Amateur Teens
Switzerland, September 2015
FILM,
Fiction,
92 min.
- directed by
- Niklaus Hilber
- Written by
- Niklaus Hilber, Patrick Tönz
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.amateurteens-kinofilm.ch
A group of normal 14-year-old teenagers at a secondary school in Zurich with the normal yearnings for love and acceptance. But the power of social media, with its high-gloss selfies and perpetual pressure towards cooler and sexier, increasingly forces the kids to deny their true feelings. So a tragedy runs its course, one in which it is almost impossible to differentiate between perpetrator and victim, guilt and innocence.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2015
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 92 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-F373-0000-W-0000-0000-F
- Production
- A Film Company GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Valentin Greutert
- directed by
- Niklaus Hilber
- Written by
- Niklaus Hilber, Patrick Tönz
- Cinematography
- Tobias Dengler
- Editing
- Benjamin Fueter
- Sound Editing
- Ramon Orza
- Sound Design
- Ramon Orza
- Re-Recording Mix
- Ramon Orza
- Music
- Diego Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg
- Location Sound Mix
- Jan Illing
- Production Design
- Sophie Stalder, Sophie Reinhard
- Lighting Design
- Raphael Toel
- Costumes
- Tanya Sonderegger
- Casting
- Corinna Glaus, Thomas Kaufmann, Jessica Hefti, Aurora Jouffroy
Cast
Fabrizio Borsani as Selim
Annina Walt as Lara
Chiara Carla Bär as Sabrina
Luna Wedler as Milena
Benjamin Dangel as Adi
Jérôme Humm as Jan
Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen as Alina
Fayrouz Gabriel as Fatima
Veton Hamza as Kemal
Nicolas Heini as Dave
Nicola Perot as Lars
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Film Republic
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
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Distribution
Release date: 15.10.2015
Awards
(a selection)
- Zürich, Zurich Film Festival, Audience Award 2015 (Winner)
-
Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur,
Swiss Film Award, Best Actress
2016
(Nomination)
Annina Walt -
Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur,
Swiss Film Award, Best Performance in a Supporting Role
2016
(Nomination)
Chiara Carla Bär - Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Fiction Film 2016 (Nomination)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2015 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
FILMZ festival des deutschen Kinos
22.11.2016 - 27.11.2016 -
Cork, 61th Cork Film Festival
11.11.2016 - 20.11.2016 -
Zürich, 12. Zurich Film Festival
22.09.2016 - 02.10.2016 -
39. LUCAS Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans
18.09.2016 - 25.09.2016 -
Locarno, 69° Festival del film Locarno
03.08.2016 - 13.08.2016 -
Valencia, 31° Festival Internacional de Cine Cinema Jove Valencia
17.06.2016 - 24.06.2016 -
Solothurn, 51. Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2016 - 28.01.2016 -
Tallinn, 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
13.11.2015 - 29.11.2015 -
Zug, 1. Zuger Filmtage
23.10.2015 - 25.10.2015 -
Zürich, 11. Zurich Film Festival
24.09.2015 - 04.10.2015