Everyone Else
"EVERYONE ELSE" WON TWO SILVER BEARS AT THE 59th BERLINALE: JURY GRAND PRIX & BEST ACTRESS - BIRGIT MINICHMAYR.
KOMPLIZEN FILM IN CO-PRODUKTION WITH SWR, WDR AND ARTE, FUNDED BY BKM, FFA, FFF BAYERN, KURATORIUM JUNGER DEUTSCHER FILM, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG AND DFFF. 2009 | 35mm | 1:1.85 | 5.1. | 124 min
Synopsis

"Everyone Else" tells the story of an uneven couple (Chris and Gitti), who are struggling through a holiday in secluded togetherness. We get to know two people as they can only be when they're alone: their secret rituals, silly habits, unfulfilled desires and power struggles. The encounter with another couple leads their relationship to falter. The others are not only more successful; they are also adept at maintaining a conventional male-female relationship behind a modern façade. Chris starts to model himself upon them, attempting to enforce boundaries on his idiosyncratic girlfriend. This shakes Gitti's faith in him. Her attempt to conform to his new ideal goes from being a daring flirtation with a new role to become a silent war against herself. Whilst Chris blossoms in the role of the strong one, and opens towards Gitti in a new way, Gitti is in danger of losing herself.

The leads are played by Birgit Minichmayr and Lars Eidinger. Shooting took place in Sardinia in Summer 2007.

Cast
Gitti Birgit Minichmayr
Chris Lars Eidinger
Sana Nicole Marischka
Hans Hans-Jochen Wagner
crew
Written and directed by Maren Ade
Producers Janine Jackowski
Dirk Engelhardt
Maren Ade
TV Producers Uli Herrmann (SWR)
Andrea Hanke (WDR)
Georg Steinert (ARTE)
Executive Producer Jonas Dornbach
Casting Nina Haun
Director of Photography Bernhard Keller
Sound Jörg Kidrowski
Production Design Silke Fischer
Costume Design Gitti Fuchs
Schnitt Heike Parplies
Sound Design Daniel Iribarren
Mixing Florian Beck
Awards Berlinale, 59th International Film Festival Berlin:
Silver Bear – JURY GRAND PRIX
Silver Bear – Best Actress Birgit Minichmayr
Femina Film Award for Best Costume Design - Silke Fischer
German Film Award 2010:
Nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress
Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI):
FIPRESCI Critics Award
Best Director
Internationale Women's Film Festival Dortmund:
Main Prize
Love Is Folly International Film Festival:
Best Actor - Lars Eidinger
Ourense Film Festival:
Best Actress - Birgit Minichmayr
film+ award:
Best Editing in a Feature Film - Heike Parplies
theatrical release "Everyone Else" was released in various countries including:
France – Why Not Productions (http://www.whynotproductions.fr)
USA - The Cinema Guild (http://www.cinemaguild.com)
Spain - Karma Films (http://www.karmafilms.es)
Sweden - Folkets Bio (http://www.folketsbio.se)
Denmark - Öst for Paradis (http://www.paradisbio.dk)
Norway - Arthaus (http://www.arthaus.no)
Argentina/Chile/Uruguay/Paraguay - IFA Cinema (http://en.unifrance.org/directories/company/84542 /ifa-argentina)
Russia - Russian Report (http://www.rusreport.com)
Hungary - Anjou Lafayette (http://www.anjoulafayette.eu)
Poland - Vivarto Sp. Z.o.o. (http://www.vivarto.pl)
Serbia - Atalanta Films International (http://www.imdb.de/company/co0056449)
Portugal - Atlanta Filmes (http://www.atalantafilmes.pt)
Germany - Prokino (http://www.prokino.de)
Austria - Polyfilm (http://www.polyfilm.at)
Switzerland - Filmcoopi (http://www.filmcoopi.ch)
FESTIVALS 2009
Berlinale International Film Festival – Competition
Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival
Montevideo Film Festival
Seoul Women's Film Festival
Copenhagen International Film Festival CPH:PIX
Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz
Bozner Filmtage (Bozen Film Festival)
International Women's Film Festival Dortmund
Cannes International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Transylvania International Film Festival
Sydney International Film Festival
Taipeh Film Festival
Cinema Jove
Cinédecouvertes
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Jerusalem International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Motovun Film Festival Zagreb
Brisbane International Film Festival
Espoo Cine
Varna Film Festival Love is Folly
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
Cambridge Film Festival
Bangkok International Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
New York International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Warsaw International Film Festival
Ourense International Film Festival
Megabox European Film Festival
GI Hongkong
Sao Paulo International Film Festival
American Film Institute Festival Los Angeles
Damascus International Film Festival
Goethe-Institut Singapur
American Film Institute Festival Washington
Festival International du Film d'Arras
Deutsches Kinofestival in Nantes (German Film Festival) (Univerciné Allemand)
Ljubljana Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
MUCES European Film Festival Segovia
2010
Goethe-Institut Hanoi Deutsches Film Festival
Tromso International Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival
Independent Film Festival Istanbul
Portland International Film Festival
Sofia International Film Festival
Cinematheque Ontario
World Cinema Showcase 2010
Goethe-Institut Montréal
Rome Independent Film Festival
Sarasota Film Festival
Wisconsin Film Festival
Mosaico Film Festival
Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam
Paris Cinema
Seize the Night Amsterdam
Chennai International Film Festival
Pune International Film Festival
Distribution / World Distribution Distribution: Prokino (http://www.prokino.de)
World Distribution: Bavaria Film International (http://www.bavaria-film.de)
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