Marija
Germany / Switzerland, August 2016
FILM,
Fiction,
100 min.
- directed by
- Michael Koch
- Written by
- Michael Koch
- Status
- In distribution
Marija, a young Ukrainian woman, earns her living as a hotel maid in Dortmund, Germany, but dreams of owning her own hair salon. She puts money aside each month but when she is fired without notice, her dream seems out of reach. Without work and under financial pressure, she finds herself forced to look for other opportunities. In her determination to reach her goal she sacrifices her body, her social relationships and her own feelings.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2016
- Original Version
- Russian, German (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 100 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-45AA-0000-9-0000-0000-A
- Production
- Pandora Film Produktion, Hugofilm Productions GmbH, Little Shark Entertainment, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, ARTE G.E.I.E., SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR
- Producer
- Claudia Steffen, Christof Neracher, Tom Spiess
- directed by
- Michael Koch
- Written by
- Michael Koch
- Cinematography
- Bernhard Keller
- Editing
- Florian Riegel
- Sound Editing
- Maurizius Staerkle Drux, Tobias Koch
- Sound Design
- Maurizius Staerkle Drux, Tobias Koch
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jacques Kieffer
- Location Sound Mix
- Jean-Pierre Gerth
- Production Design
- Petra Barchi
- Lighting Design
- Henry Notroff
- Costumes
- Peri De Braganca
- Casting
- Susanne Ritter
Cast
Margarita Breitkreiz as Marija
Georg Friedrich as Georg
Sahin Eryilmaz as Cem
Olga Dinnikova as Olga
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Luxbox
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
Real Fiction Filmverleih
Distribution
Release date: 09.03.2017 - Switzerland
-
Frenetic Films
Distribution
Release date: 23.02.2017
Awards
(a selection)
-
Mons, Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons,
Prix d'Interprétation Féminine - Prix honorifique
2017
(Winner)
Margarita Breitkreiz -
Angers, Premiers Plans,
Prix Mademoiselle Ladubay
2017
(Winner)
Margarita Breitkreiz -
Angers, Premiers Plans,
Prix Jean Carmet
2017
(Winner)
Georg Friedrich - Mons, Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons, Coup de Coeur du Jury 2017 (Winner)
- Locarno, Locarno Festival, Mention spéciale Jury oecumenique 2016 (Winner)
- Locarno, Locarno Festival, Premio Giuria dei giovani «L’environnement, c’est la qualité de la vie» 2016 (Winner)
- Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Fiction Film 2017 (Nomination)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2017 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
39th Cairo International Film Festival
15.11.2017 - 24.11.2017 -
Freistadt Festival # 30 Der neue Heimatfilm
23.08.2017 - 27.08.2017 -
Mons, 33e Festival International du Film d'Amour Mons
10.02.2017 - 17.02.2017 -
Göteborg, 40. Göteborg International Film Festival
27.01.2017 - 06.02.2017 -
Saarbrücken, 38. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
23.01.2017 - 29.01.2017 -
Angers, 29e Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers
20.01.2017 - 29.01.2017 -
Solothurn, 52. Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2017 - 26.01.2017 -
Kiev, 46th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
22.10.2016 - 30.10.2016 -
61. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
22.10.2016 - 29.10.2016 -
Busan, 21st Busan International Film Festival
06.10.2016 - 15.10.2016
-
Toronto, 41st Toronto International Film Festival
08.09.2016 - 18.09.2016 -
Locarno, 69° Festival del film Locarno
03.08.2016 - 13.08.2016