Director & Writer
THE ORDINARIES
Have you ever felt like a supporting character in your own life?
What if you really are one…?
Fühlst du dich auch manchmal wie eine Nebenfigur in deinem eigenen Leben?
Was ist, wenn du wirklich eine bist...?
- Fiction, 120 min, 2022-
Mit/With
Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Henning Peker, Noah Tinwa, Sira Faal, Denise M’Baye, Pasquale Aleardi, Noah Bailey
Joy Maria Bai, Birgit Berthold, Dela Dabulamanzi, Cino Djavid, Sibylle Maria Dordel,
Rike Eckermann, Gisa Flake, Mélanie Fouché, Mathias Max Herrmann, Aurel Manthei, Michael
Pink, Heiko Pinkowski, Marc Ben Puch, Rainer Reiners, Ben Andrews Rumler, Christian Steyer,
Bastian Sierich, Paul Stiehler, Martin Umbach, Heinz Wanitschek, Paul Zichner, u.a.
director Sophie Linnenbaum
screenplay Sophie Linnenbaum & Michael Fetter Nathansky
producer Laura Klippel, Britta Strampe
production design Josefine Lindner, Max-Josef Schönborn
cinematography Valentin Selmke
visual effects supervisor Johannes Blech
costume design Sophie Peters
make-up artist Elena Ziegler
casting director Karl Schirnhofer
music composer Fabian Zeidler
editing Kai Eiermann
sound design & mixing Nicolas Voß
production company BANDENFILM
co- production ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
comission editor Jörg Schneider
theatrical distribution germany Not Sold & Port au Prince
THE MATCH FACTORY
FESTIVALS
PREMIERE FILMFEST MUNICH 2022
KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
- Christal Globe Competition
ZÜRICH FILM FESTIVAL, SWITZERLAND
THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL, GREECE
PÖFF TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS, ESTLAND
Best of Fest
GOLDEN ROOSTER FILM FESTIVAL, CHINA
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA
REC DE TARRAGONA, SPAIN
AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS, BERLIN
LES ARCS FILM FESTIVAL, FRANCE
AWARDS
First Steps Award - best feature
Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino - Filmfest München
- best production
- best director
New Faces Award Film - best feater
DEFA Förderpreis - Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Audience Award - best Film - Filmkunstmesse Leipzig
Children- and youthaward of Goethe Institute I Internationales Filmfestival SCHLINGEL
„Mainzer Rad“ for best feature - FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos
"Heimspielpreis“ for Denise M’Baye - Braunschweig International Film Festival
KINEMA - German-french-youth-Award for outstanding debut – Braunschweig International Film Festival
Audience Award - best international feature - Golden Rooster Film Festival
Best feature - Ahrenshooper Filmnächte
Best feature MADE IN GERMANY I exground Wiesbaden
Audience Award - best feature - Seeyousoundfilmfestival
SOPHIE LINNENBAUM