The Montreal World Film Festival

FLICKFILM proudly presents

WANJA

WANJA to receive North American Premiere at Montreal World Film Festival, in the Focus On World Cinema Section

Feature film, 4K, 87 Min., Germany, 2015 Written and directed by Carolina Hellsgård Produced by Johanna Aust / FLICKFILM GbR

Cast: Anne Ratte-Polle, Nele Trebs, Viktor Minich, Marko Dyrlich, Michael Baderschneider and Mehmet Yilmaz

The former bank robber Wanja is released from a long prison sentence. As her feelings  of loneliness escalate, Wanja sets out to find work and hereby a new identity.  Against all odds she lands an internship at a horse race track. In the stable she gets to know  the troubled teenager Emma, and a tentative friendship develops between the two women. When Emma slips deeper into her own drug abuse, Wanja decides to rescue her.

WANJA – Trailer from Carolina Hellsgård on Vimeo.

http://www.flickfilm.eu/wanja_final_EN.html

World Premiere at the Berlinale 2015, nominated for Berlinale Best First Feature Award

Winner of best screen play at the Valletta Film Festival, Malta https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/winners/

Screenings in Montreal:

Friday September 4, 2015 - 11:30 AM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 15 Saturday September 5, 2015 - 08:40 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 15

The writer / director Carolina Hellsgård will be present at the premiere screening and will be in Montreal and available for interviews until September 4! Please contact her directly at carolina@hellsgard.com

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