JUPITER

Feature

A troubled teenager's family falls for a cosmic cult promising salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter. Flashbacks leading deeper into the past reveal the family's struggle to find their hold on life. The girl must decide whether to follow her parents or make her own way on Earth.

Year: 2023
Length:
100 min.

Director: Benjamin Pfohl
Director of Photography: Tim Kuhn
Production Designer: Fryderyk Swierczynski
Costume Designer: Stefanie Hamann
Make-Up:
 Lea Potthoff
On-set-sound:
 Attila Makai
Editor: Valesca Peters
Gaffer:
 Willy Kremper
Color Grading: Qianwei Tong
Casting Director: Ulrike Müller
VFX:
 Lukas Väth
Original Score: Gary Hirche

Partners: ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, missingFILMS
Supported by: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Deutscher Filmförderfonds

With: Mariella Aumann, Laura Tonke, Andreas Döhler, Ulrich Matthes, Henry Kofahl, Paula Kober

Screenplay: Benjamin Pfohl, Silvia Wolkan

Produced by: DREIFILM

Festivals:
19. Zurich Film Festival 2023 - Focus Competition
15. Les Arcs Film Festival - Playtime
28. Sofia International Film Festival - International Competition (WINNER Youth Jury Award)
20. Fantaspoa Porto Alegre - International Competition (WINNER Best Film)
4. Etreum Horror Film Fest (WINNER Best Sci-Fi Film, Best Male Actor)
15. Odessa International Film Festival - European Competition
42. Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
15. Baku international Film Festival - Competition
58. Internationale Hofer Filmtage - Competition (WINNER Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino, Hofer Critics Award, Best Art Direction)
13. Evolution Mallorca Int. Film Festival - Debut Feature Competition (WINNER Best Debut Feature Film)
38. Leeds International Film Festival - Fanomenon Competition
34. Fancine Festival de Cine Fantástico - Competition
37. Exground Filmfestical Wiesbaden - Made in Germany
38. Braunschweig International Film Festival