Paradise
2019 | 85 min | Drama
Paul Aivanaa Manaté makes film history as the first Franco-Polynesian director ever and was able to enlist Sebastian Urzendowsky for the role.
Paul Aivanaa Mante
DirectorPaul Aivanaa Mante is a relatively unknown figure in the entertainment industry, with little to no public information available about his career, films, or awards.
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2007 | 75 min | Romance
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2008 | 20 min | Shorts
In this award-winning newcomer film, a woman returns to her hometown in the former GDR, from where she fled with her family and is overcome by dark visions of a haunting past. Christine Wernke's graduation film from the International Film School Cologne received the Young Talent Award at the Grenzland Filmtage Selb and was shown at the Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Festival. Dana returns to her hometown at the Baltic Sea. Twenty years ago, she and her family feld East Germany by boat. The escape failed ...
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