SYNOPSIS Unsatisfied with his his place in New York’s art scene, Artist Peter Bjorn relocates to Berlin in search of change. Meanwhile in a remote Polish village, Alicia prepares to become a nun but, feeling home in nature, her reveries continually distract her from her religious path. When Peter’s much anticipated Berlin debut is panned by critics, he flees to the Polish countryside where he overhears Alicia’s sweet voice in the woods. Both lost in their own ways, their friendship leads them to yet another new beginning.
2016 USIP prize
* working title was ” Otto My Life is a Soundtrack * Variety Screen Daily
PRODUCTION DETAILS Year: 2019
Genre: Drama/ Hybrid
Director: Margarita Jimeno
Executive Producer: Andrew D. Corkin
Consultant Producer: Sol Bondy
Status: Completed
Country: USA/Poland/ Germany
Length: 92 minutes
Camera: Red Epic 5K 25FPS 2:40 Aspect ratio
Locations: Berlin, Paris, NYC, Polish Carpathian Mountains
Main Cast: Jens Louis Valeur-Jaques, Eva Moari, Rezeta Veliu,
Felix Römer, David Olbrich, Hanna Konarowska
Production Company: Hoptza Films (US) ORKA Film (PL)
PROJECT HISTORY
2011 CPH:DOX FORUM Pitch selection
2011 Finalist in the last rounds for Torino film lab and Binger Lab
GRIND RESET SHINE
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SYNOPSIS
Unsatisfied with his his place in New York’s art scene, Artist Peter Bjorn relocates to Berlin in search of change. Meanwhile in a remote Polish village, Alicia prepares to become a nun but, feeling home in nature, her reveries continually distract her from her religious path. When Peter’s much anticipated Berlin debut is panned by critics, he flees to the Polish countryside where he overhears Alicia’s sweet voice in the woods. Both lost in their own ways, their friendship leads them to yet another new beginning.
Awards
US In Progress, Paris 2016 – Prize Winner
Film Festivals
2019 Cinequest
PRESS
2019
Filmmaker Magazine
Mercury News
Sleek Magazine
2017
#40 of The 50 Most Anticipated American Films of 2017
2016
USIP prize
* working title was ” Otto My Life is a Soundtrack *
Variety
Screen Daily
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Year: 2019
Genre: Drama/ Hybrid
Director: Margarita Jimeno
Executive Producer: Andrew D. Corkin
Consultant Producer: Sol Bondy
Status: Completed
Country: USA/Poland/ Germany
Length: 92 minutes
Camera: Red Epic 5K 25FPS 2:40 Aspect ratio
Locations: Berlin, Paris, NYC, Polish Carpathian Mountains
Main Cast: Jens Louis Valeur-Jaques, Eva Moari, Rezeta Veliu,
Felix Römer, David Olbrich, Hanna Konarowska
Production Company: Hoptza Films (US) ORKA Film (PL)
PROJECT HISTORY
2011 CPH:DOX FORUM Pitch selection
2011 Finalist in the last rounds for Torino film lab and Binger Lab