Feiertag

For the directorial debut of Bond villain Detlef Bothe, the jury of the Förderpreis Deutscher Film spontaneously awarded a special mention including prize money. The film was shot with a minimal budget, digital camera and many helpful friends, almost without a team on 12 shooting days in winter. A group of young city dwellers celebrate New Year's Eve in a Tyrolean mountain hut. They drink, argue and are bored. Despite their disinterest in the local villagers, a conflict arises with 50-year-old Sam, who is rooted in the village and is fighting to preserve his parents' family farm. "The film lives from its spontaneity, its drive, the impudence with which a story is simply told here: Straight and unadulterated. The always palpable energy easily consoles over some shortcomings." (artechock.com) With Dietmar Mössmer, Safia Al Bagdadi, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Jeanne Tremsal, and George Lenz.