Toni Erdmann
"TONI ERDMANN" CELEBRATED ITS WORLD PREMIERE IN COMPETITION AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2016 AND WON THEFIPRESCI COMPETITION PRIZE.
A KOMPLIZEN FILM PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITHCOOP99, KNM, MISSING LINK FILMS and SWR/WDR/ARTE, FUNDED BY FILM- UND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW, EURIMAGES, GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND, GERMAN FEDERAL FILM BOARD, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, MINISTER OF STATE FOR CULTURE AND MEDIA, AUSTRIAN FILM INSTITUTE, FILM LOCATION AUSTRIA, FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG-SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN, FILMFERNSEHFONDS BAYERN, MEDIA. 2016 | DCP | 1:1, 85 | 5.1. Mix | 162 min
Synopsis

Winfried doesn’t see much of his working daughter Ines. The suddenly student-less music teacher decides to surprise her with a visit after the death of his old dog. It’s an awkward move because serious career woman Ines is working on an important project as a corporate strategist in Bucharest. The geographical change doesn’t help the two to see more eye to eye. Practical joker Winfried loves to annoy his daughter with corny pranks. What’s worse are his little jabs at her routine lifestyle of long meetings, hotel bars and performance reports. Father and daughter reach an impasse, and Winfried agrees to return home to Germany. Enter flashy "Toni Erdmann": Winfried’s smooth-talking alter ego. Disguised in a tacky suit, weird wig and even weirder fake teeth, Toni barges into Ines’ professional life, claiming to be her CEO’s life coach. As Toni, Winfried is bolder and doesn’t hold back, but Ines meets the challenge. The harder they push, the closer they become. In all the madness, Ines begins to understand that her eccentric father might deserve some place in her life after all.

Cast
Winfried / Toni Peter Simonischek
Ines Sandra Hüller
Henneberg Michael Wittenborn
Gerald Thomas Loibl
Tim Trystan Pütter
Tatjana Hadewych Minis
Steph Lucy Russell
Anca Ingrid Bisu
Iliescu Vlad Ivanov
Flavia Victoria Cociaș
Crew
Written and directed by  Maren Ade
Director of Photography Patrick Orth
Art Director Silke Fischer
Costume Design Gitti Fuchs
Make Up Monika Münnich, Wiltrud Derschmidt
Casting Nina Haun
Editor Heike Parplies
Original Sound Patrick Veigel
Sound Mix Bernhard Maisch
Productin Manager Ole Nicolaisen
Line Producer Ben von Dobeneck
Commissioning Editors Ulrich Herrmann (SWR)
Andrea Hanke (WDR)
Georg Steinert (Arte)
Executive Producer Ada Solomon (HiFilm)
Co-producers Bruno Wagner, Antonin Svoboda, David Keitsch, Sebastian Schipper
Producers Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Michel Merkt
Awards Cannes Film Festival 2016, Competition: Fipresci Competition Award
Brussels Film Festival: Golden Iris Award for Best Film, Award for Best Script and RTBF TV Prize for Best Film
Lux Film Prize 2016 Nomination: amongst the three finalists
European Film Festival Palic: Golden Tower for Best Film
Grand Prix du Festival international du film de femmes de Salé/Morocco
Fipresci Grand Prix 2016
European University Film Award (EUFA): one out of five finalists
Filmpreis NRW, Best Fiction Film 2016
Festival du nouveau cinéma FNC Montreal: Best Feature Film in International Competition (Louve d’Or) and Best Actor Peter Simonischek
Tofi Fest: Golden Angel Grand Prix in Competition
Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo 2016: Eurimages Award for Best European Co-production and Grand Audience Award
LUX Film Prize of the European Parliament 2016
Herbert Strate Preis NRW for Maren Ade
European Film Awards2016: European Film, European Director, European Writer, European Actress - Sandra Hüller, European Actor - Peter Simonischek
Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language
Swiss Film Critics Award 2016
Toronto Critics Award 2016
Best Film 2016: Sight and Sound, Cahiers du Cinema, Film Comment
Toronto Film Critics Association 2016: Best Director - Maren Ade, Best Actress - Sandra Hüller, Best Foreign Language Film
National Society of Film Critics - Best Foreign Language Film
BAFTA Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film of the year at Palm Springs International Film Festival
Oscars - Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
Austrian Film Awards - Best Actor Peter Simonischek
International Cinephile Society: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Film
Bodilprisen - Best Non-American Movie
German Film Awards 2017 - Best Film, Best Director - Maren Ade, Best Script - Maren Ade, Best Actress - Sandra Hüller, Best Actor - Peter Simonischek
Filmplus, Filmstiftung NRW Schnitt Award Fiction Film - Heike Parplies
Festivals Cannes Film Festival 2016, Competition
Sydney International Film Festival
Midnight Sun Film Festival
Brussels Film Festival
Art Film Fest Kosice
Moscow International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
New Zealand International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Odessa Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Vukovar Film Festival
Espoo Cine
Telluride Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival
Manaki Brothers Film Festival
Women International Film Festival of Salé
San Sebastián Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Sehenswert
New York Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Haifa International Film Festival
AFI Los Angeles
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