11th International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh 2018

Queen of Niendorf

Königin von Niendorf (German)

Germany | 67 | Action, Comedy, Drama | 2017 | Feature Film (Live Action) | German

The summer holidays have just begun in Brandenburg, but ten-year-old Lea doesn’t go to camp this year with her friends as she normally would. Lately she’s been finding the other girls in her school increasingly strange anyway. So Lea ends up driving her bike through the village all by herself and visits Mark, an old musician, who lives on a dilapidated farm. One afternoon, Lea rambles through the village and discovers five boys lifting a large oil barrel over the fence of a paint factory, driving away with their prey on a bicycle trailer. Lea's curiosity is aroused. At the next opportunity, she follows the boys and discovers they built a raft on a small lake. The raft is they boys’ property and girls aren’t allowed in the gang. But Lea wants to be part of it very badly and does something for a dare. From this point, the summer seems to be full of adventures.

বাংলা

ব্র্যান্ডবারগ - এ মাত্র গ্রীষ্মের ছুটি শুরু হলেও ১০ বছর বয়সী লিয়া এইবার তার বন্ধুদের সাথে ক্যাম্পিং- এ যায় না। বরং সে তার সাইকেল নিয়ে গ্রামের পথে বেরিয়ে পরে। পথে সে ৫ জন ছেলেকে দেখতে পায় যারা ভেলা বানাচ্ছে। সে খুবই ভেলায় চড়তে চায় কিন্তু ছেলেরা এতে রাজি নয়। তাই তারা তাকে একটি শর্ত দেয়। এই শর্ত পালন করতে গিয়েই শুরু হয় তার ছুটির রোমাঞ্চ।

Original Language

In Brandenburg haben gerade die Sommerferien begonnen, doch die zehnjährige Lea fährt in diesem Jahr nicht wie sonst mit ihren Freundinnen ins Ferienlager. Überhaupt findet sie die anderen Mädchen in ihrer Schule zunehmend seltsamer. Und so kurvt Lea meist allein auf ihrem Fahrrad durch das Dorf und besucht den Musiker und Aussteiger Mark, der auf einem verwilderten Bauernhof lebt. Eines Tages beobachtet Lea bei einem ihrer Streifzüge fünf Jungs, die ein großes Ölfass über den Zaun der Farbfabrik hieven und mit ihrer Beute auf einem Fahrradanhänger davonrasen. Leas Neugier ist geweckt. Bei nächster Gelegenheit folgt sie den Jungs und entdeckt, dass sie auf einem kleinen See ein Floß gebaut haben. Doch das Floß ist Eigentum der Bande, und Mädchen sind da auf keinen Fall erlaubt. Lea will aber unbedingt in die Bande aufgenommen werden und macht eine Mutprobe. Und von da an scheint der Sommer voller Abenteuer zu sein.

Ms. Joya Thome

Joya Thome, born on January 13, 1990, in Berlin, got into film as a child actor in her father's films. After graduating from high school in 2009, she made short films, which were shown at film festivals around the world. Additionally, she studies educational science at the Humboldt University of Berlin. During her semester abroad in New York, she took part in the Screening Class of the TISCH School of the Arts. "Queen of Niendorf" is her feature film debut.

Filmography: LOVE, YESTERDAY SHORT FILM | GERMANY 2014 | 18 MIN | HD | 16:9 | COLOUR Co-Produktion with Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion GESCHWISTER SHORT FILM | GERMANY 2012 | 8 MIN | HD | 16:9 | COLOUR HÄTTE DER MOND AUCH SCHOKOLADE GEWEINT? DOCUMENTARY | GERMANY 2010 | 24 MIN | HD | 16:9 | COLOUR

Screening Schedule

  • 28 Jan
    06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

    Shawkat Osman Hall

    Central Public Library, Shahbag

  • 31 Jan
    11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Alliance Francaise de Dhaka

    Road 3, Dhanmondi

  • 1 Feb
    11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Goethe Institut

    Road 8, Dhanmondi

Credits and Casts

Director
Joya Thome
Story
Joya Thome
Script/Screenplay
Joya Thome, Philipp Wunderlich
Editor
Carola Sultan Bauermeister
Producer
Joya Thome
Cinematographer
Lydia Richter
Leading Casts
Lea - Lisa Moell Nico - Denny Moritz Sonnenschein Robert - Salim Fazzani Paul - Ivo Tristan Michligk Moritz - Moritz Riek Leon - Elias Sebastian Mark Wagenburg - Mex Schlüpfer Firefighter - Cornelius Schwalm Tim - Til Schindler Tom - Frederik Schindler Mrs. Pappendorf - Sophie Kluge Thomas - Tino Mewes Sabine - Jamila Saab Lara - Miriam Schmidt Anne - Vivian Janz Caro - Johanna Lanzky Sectretary - Marion Alessandra Becker Boy at swimming pool #1 - Leopold Rose Boy at swimming pool #2 - Adrian Krüger Boy at swimming pool #3 - Johann Heider Emma - Ceci Chuh Oliver - Roger Kesten

Exhibition & Award History

“Rolan” International Film Festival for Children and Youth (November 2017), Yerevan, Armenia; Warsaw Film Festival (October 2017), Warsaw, Poland; Unabhängiges FilmFest Osnabrück (October 2017), Osnabrück, Germany; Cinekid Festival (October 2017), Amsterdam, Netherlands; Filem’On International Children's Film Festival (October 2017), Brussels, Belgium; Filmfest Hamburg - Michel Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest (October 2017), Hamburg, Germany; Final Cut Marburg (October 2017), Marburg, Germany; Kinderfilmfest Münster (October 2017), Münster, Germany; Lucas – Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans (October 2017), Frankfurt, Germany; First Steps Award (September 2017), Berlin, Germany; Kijuko (Sep 2017), Bremen, Germany; Deutsche Filmwoche in Mexiko (August 2017), Mexico City, Mexico; Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (Jul 2017), Busan, South Korea; Giffoni Film Festival (Jul 2017), Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy; Filmfest München (Jun 2017), Munich, Germany; Goldener Spatz (Jun 2017), Erfurt, Germany; Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (May 2017), Schwerin, Germany; Neisse Filmfestival (May 2017), Mittelherwigsdorf, Germany; achtung berlin – new berlin film award (Apr 2017), Berlin, Germany - new berlin Film award for Best Middle Length Feature and Special Mention for script; Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis (Jan 2017), Saarbrücken, Germany