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Giraffe

  • The Giraffe (Working title)
All titles (3)
Feature Film | 2018-2019 | Drama | Denmark, Germany

Shooting data

Start of shooting08/08/2018
End of shooting25/09/2018
LocationsDänemark, Berlin
Filming regionsDenmark, North Germany

Project data

Film financing
Length of movie87 Min.
Aspect ratioWidescreen USA (1 : 1,85)

Brief synopsis

A tunnel will be built to connect Denmark and Germany, the present sets in motion towards the future, change hangs in the air. Dara, an ethnologist, arrives to document the houses tagged for demolition. The young Pole, Lucek, and his colleagues prepare the future construction site. Käthe works on the ferry, steadily moving people, their stories, and goods to and fro. Birte and Leif leave their house that has been passed down for generations. Agnes' life resounds in her diaries, collectibles and the walls of her home, which will soon be demolished. A Danish summer: long days turn into blue nights. People meet and part ways again.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Lisa Loven KongsliDara [L]
Jakub GierszałLucek [L]
Maren EggertKäthe [SR]
Jules* EltingClaudia [SR]
Daniel HoevelsHans [SR]
Gina Henkeln.a. [BP]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Production accountantAndrea Göpfert
Post production coordinatorTolke Palm
Post production assistantCora Frischling
Director of photographyJenny Lou Ziegel
1st assistant cameraFaraz Fesharaki
2nd assistant cameraChristian Öhl
+Data Wrangler
+Data Wrangler
Casting directorUlrike Müller
Costume designerSophie Reble
DirectorAnna Sofie Hartmann
1st AD (local system)Borbála Nagy
EditorSofie Steenberger
GafferOliver Geissler
Best boy electricJannis Tiedemann
Musical directorMads Hartmann
ProducerJonas Dornbach
ProducerJanine Jackowski
ProducerMaren Ade
Co-producerDitte Milsted
Co-producerCaroline Schlüter Bingestam
Co-producerJacob Jarek
Production designerKarin Betzler
Standby propsMandy Peterat
Standby propsMoritz Lenz
Line producerBen von Dobeneck
Assistant to line producerJanina Schafft
Production managerDaria Wichmann
Assistant production managerCora Frischling
Assistant production managerStephanie Berger
Unit manager (local system)Balthasar Busmann
Set manager/ floor managerMoritz Großerhode
ScreenwriterAnna Sofie Hartmann
Script developmentZsuzsanna Kiràly
Production sound mixerOliver Göbel
Boom operatorWolfgang Kick
Sound designerSune Kaarsberg

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Grandfilm GmbH
Rental Germany
Rental Germany

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
CostumesCo.co costume services [de]
KB: Sophie Reble
KB: Sophie Reble
CostumesCOMME des COSTUMES
KB: Sophie Reble
KB: Sophie Reble
CostumesTheaterkunst GmbH Kostümausstattung
KB: Sophie Reble
KB: Sophie Reble
CostumesWas ihr wollt
KB: Sophie Reble
KB: Sophie Reble
Image (VFX)Lugundtrug
Visual Effects
Visual Effects
Sound (Postproduction)Way Film GmbH – Translation & Production

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Anna Sofie Hartmann2021Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2020 [de]
Best fiction film
Best fiction filmWinner
Anna Sofie Hartmann2021Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2020 [de]
Best Screenplay
Best ScreenplayNominated
Lisa Loven Kongsli2021Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2020 [de]
Best Actress
Best ActressNominated
Anna Sofie Hartmann2020Achtung Berlin [de]
Bester Spielfilm
Bester SpielfilmWinner
Anna Sofie Hartmann2019Viennale [at]
FIPRESCI-Preis
FIPRESCI-PreisWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2020GermanyFilmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
Reihe: MOP-Watchlist
Reihe: MOP-Watchlist
2019SpainSan Sebastian Film Festival (Zinemaldia)
Zabaltegi Tabakalera
Zabaltegi Tabakalera
2019GermanyFilmfest Hamburg
2019SwitzerlandLocarno Festival
2019GermanyBraunschweig International Film Festival

TV-broadcast

TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
First showingGermanyrbb [de]Thursday, 07/04/2022, 11.50 PM

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releaseGermanyThursday, 06/08/2020
PremiereSaturday, 10/08/2019Locarno Film Festival