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Leonie Brill

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Heirate Mir! - Marry Me!

Heirate Mir! - Marry Me!

1999 | 103 min | Timeless

The shy cemetery employee Eugen is sent to Poland to find a wife for himself. There he immediately falls in love with the pretty Goschka (Verona Pooth). "The director spent nearly five years working on a film that delivers everything and is destined to become a cult classic with the Wolfsperger signature with its quirky story, bizarre characters, attention to detail, and a good dose of blasphemous wickedness. Above all, the director managed to curb star Verona Feldbusch, who ends up carrying the ...

Liberation

Liberation

2017 | 24 min | Shorts

Jane is a boxer preparing for the championship of her life. She wants to win but it's difficult to keep focus when her girlfriend Tanja wants to start a family. When Jane meets Karoline new emotions arises and she decides to leave Tanja. The training escalates, and suddenly Jane seems to be unable to get the firm foothold that she so desperately needs in both her life and in her career.

Walking on a Thin Line

Walking on a Thin Line

2015 | 55 min | Documentary

When fighting, Ibo seems anything but unfocused. For half a year Vedran Kos accompanies his exhausting preparations for the first amateur boxing match and talks about the emotional but also pragmatic hurdles of the sport. Today the time has come, the day of the fight that will decide everything. It’s easy to say the most important match is always the next one – but for Ibo at this instant it is really true that nothing else counts. Depending on the outcome, he feels the threat of megalomania or ...

Meanwhile in Mamelodi

Meanwhile in Mamelodi

2011 | 74 min | Documentary

Father Steven puts all his energy into his small kiosk in the middle of the township. Meanwhile, daughter "Moskito" struggles through the turmoil of puberty and dreams of a career as a professional soccer player or paleontologist. A family portrait, away from the flashy World Cup broadcasts, about two South African generations, their dreams, disappointments and realities. "One-thousand-watt personalities combined with beautiful lensing make MEANWHILE IN MAMELODI a star thesis project from tyro ...

Jan - Challenge at the Net

Jan - Challenge at the Net

2013 | 94 min | Documentary

Can Jan reconcile his family ambitions and tough training regimen with a “normal” adolescence? Huge fans of Roger Federer, the Guler family dreams of boosting their youngest son Jan on top of the world of tennis. As classmates start an apprenticeship or move on to high school, Jan starts professional tennis camp. Over a period of five years, we witness up close how the Guler family deals with the sport, family and social demands of a professional tennis career. We watch as teenager Jan develops ...

Hugo Koblet - The Charming Cyclist

Hugo Koblet - The Charming Cyclist

2014 | 97 min | Documentary

The well-drafted docudrama HUGO KOBLET - THE CHARMING CYCLIST, which premiered at the Festival del film Locarno, is an homage to "the James Dean of cycling" who was both an exceptional athlete and a broken man. Swiss cycling legend Hugo Koblet (1925-1964) was a Tour de France winner and the first non-Italian to win the Giro d'Italia. A baker's son from Zurich, Koblet quickly rose to fame as the worlds first international cycling star. His elegant appearance and the ease of his success charmed and ...