Director: Timo Jacobs, Ulf Behrens, Screenplay: Federico Avino, Germany, 2012, 84 min. In German with English subtitles, digital. Starring: Timo Jacobs, Texas Terri, David Bredin, Yps Van Tule, Peter Koskowski
The highs and lows of low-budget indie filmmaking are the focus of actor Timo Jacobs' feature directorial debut. Self-styled filmmaker Cowboy (Jacobs) has a simple goal: to leave his provincial Northern German town behind him and revolutionize Berlin’s independent film scene.
Desperate to fund his cinematic masterpiece, Cowboy quickly learns that he needs more than his self-taught film skills to survive. Along with his rag-tag film crew, consisting of his unemployed actor friend, Kinski (Koskowski) and the homeless alcoholic, Molle (Bredin) Cowboy accepts any and every directing job he can land. Unfortunately, despite his best efforts, each project leads to catastrophic results. When he meets the attractive and eccentric art student Yps (Van Tule), Cowboy not only falls in love, but into a wasp’s nest of “artistic” creativity that soon outmatches his amateurish approach to life and filmmaking.
Select Awards:
Official Selection: Max Ophüls Preis 2012
Official Selection: NYC Independent Film Festival 2012
Official Selection: Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2012
Official Selection: Oder/Neisse Filmfest 2012
Official Selection: Okseo Filmfestival 2012
Official Selection: Kunstfilmfest Schwerin 2012
Official Selection: Clair-Obscur 2012
Special Diploma: Deboshirfilm Pure Dreams XV 2012
Merit Award: Achtung berlin Festival 2012
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