Horizon Beautiful
Switzerland / Ethiopia, July 2013
FILM,
Fiction,
90 min.
- directed by
- Stefan Jäger
- Written by
- Mikyias Efram, Ephrem Alemu, Abiange Tahun, Oliver Keidel
- Status
- In distribution
Der umstrittene Schweizer Fussball-Magnat Franz Arnold kommt in die äthiopische Hauptstadt Addis Abeba. In einer Kampagne will er seinen Sport als Inspiration für Hoffnung verkaufen. Für den 12-jährigen Strassenjungen Admassu ist das ein Wink des Schicksals. Er scheint seinem Traum, Fussballer in Europa zu werden, so nahe wie nie zuvor. Als die Kontaktaufnahme scheitert, entschliesst sich der Junge kurzerhand, den Fussball-Boss entführen zu lassen, um ihn anschliessend retten zu können. Doch die Aktion läuft aus dem Ruder.
credits
- World Premiere
- July 2013
- Original Version
- Amharic, English (english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 90 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-6175-0000-C-0000-0000-1
- Production
- tellfilm GmbH, Blue Nile Film and Television Academy
- Producer
- Stefan Jäger, Abraham Haile Biru, Stefan Gubser
- directed by
- Stefan Jäger
- Written by
- Mikyias Efram, Ephrem Alemu, Abiange Tahun, Oliver Keidel (based on an idea by Stefan Jäger)
- Cinematography
- Abraham Haile Biru, Richard Grell
- Editing
- Robin Wenger, Nahom Girma Abebe, Emebet Dagne Reda
- Sound Editing
- André Zacher
- Sound Design
- André Zacher
- Re-Recording Mix
- André Zacher
- Music
- Kenny Allen, Angelo Berardi, Oliver Keidel
- Location Sound Mix
- Ed Cantú, André Zacher
- Production Design
- Meron Kassahun Daba, Rakeb Alemayehu Mersha
- Costumes
- Catherine Schneider, Meron Kassahun Daba, Rakeb Alemayehu Mersha
- Casting
- Dirbdil Assefa Akirso
Cast
Stefan Gubser
Henok Tadele
Kenny Allen
Rahel Teshome
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Attraction Distribution
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Stamm Film AG
Distribution
Release date: 28.05.2015
Awards
(a selection)
- Internationales Filmfestival Cinematograph Innsbruck, Publikumspreis 2015 (Winner)
- Sharjah Children's International Film Festival, Best Feature Film Award 2015 (Winner)
- International Film Festival NUEVA MIRADA for Children and Youth, Premio Signis Argentina 2015 (Winner)
- International Film Festival NUEVA MIRADA for Children and Youth, Childen and Young People's Award Jury Award for Best Fiction Feature Film 2015 (Winner)
-
DreamFest International Film Festival for Children and Youth,
Best Acting Award
2015
(Winner)
Henok Tadele -
Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khourigba,
Special Performance Award
2014
(Winner)
Henok Tadele - Rolan International Youth Film Festival, Audience Award 2014 (Winner)
- International Children's Film Festival, Audience Choice Award - Best Film 2014 (Winner)
- Bogota, Cinecita, Best Feature Film For Children 2014 (Winner)
- Brussels Children's Film Festival Film'on, Special Mention of the Jury 2014 (Winner)
- Kyoto International Children's Film Festival, Grand Prix Children Jury - Best Feature Film 2014 (Winner)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Ninos, Children's Jury Award - Best Feature Film 2014 (Winner)
- Festival International du Film pour l’Enfance et la Jeunesse (FIFEJ), Children's Jury Award - Best Feature Film 2014 (Winner)
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Special Prize of the Festival Director 2013 (Winner)
- Festival Internacional de Cine para Infancia y la Juventud, Mención Especial del Jurado 2013 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Espoo, 27th Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
19.08.2016 - 28.08.2016 -
3rd International Children´s Film Festival Sharjah
18.10.2015 - 23.10.2015 -
14th Festival internacional de cine"Nueva Mirada" para la infancia y la juventud
27.08.2015 - 02.09.2015 -
5th DreamFest International Film Festival for Children and Youth
17.06.2015 - 21.06.2015 -
24. Internationales Filmfestival Innsbruck
02.06.2015 - 07.06.2015 -
22nd Cairo International Cinema and Arts Festival for Children
20.03.2015 - 27.03.2015 -
Solothurn, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2015 - 29.01.2015 -
5th Malatya International Film Festival
21.11.2014 - 27.11.2014 -
Rolan International Youth Film Festival
08.11.2014 - 12.11.2014 -
Horsovsky Tyn, Juniorfest-International Festival for Children and Youth
08.11.2014 - 12.11.2014
-
Mannheim-Heidelberg, 63. Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
06.11.2014 - 16.11.2014 -
8th International Children's Film Festival Filem'on Bruxelles
26.10.2014 - 02.11.2014 -
29. Filmfest Osnabrück
15.10.2014 - 19.10.2014 -
Rimouski, 32e Festival International de Cinéma Jeunesse de Rimouski
24.09.2014 - 28.09.2014 -
Kyoto International Children's Film Festival
07.08.2014 - 11.08.2014 -
Festival Internacional de Cine de Ninos
05.08.2014 - 10.08.2014 -
Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khourigba
14.06.2014 - 21.06.2014 -
Gera / Erfurt, Goldener Spatz Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival Gera/Erfurt
11.05.2014 - 17.05.2014 -
Bogota, Cinecita
07.05.2014 - 10.05.2014 -
International Children's Film Festival
24.04.2014 - 02.05.2014 -
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
04.04.2014 - 11.04.2014 -
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int. Film Festival
03.04.2014 - 19.04.2014 -
10e Festival International du Film pour l’Enfance et la Jeunesse de Sousse
23.03.2014 - 29.03.2014 -
10th Glasgow Film Festival
20.02.2014 - 02.03.2014 -
Children's Film Festival Seattle
23.01.2014 - 08.02.2014 -
International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!
01.12.2013 - 08.12.2013 -
Oulu, Oulu Int. Children's Film Festival
18.11.2013 - 24.10.2013 -
Festival Internacional de Cine para Infancia y la Juventud Madrid
18.11.2013 - 23.11.2013 -
36. LUCAS Internationales Kinderfilmfestival Frankfurt
22.09.2013 - 29.09.2013 -
Festival Cinémas d'Afrique
22.08.2013 - 25.08.2013 -
43rd Giffoni Film Festival
19.07.2013 - 28.07.2013