Liebesfilm
By Emma Rosa Simon & Robert Bohrer
2018 | 82 min | Drama
LIEBESFILM turns a Berlin slacker romance into a sharp comedy about desire, responsibility and the messy poetry of modern intimacy in Berlin.
Lana Cooper
ActorLana Cooper (born 1981 in Hamburg) is a prominent German actress known for her rich film and television career and awards at renowned festivals. She completed her acting training at the Frese Acting Studio in Hamburg after engagements at the youth theater of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg.
She came to the attention of a wider cinema audience with the multi-award-winning mumblecore film LOVE STEAKS (2013), for which she was honored as Best Actress at the Evolution Mallorca Film Festival and the Munich Film Festival, among others. This was followed by challenging roles in films such as BEAT BEAT HEART (2016), for which she was awarded an acting prize at the Günter Rohrbach Film Prize in 2017.
In WIR SIND DIE FLUT (2016) and the short drama SCHMITKE (2014), she continued to showcase her subtle acting talent. In the provocative drama KIM HAT EINEN PENIS (2018), she once again showed her courage to take on challenges, proving her artistic versatility.
Lana Cooper impresses with her authenticity and presence on screen and stage and has established herself in German arthouse and independent cinema.
Films
Bulldog
2022 | 95 min | Drama
Bruno lives in symbiosis with his mother — until a new partner arrives and his role as son, roommate, and pillar of support is thrown into question.
Everything Always All the Time
2019 | 86 min | Independent
What happens when your girlfriend suddenly has a penis?
Love Steaks
By Jakob Lass
2013 | 90 min | Independent
LOVE STEAKS is the poster child of the German mumblecore genre, showcasing Franz Rogowski.
Beat Beat Heart
2017 | 87 min | Independent
A playful romanticist has been waiting for the love of her life to return – when suddenly her newly separated mother moves in.
We Are the Tide
2016 | 84 min | Independent
15 years ago off the coast of Windholm the sea disappeared and with it, all the children. Since then, the losses hang like a curse over the region.
Schmitke
2014 | 98 min | Independent
What should have been a ordinary job in the Czech Ore Mountains, becomes a mysterious expedition for the aging engineer Julius Schmitke.
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