WINNER OF BEST FEATURE FILM AT THE 2011 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL

DESCRIPTION

Kattaka is celebrating Christmas at home in Berlin when her family receives a phone call that reveals that the man Kattaka thought was her father actually isn´t. Wanting to meet her biological father, she sets off on a journey long German country roads and the Polish coast to find him. Knäcke, her best friend, and Lene, the 75-year old neighbor, go with her, as Lene too is looking for something too…

Featuring veteran German actress Ursula Werner (Cloud 9 ).

TRAILER (in German, actual film will have English subtitles)

SELECT FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

- Winner of Best Feature Film at the 2011 Chicago International Children's Film Festival
- Official Selection: Munich International Film Festival, Germany, 2011
- Official Selection: FIFEM Montreal, Canada, 2011
- Official Selection: Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2011
- Official Selection: 16th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, San Francisco, 2011

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Director Johannes Schmid was born in 1973. He studied drama, film and German literature in Erlangen and Munich. His first feature Silly’s Sweet Summer premiered at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival and won awards worldwide. Winter’s Daughter is his second feature. He has also directed more than 25 plays and operas. He lives in Munich.

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SHOWTIME

FRI. 01/13 at 4:00PM
Stockton Empire Theatre

SAT. 01/14 at 12:30PM
Stockton Empire Theatre

CAST AND CREW

Director: Johannes Schmid
Screenwriters: Michaela Hinnenthal, Thomas Schmid
Producers: Tom Blieninger, Philip Budweg, Mikolaj Pokromski
Cinematographer: Michael Bertl
Editor: Thomas Kohler
Music: Michael Heilrath, Kathrin Mickiewiecz
Principal Cast: Nina Monka, Ursula Werner, Leon Seidel, Dominik Nowak

PRINT SOURCE / WORLD SALES

Production Company:
Schlicht & Ergreifend Filmproduktion, Germany
schlichtundergreifend-film.de