He was born in Marburg (Germany) in 1969. He studied Art in the French town of Quimper, and Philosophy and Audiovisual Communication in Hamburg. He directed five short films before making his feature debut in 2002 with ‘Bungalow’, which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale and received the German Critics’ prize. In 2006 he participated with ‘Windows on Monday’ in the Forum section of the Berlin Festival. Together with filmmakers such as Christoph Hochhäusler, Benjamin Heisenberg, Angela Schanelec, Thomas Arslan, Valeska Grisebach and her partner, Maren Ade, they make up the so-called ‘Berlin School’. His third feature film, ‘Sleeping Sickness’ (2011) earned him the Golden Bear for best director in Berlin. In 2018 he was selected for Un Certain Regard in Cannes for ‘In My Room’ and a year later he participated in Locarno with ‘A Voluntary Year’, co-directed with Henner Winckler. ‘Gavagai’ (2025) had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival.
Ulrich Köhler
He was born in Marburg (Germany) in 1969. He studied Art in the French town of Quimper, and Philosophy and Audiovisual Communication in Hamburg. He directed five short films before making his feature debut in 2002 with ‘Bungalow’, which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale and received the German Critics’ prize. In 2006 he participated with ‘Windows on Monday’ in the Forum section of the Berlin Festival. Together with filmmakers such as Christoph Hochhäusler, Benjamin Heisenberg, Angela Schanelec, Thomas Arslan, Valeska Grisebach and her partner, Maren Ade, they make up the so-called ‘Berlin School’. His third feature film, ‘Sleeping Sickness’ (2011) earned him the Golden Bear for best director in Berlin. In 2018 he was selected for Un Certain Regard in Cannes for ‘In My Room’ and a year later he participated in Locarno with ‘A Voluntary Year’, co-directed with Henner Winckler. ‘Gavagai’ (2025) had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival.
DIRECTOR
Ulrich Köhler
SCREENPLAY
Ulrich Köhler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Patrick Orth
EDITOR
Lorna Hoefler Steffen
SOUND
Julien Sicart, Andreas Hildebrandt, Simon Apostolou
PRODUCTION
Ingmar Trost, Clément Duboin, Maren Ade
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Sutor Kolonko, Good Fortune Films, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), Arte France Cinéma
CAST
Jean-Christophe Folly, Maren Eggert, Nathalie Richard, Anna Diakhere Thiandoum, Mateusz Malecki, Roch Peton, Mišel Matičević, Michael Witteenborn
RUNNING TIME
89 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2025
VERSION
V.O. French, English, and German with Spanish and English subtitles.
COUNTRY
Germany, France
CONTACT
Luxbox
Screenings
V.O. French, English, and German with Spanish and English subtitles.
