STYX
STYX
a film by Wolfgang Fischer
World Premiere: Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival 2018
Germany/Austria 2018 // color // 90min
Synopsis
The transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip.
Rike -40, a doctor from Europe - embodies a typical Western model of happiness and success. She is educated, confident, determined and committed. We see Rike‘s everyday life, as an emergency doctor, before she fulfils a long-held dream and sails out to sea alone in her sailing boat. Her goal: Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean.
But her dream holiday is quickly broken off on the high seas, when, after a storm, she finds herself near a stricken fishing boat. Around a hundred people are about to drown. Rike follows maritime law and radios for help. As her request is going nowhere, she is forced to make a fatal decision.
| Directed by | Wolfgang Fischer |
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| Written by | Wolfgang Fischer, Ika Künzel |
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| With | Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda |
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| Camera | Benedict Neuenfels, aac/bvk |
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| Editing | Monika Willi, aea |
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| Re-Recording Mixer | Tobias Fleig, bvft |
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| Sound Design | Uwe Dresch, Andre Zimmermann |
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| Sound Recordist | Andreas Turnwald |
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| Hair & Make Up Design | Elke Hahn |
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| Costume Design | Nicole Fischnaller |
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| Casting | Anja Dihrberg |
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| Line Producer | Charles E. Breitkreuz |
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| Commissioning Editors | Andrea Hanke, Georg Steinert |
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| Supported by | Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Eurimages, Austrian Film Institute, Malta Film Commission, German Federal Film Fund, medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, German Federal Film Board, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media |
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| In collaboration with | WDR, Arte |
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| Associate Producers | Kay Niessen, Michael Reuter, Andreas Fröhlich, Robert Gross |
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| Producers | Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald, Michal Pokorny |
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| Co-Producers | Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck |
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| Production | Schiwago Film |
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| Co-Production | AMOUR FOU Vienna |
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| Distribution Germany | Zorro Film |
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| Distribution Austria | Filmladen |
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| Worldsales | Beta Cinema |
Awards & Nominations
latest nominations: finalist LUX Prize, European University Film Award
Angela Award @ Subtitle European Film Festival 2018
Creative Energy Award @ Emden Norderney International Film Festival 2018
Fipresci Award @ Ljubljana International Film Festival 2018
Special Award of the Jury @ Batumi International Art-House Film Festival 2018
"Triton Award" Best Cinematographer Benedict Neuenfels @ Valetta Film Festival 2018
"Triton Award" Beste Performance Susanne Wolff @ Valetta Film Festival 2018
Creative Energy Award @ International Filmfest Emden-Norderney 2018
DBP @ International Filmfest Emden-Norderney 2018
Grand Price of the Festival @ Filmkunstfest MV 2018
Audience Award @ Filmkunstfest MV 2018
Best Sounddesign @ Filmkunstfest MV 2018
2nd place at Audience Award @ Berlinale 2018
Heiner-Carow-Award @ Berlinale 2018
Award of the Ecumenical Jury @ Berlinale 2018
Europe Cinemas Label Award @ Berlinale 2018
Festivals
International Film Festival Berlin, Germany - February 2018
Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey - April 2018
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong - April 2018
Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey - April 2018
Filmkunstfest MV Schwerin, Germany - May 2018
Oslo Pix, Norway - June 2018
Valetta Film Festival, Malta - June 2018
Shanghai International Film Festival - June 2018
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic - June 2018
Emden Norderney International, Deutschland - June 2018
Odessa International Film Festival, Ukraine - July 2018
New Horizons Film Festival, Germany - July 2018
Palic European Film Festival, Serbia - July 2018
Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland - July 2018
Motovun Film Festival, Croatia - July 2018
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel - July 2018
Film By The Sea International Film, Netherlands - September 2018
Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Germany - September 2018
Festival of German Films, New Zealand - September 2018
Cinematik Film Festival Piestany, Slovakia - September 2018
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada - September 2018
Batumi International Art House Film Festival, Georgia - September 2018
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland - September 2018
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland - September 2018
CPH:PIX Copenhagen, Denmark - September 2018
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal, Canada - September 2018
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada - September 2018
BFI London Film Festival, UK - October 2018
RAVAC International Film Festival, Moldova - October 2018
Film Fest Gent, Belgium - October 2018
La Roche sur Yon International Film Festival, France - October 2018
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Austria - October 2018
Philadelphia Film Festival, USA - October 2018
Goethe-Institut Hong Kong KINO!, China - October 2018
Riga International Film Festival, Latvia - October 2018
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada - October 2018
Film Fest Gent, Belgium - October 2018
German Film Week Goethe Institut, Philippines - November 2018
Seville European Film Festival, Spain - November 2018
Cork Film Festival, Irland - November 2018
Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden - November 2018
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom - November 2018
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan - November 2018
Panorama of the European Film, Egypt - November 2018
AFI FEST Los Angeles, USA - November 2018
Subtitle European Film Festival, Irland - November 2018
Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia - November 2018
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece - November 2018
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia - December 2018
Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA - January 2019
Bengaluru International Film Festival, India - February 2019
Hammerfest Filmklubb, Norway - March 2019
German Film Week , Libanon Portugal - March 2019
German Film Week in Bangkok, Thailand - March 2019
Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg - March 2019
Europe on screen, Jakarta - April 2019
Izmir International Refugee Film Festival, Turkey - April 2019
Fajr International Film Festival, Teheran Iran - April 2019
Diaspora Film Festival, Korea - May 2019
Festival of German Films, Australia - June 2019
Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival, Korea - August 2019
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival, Poland - August 2019
Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea - September 2019
Goethe Institut in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - September 2019
Festival of German Films (Goethe Institut St. Petersburg), Russia - October 2019
Kolkata International Film Festival, India - November 2019
European Film Festival, South Africa - December 2019
Deutsche Filmwoche Malaga, Spain - February 2020
Goethe-Institut Taschkent, Uzbekistan - February 2020
Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival, Taiwan - September 2020