A Hitman s Solitude Before the Shot NO MISSION. NO LIFE. AND THEN SHE CAME ALONG. Florian Mischa Böder Benno Fürmann Mavie Hörbiger Wolf Roth The over-ambitious Koralnik has a dream job: he is a contract killer for a secret EU programme. But even eight years after his training he still hasn t had a single hit. Bored and frustrated, he lives according to the programme s strict rules withdrawn, no social contact and constantly undercover. One day, the shy Rosa crashes into his car and life. Before he knows it, Koralnik is having dinner with her. For the first time, he can flee his everyday misery for an evening of company. But then the telephone rings. It s Koralnik s first job. With Rosa alongside, Koralnik sets off on a chaotic odyssey through a night in which nothing goes according to plan. It is only when Koralnik s target is revealed to be none other than one of his colleagues that the rigid concept by which he lives finally comes into question. He is confronted with the dilemma of either protecting his secret programme or drawing a line under his unfulfilled existence as a killer. It is the biggest liar of them all, Rosa, who forces him to confront his own life s lie. HUPE Film- und Fernsehproduktion Completed Delivery: Fall 2014 Born in 1974 in Hanover, Böder studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne with a focus in filmmaking. During his studies, he produced and directed several short films, which were awarded various prizes at German and international film festivals (Max Ophüls Prize, Winterthur). Böder currently lives between Cologne and Vienna and works as a freelance director and author. 6 Screening Wednesday / September 10th / 3.30 p.m. / Cinema 7 7

4 Pause Mathieu Urfer Baptiste Gilliéron Julia Faure André Wilms Nils Althaus Roland Vouilloz Box Productions Completed Delivery: Fall 2014 WHEN THE STARS ARE SHAKING One winter evening, at an empty gas station, young country musician Sami meets beautiful Julia, who has run out of gas. Sami, who s been living alone in his car since his ex kicked him out, invites Julia back to his place for the night. Four years and a master degree later, Julia works for a fair-trade start-up business while Sami is working on a country music act with his best friend Fernand. Already in his 70s, Fernand is an exuberant guitar virtuoso who lives on his own in a nursing home. Sami and Fernand spend many happy hours together jamming and drinking their way through bottles of fine wine. Yet life with Julia becomes increasingly difficult. Over time, Sami s happy-go-lucky attitude has begun to grate on Julia and she decides it s time to put their relationship on hold. With nothing but his guitar and his pain, can a song save Sami s love? A filmmaker and musician, Mathieu Urfer holds a Master Degree in Screenwriting from the Ecole Cantonal d Art in Lausanne. He has written scripts for several drama series for Radio Télévision Suisse, before making his first feature film PAUSE, for which he also composed most of the original score. 8 9

5 Chrieg AT WAR Matteo is fifteen, a fragile boy. He runs into the woods carrying his baby brother. It s a desperate attempt to strike back at his oppressive father. The parents punishment for kidnapping the baby: three months of hard work on a remote farm. On arrival, three hostile teenagers grab Matteo and lock him into a dog cage. The farmer, who was supposed to take care of the kids, has lost control. Anton, an unpredictably aggressive boy, is now in charge. He has given shelter to two other troubled, angry teenagers: Dion, a boy from Kosovo, and Aline, a girl with a shaved head. Matteo is their dog. He earns their respect only when he starts to stand up against them. He joins them on a mission: they drive down to the city. A feverish night full of violence and destruction. Their own war. Their own revenge against grown-ups. Against everything. Matteo gets stronger, learns to fight and falls in love with Aline. He s finally part of the pack. The farm is their perfect hide-out, but there is no more going back. Simon Jaquemet Benjamin Lutzke Ste Ella Rumpf Sascha Gisler John Leuppi Livia S. Reinhard Hugofilm Productions In post-production Delivery: Fall 2014 Born in Zurich in 1978, Simon Jaquemet studied Film Directing at the Zurich Academy of Arts and has won several young director s awards for his short films and music videos. CHRIEG is his debut feature film

6 Therapy for a Vampire 500 YEARS OF MARRIAGE IS ENOUGH Vienna, early 1930s. One fine evening, Sigmund Freud has a new patient on his couch a mysterious count who can no longer bear the eternally long relationship with his wife. The vain countess incessantly complains about not being able to look at herself in a mirror, the count tells the professor. Unaware of the fact that the count and his wife are vampires, Freud introduces his mysterious patient to a young painter, Viktor, who paints portraits that express more than a mirror ever could. While visiting the painter, the count takes an instant shine to Viktor s girlfriend Lucy more so than Viktor and the countess would like. David Ruehm Tobias Moretti Jeanette Hain Cornelia Ivancan Dominic Oley Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Hugofilm Productions In post-production Delivery: Fall 2014 David Ruehm is an award-winning director for features and commercials, screenwriter and photographer. Born in Vienna in His films as writer / director include THE ESCAPE (1992 Cannes Filmfestival, Semaine de la critique), EL CHICKO (1996) and AZZURO (1997). From 1998 to 2013 he was a commercial director for T-Mobile, Bwin, BMW and others, his awards include Venus, Top Spot, Shortlist at Cannes Lions Festival, Shortlist at Cannes Young Directors Award and London International Advertising Award

7 Adama A BOY S POETIC JOURNEY TO THE LAND BEYOND THE CLIFFS 12 year- old Adama lives in a remote village in West Africa, sheltered by the Cliffs. Out, beyond, lies the land of breaths, the kingdom of wicked spirits hungry for war. When Samba, his elder brother, suddenly vanishes from the village, Adama decides to set off in search of him. Accompanied first by Abdou, a tragically lucid griot, then by Maximin, a street urchin who is his own negative twin, he crosses a Europe in the grip of war. We re in Borne by the energy of desperation and the poetry of childhood, Adama travels to the hell of the frontline in order to free his brother. Ultimately, Adama s love for his brother will open an unexpected way to his initiatory journey. French Distributor: Associate Producer: Simon Rouby Naïa Productions Pipangaï Studio Océan Films Arnauld Boulard (Head of Production on Despicable Me ) In production Delivery: Winter 2014 Simon Rouby, born in 1980 in Lyon, France, took his first artistic steps as a graffiti artist 10 years ago. He then accessed other mediums such as painting and sculpture. From this background he studied film directing, first in Gobelins, Paris, then in CalArts, Los Angeles. His two graduation films, BLIND SPOT and LE PRÉSAGE have been shown in many international festivals, including Cannes and Clermont. WINNER ANNECY WORK IN PROGRESS Screenplay available upon request

8 Mammal A WOMAN GRIEVING HER SON TAKES A HOMELESS YOUTH INTO HER HOUSE Margaret, a single woman in her forties, living in Dublin, learns that her 18 year old son, who she left as a baby, has been found dead. Enduring this unsettling grief privately, Margaret escapes daily to the local swimming pool. One day at the pool she runs into Joe, a homeless youth she took care of late one night when she found him injured outside the charity shop she manages. Margaret offers Joe a room in her house and soon finds herself experimenting with motherhood on him. Margaret s ex-husband, Matt, starts to turn up randomly in her life. He pursues her to feed his grief and for a time, out of guilt, she complies. As Margaret and Joe s mutual reliance grows they begin to confuse the boundaries between parental affection and sexual intimacy. Their tentative trust is threatened by the escalation of Matt s grieving rage and Joe s involvement with a gang of violent youths. Rebecca Daly Rachel Griffiths Barry Keoghan Fastnet Films Calach Films & Rinkel Films In production Delivery: Winter 2014 Rebecca Daly studied theatre directing and acting and then went on to study film. Her first short, JOYRIDERS (2006), won the Irish Film Award and several international awards. Her short film HUM was funded as one of the finalists for the Berlin Today Award Her first feature film, THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP, was selected for the Cannes Cinéfondation Résidence du Festival programme. It premiered in the Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival Rebecca was selected with MAMMAL to articipate in the first Berlinale Residency. Screenplay available upon request

9 Attending: Andreas Rothbauer Mobile: Alec Schulmann Mobile: Picture Tree International GmbH Zur Börse Berlin Germany Phone +49 (0) www. picturetree-international.com 18