Archive of films Anywhere Else / Anderswo

Germany
2014, 87 min

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2014

For a long time now, Noa has felt freer in Berlin than in her native Israel, nevertheless she unexpectedly decides to return home. The joy of reunion is quickly replaced by her aversion to the monotony of customs and rituals and to the incessant fear of danger. But where else to go? Director Ester Amrami undoubtedly drew on many of her own experiences and feelings for her first feature.

Synopsis

Years ago, attracted by its culture and lifestyle, Noa moved to Berlin. At present she is collecting material for her grant-sponsored Master’s thesis: a dictionary of untranslatable words. But she hasn’t been feeling well of late and, on top of that, she is waylaid by the news that her boyfriend Jörg has entered a competition in Stuttgart. As a sudden inspiration, Noa decides to fly home. But after the joy of reuniting with her parents and siblings fades, Tel Aviv and her extended family begin to get on her nerves. What now? Director Ester Amrami drew on many of her own experiences and feelings for her first feature. The director weighs in on the difficulty of putting down roots in a country which allows freedom of thought, in contrast to home where one must respect tradition and rituals and where every arrival is a possible enemy. But there is also a distinctive, slightly nostalgic humor exemplified by interview snippets in which the representatives of various nationalities explain the meaning of words that are difficult to translate into other languages. But what purpose would such a dictionary serve, the grant commission wonders.…

About the director

Ester Amrami (b. 1979, Kfar Saba, Israel) moved to Berlin ten years ago. She graduated in direction from Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Her short films have been shown at numerous international festivals: Berlin Diary (2005), the documentary You and Me (At v’ani, 2007), Ha’Joreh (2009), Only Mine (Solamente mio, 2010), Two Men and a Table (Zwei Männer und ein Tisch, 2011 – screened in the Next Generation program at Cannes). The tragicomedy Anywhere Else (2014), her feature debut, was presented in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section at the Berlinale.

Contacts

German Films
Herzog-Wilhelm Str. 16, 80331, München
Germany
Tel: +49 895 997 870
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Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11, 14482, Potsdam
Germany
Tel: +49 331 620 2564
Fax: +49 331 620 2199
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.hff-potsdam.de

dirk manthey film UG
Spüritzenplatz 9, D-22765, Hamburg
Germany
Tel: +49 163 7421454
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.dirkmanthey.de

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About the film

Color, DCP
European premiere

Section:	Forum of Independents - Competition

Director:	Ester Amrami
Screenplay:	Momme Peters, Ester Amrami
Dir. of Photography:	Johannes Praus
Music:	Fabrizio Tentoni
Editor:	Osnat Michaeli
Producer:	Dirk Manthey, Laura Machutta
Production:	dirk manthey film UG
Coproduction:	Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf
Cast:	Neta Riskin, Golo Euler, Hana Laslo, Hana Rieber, Dovaleh Reiser, Romi Abulafia, Kosta Kaplen
Contact:	German Films, Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf, dirk manthey film UG

www:	www.anderswo-film.com