Film + Discussion with Filmmaker Carolina Hellsgård
Q&A with Writer-Director Carolina Hellsgård, and reception following the screening.
Writer-Director: Carolina Hellsgård, Germany, 2015, 87 min., German with English subtitles, digital. Starring: Anne Ratte-Polle, Nele Trebs, Robert Viktor Minich, Marko Dyrlich, Jan Bülow, Mehmet Yilmaz, Michael Baderschneider
After a long period in prison, 40-year-old Wanja (Ratte-Polle) is determined to avoid anything that might lead her back into addiction and the same lowlife circles as before. She takes innocuous jobs, first in a pet shop because she likes caring for animals, and then at an equestrian stable. She moves into social housing and meets regularly with her parole officer. During her work at the track she meets Emma (Trebs), a somewhat rebellious 16-year-old.
Wanja soon starts feeling affection for the troubled girl who reminds her of herself before she went into prison – right down to the same excessive drinking, the drug-taking and the cool friends. At first the two keep out of each other's way, but little by little Wanja grows closer to Emma and a cautious friendship develops. When Emma lands in trouble, Wanja decides to take control and save her.
Source: www.berlinale.de
Awards:
-Filmfest Biberach 2015Bester Debüt-Spielfilm
-FBW 2015
Prädikat: wertvoll
-Valletta Film Festival Malta 2015
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With this screening, the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles continues its collaboration with the Villa Aurora’s artist-in-residence program. Under the label “Villa @ Goethe,” artists residing at the Villa Aurora have the opportunity to showcase their projects (past, present, and future) with the friends, patrons and guests here at the Goethe-Institut.
The Villa Aurora is an artists’ residence and historic landmark located in the former home of exiled German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife Marta.
To promote and foster German-American cultural exchange and to remember the European exiles that settled in Southern California, Villa Aurora offers a variety of public lectures, screenings and performances
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Carolina Hellsgård was born in Stockholm, Sweden and studied at the University of the Arts in Berlin as well as at Cal Arts’ Graduate Film Directing Program. Her debut feature, WANJA had its world premiere at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival where it was nominated for Best First Feature Film. The film was shown at numerous international film festivals including Sao Paulo, Montreal, Gothenburg and Austin Filmfestival. WANJA was awarded Best Debut Film at the Biberacher Filmfestspiele and Best Script at Valletta Filmfestival, Malta. It was released theatrically in Germany in 2016. At Villa Aurora Carolina Hellsgård will work on the screenplay for a science fiction drama based on the current world situation.
Source: www.villa-aurora.org
Presented in cooperation with the Villa Aurora
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