MARIJA
SYNOPSIS
Marija, a young Ukrainian woman, cleans hotel rooms in Dortmund (Germany), but dreams of owning her own hair salon. Determined to achieve that goal, she is willing to compromise her body, her social relationships and even her own feelings in the process.
| DIRECTOR | Michael Koch |
| YEAR | 2016 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | International Competition - Locarno Film Festival 2016 |
| CAST | Margarita Breitkreiz Georg Friedrich Sahin Eryilmaz Olga Dinnokova |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Pandora Film Produktion in co-production with Hugofilm (Switzerland) Little Shark Entertainment and Westdeutscher Rundfunk ARTE Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / SRG SSR |
| SUPPORTED BY | Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Deutscher Filmförderfonds Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI) Schweiz Zürcher Filmstiftung Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien Filmförderungsanstalt development supported by Media Programm of the European Union Filmförderungsanstalt Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia BS/BL |
| WORLD SALES | Luxbox |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Realfiction Filmverleih |
| LENGTH | 100 min. |
| FORMAT | DCP 2K 24fps - 1:1.85 - colour - 5.1. Sound |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Dortmund (Germany) |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | German with parts in Russian |
| PRODUCERS | Christoph Friedel (producer) Claudia Steffen (producer) Christof Neracher (co-producer) Tom Spiess (co-producer) Andrea Hanke (commissioning editor WDR) Georg Steinert (commissioning editor ARTE) |
| WRITERS | Drehbuch: Michael Koch Co-Autorin: Juliane Großheim |
| CASTING | Susanne Ritter |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Bernhard Keller |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Katja Christochowitz |
| EDITING | Florian Riegel |
| MUSIC | |
| SOUND | Jean-Pierre Gerth (original sound) Tobias Koch (sound design) Maurizius Staerkle-Drux (sound design & mix) |
| ART DIRECTION | Petra Barchi |
| COSTUMES | Peri de Braganca |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Astrid Weber |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
| LINKS | www.marija.pandorafilm.com ///// www.luxboxfilms.com |
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