Online Film Screening
EUFF 2020: "ALL ABOUT ME" BY CAROLINE LINK
Presented by the Embassy and Consulates of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada & the Goethe-Institut
The EUFF embraces Canada-wide audiences as they move online for a special 2020 edition. The European Union Film Festival Toronto, the Canadian Film Institute, and the Cinematheque in Vancouver have joined forces with the Delegation of the European Union and the embassies, consulates, and cultural institutes of the EU Member States to present the first-ever online edition of the European Union Film Festival (EUFF) in Canada. We are thrilled to be able to continue the decades-long tradition of presenting current European cinema in Canada despite the challenges of this COVID-19 year. This year's festival represents an unprecedented collaboration aimed at rewarding our devoted fans for their support over the years while providing cinephiles across Canada an opportunity to explore the best of contemporary European cinema. The program, includes an exclusive collection of recent films from across the European Union, with Germany holding the EU Presidency and opening the festival on 13 November with the Canadian premiere of Oscar winner Caroline Link's award-winning coming-of-age comedy-drama "All About Me." Mark 13-29 November in your calendar and make sure to join us on this virtual cinematic adventure.
The screening is followed by a conversation with Caroline Link.
EUFF Program Guide
Films can be watched across Canada within a 48-hour window each as they are released over the period of the festival. Single Film tickets are $12, and there will be 2 film passes available: $50 for 5 films and $100 for the whole line up.
“All About Me” (Germany, 2018, 100 min), directed by Caroline Link ("Nowhere in Africa"), with Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer (“Dark"), Sönke Möhring ("Inglorious Basterds"), and others.
West Germany’s Ruhr region, 1972: 9-year old Hans-Peter grows up enveloped by a warm and secure but soon enough troubled family life. Ever since his mother’s botched surgery, the eccentric kid has watched her sink into a deep depression, one that eventually leads to her taking her own life. With tragedy hanging over the family, his despondent father leaves Hans-Peter in the care of his kind-hearted grandmothers, whose love and care make it possible for the young “Hape” to survive the emotional turmoil and use his natural comedic talents to heal his own wounds -. all while making people laugh along with him.
“All About Me” -whose German title translates as The Boy Needs Some Fresh Ai-- is a bittersweet origin story about Hape Kerkeling, one of Germany’s most beloved comedians and television hosts. Based on Kerkeling’s best-selling autobiography and marvellously handled by Oscar-winning director Caroline Link, 'All About Me' is an entertaining, sincere coming-of-age story about the therapeutic potential of laughter." – SIFF
"Caroline Link has taken on the matter of Hape Kerkeling's autobiographical reminiscences to successfully strike the right note, balancing humour, grief and optimism.” – epd-Film
“One of the best movies coming out of 2018. Caroline Link turns a private view on the childhood story of Hans-Peter Kerkeling into great cinema. Her movie radiates like the beads of a necklace stringing together anecdotes, comedies and tragedies.” – filmclicks.at
Awards & Festivals:
German Film Awards 2019: Audience Award, Film Award in Gold, Film Award in Bronze
Seattle International Film Festival 2019: Golden Space Needle Award
Caroline Link was born in 1964 in Bad Neuheim, Germany. Her career as a director began with immediate success both at the national and international level when her first feature film "Beyond Silence” (1996) was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. After completing her second feature film based on a children’s novel by the German author Erich Kästner, Caroline Link directed "Nowhere In Africa", which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003. In 2013, she directed "Exit Marrakech", which premiered as a Special Presentation at TIFF and won the Gryphon Award for Best Film at the Giffoni International Film Festival. With "All About Me” Link completed her 11th feature film project in 2018.
The film screening is available to viewers in Canada. The talk is globally accessible. Times are EST.
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Details
Online
Language: with English subtitles
Price: $10 and up