Ella und Nell

  • 78'
  • Germany
  • 2018
The sun shines, the nature is stunningly beautiful and they have more than enough to discuss; basically nothing can mess up this hiking and camping trip taken by forty-somethings Ella and Nell, who haven’t seen each other for a very long time. But once they reach the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, on the border between Germany and the Czech Republic, it becomes apparent that an enormous chasm has grown between the friends from Berlin in recent years, formed by long-standing pain, fear and shame. At first their quarrels are small and insignificant, about the route they should take and the bombastic title of Nell’s thesis. But finally the crucial question comes up: where was Ella when Nell was admitted to a psychiatric clinic?
Making her debut, Aline Chukwuedo repeatedly puts her two protagonists – subtly played by Stefanie Petrowitz and Kirsten Schlüter – in uneasy situations that are both tragic and comic, depending on the perspective you choose.
Director
Aline Chukwuedo
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Germany
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
78'
Medium
DCP
International title
Ella & Nell
Language
German
Producers
Ibrahim-Utku Erdogan / Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Aline Chukwuedo
Production Companies
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, CHOKOFILMS, Hildebrandfilm
Sales
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Screenplay
Aline Chukwuedo, Sabina Gröner
Cinematography
Sebastian Lempe
Editor
Ben Laser, Sebastian Lempe
Sound Design
Johannes Heidingsleder
Music
Tabea Nolte, Inga Humpe, Tommi Eckard
Cast
Stephanie Petrowitz, Kirsten Schlüter
Director
Aline Chukwuedo
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Germany
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
78'
Medium
DCP
International title
Ella & Nell
Language
German
Producers
Ibrahim-Utku Erdogan / Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Aline Chukwuedo
Production Companies
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, CHOKOFILMS, Hildebrandfilm
Sales
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Screenplay
Aline Chukwuedo, Sabina Gröner
Cinematography
Sebastian Lempe
Editor
Ben Laser, Sebastian Lempe
Sound Design
Johannes Heidingsleder
Music
Tabea Nolte, Inga Humpe, Tommi Eckard
Cast
Stephanie Petrowitz, Kirsten Schlüter

Programme IFFR 2018

Bright Future

A selection of discoveries for the future. Emerging talent with original subject matter and an individual style. Includes the Bright Future Competition for first feature films.

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