BEST DIRECTOR AWARD / ENCOUNTERS BERLINALE 2021

A remarkable construction of a rigorous mise en scène serving the ambiguity of each character with grace, humour, subtlety, and ultimately embracing the complexity of human relationships.

FIPRESCI AWARD / ENCOUNTERS BERLINALE 2021
In very sharp and clear images, Ramon and Silvan Zürcher succeed as few do, in what is becoming increasingly important in the cinema of the 21st century: They create their own aesthetic and narrative universe. Full of lightness and seriousness at the same time, the directors establish a hyper-realistic world full of dark details that can always lead to an emotional outburst – a shiny and irritated surface in which the cracks of our time open up.
 

SPECIAL MENTION / FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE LA ROCHE-SUR-YON

Special Mention of the Nouvelles Vagues Jury, for whom the film is “a poetic object conscious of the strangeness of everyday life. A choreography of looks and ambiguity with an impressive precision of the cinematographic space. A wonderful performance by Henriette Confurius that will not be forgotten.”

 

GRAND PRIX / NEW HOLLAND ISLAND INTERNATIONAL DEBUT FILM FESTIVAL 

“Tension bounces from one person’s gaze to another, from one remark to the next, until it manifests in the force of material impact: a scratch on a countertop, a broken glass and a bump on a forehead take the place of a conversation about the breakdown of a relationship.”

MARCUS D’OR / AVENTI CLAP 

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA AWARD FOR BEST SCRIPT /FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE MAR DEL PLATA

FILMPREIS FÜR DEN LANGSPIELFILM, BERNER FILMFÖRDERUNG

 

SCREENINGS 

Apr 8: Film at Lincoln Center – New York, NY
Apr 8: Metrograph – New York, NY
Apr 15: Laemmle Royal – Los Angeles, CA
Apr 15-24: Northwest Film Forum – Seattle, WA
Apr 15: a/perture cinema – Winston-Salem, NC
Apr 15: Savoy Theater – Montpelier, VT
Apr 15: Cinema Pubic – Montreal, QC
Apr 18-25: The Cinematheque – Vancouver, BC

DISTRIBUTION SWITZERLAND 
Xenix Filmdistribution -13.5.21 (german part) / 18.8.21 (french part)

WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION

Distribution Germany: Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH – 8.7.21

Distribution France: Wayna Pitch – 20.10.21

Distribution Austria: Stadtkino – Filmverleih
Distribution Belgium: Periscoop Film
Distribution Canada: The Cinema Guild Inc.
Distribution GB, IE: Vertigo Releasing LTD
Distribution LV, LT, EE: A-One
Distribution Netherlands: Periscoop Film
Distribution Portugal: Nitrato Filmes
Distribution Turkey: Bir Film
Distribution Taiwan: Hooray Films
Distribution United States: The Cinema Guild Inc.
TV Right ME, CZ, MD, HU, SI, RS, RO, SK, BG, HR: HBO Europe

Berlinale 2021 – International Competition Encounters
Istanbul, 40th Istanbul International Film Festival (postponedCorona – Online), 01.04.2021 – 29.06.2021
EFM online market: 01. – 05.03.2021
Sommer Berlinale: 09. – 20.06.2021
Kiev, 50th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, 29.05.– 06.06.2021
St. Petersburg, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, 13.05 / 28.05 / 22.06.21
TIFF – Toronto International Film Festival, 09. – 18.09.21
Locarno, 74° Locarno Film Festival, 04. – 14.08.2021
MIFF – Melbourne International Film Festival 05.-22.08.21
NEW HORIZONS IF 12-22.08.21
Queer Film Festival Utrecht 20. -29.08.21
NYFFF – New York Film Festival 24.09.-10.10.21
Mexico City, 5th Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival 01. – 10.10.2021
Montreal, 50e Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 06. – 17.10.2021
Busan, 26th Busan International Film Festival 06.– 15.10.2021
Ghent, 48th Film Fest Gent 12. – 23.10.2021
Vienna, Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival 21.10. – 02.11.2021
Sao Paulo, 45a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo (hybrid edition) 21.10.– 03.11.2021
Valladolid, 66. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 23.– 30.10.2021
Thessaloniki, 62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival 04.– 14.11.2021
Copenhagen, 13th CPH PIX 10. – 14.11.2021
Los Angeles, 34th AFI Fest Los Angeles (cancelledCorona – digital alternative) 10.–14.11.2021
Mar del Plata, 36° Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata 18. – 28.11.2021
Goa, 52nd International Film Festival of India Goa 20.– 28.11.2021
Solothurn, 57. Solothurner Filmtage 19.– 01.2022
Göteborg, 45. Göteborg International Film Festival 28.01.– 06.02.2022