One Long Summer (German Title: ein Sommer lang)



One Long Summer tells the story of Vroni who, as the summer slowly unfolds, experiences her first love in a small Bavarian village.

Apart from the daily monotony of farmhouse chores and shy conversations about boys and sex that she has with her friend Gerti, Vroni finds herself drawn, again and again, to the woods, to the caravan of Ales, the young Czech puppeteer.

Using a quiet visual language, with soft almost dream-like sequences, One Long Summer shows the sweet melancholy of first love and the dusty, dragging summers of childhood that seemed to be endless.

Feature Short, Coming-of-Age Story, 29 Minutes
Production completed: October 2006
Festival Screenings: Hof International Film Festival 2006, Max-Ophuels-Festival Saarbruecken 2007, FIPA Biarritz France 2007, Regensburg 2007 (3rd prize), Berlinale/EFM 2007, Pumelo International Film Festival Mumbai India 2007, Independent Days Karlsruhe 2007, Wiesbaden 2007, Altitude Cologne 2007, BauernHofKino Kleinlosnitz 2007, Open Air Film Festival Weiterstadt 2007, filmON! Luzern Switzerland 2007, Biberach Film Festival 2007, Short Film Festival Straubing 2007, Regensburg Shortfilm Week 2007, Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois Festival International des Ecoles de Cinéma Poitiers France 2007

Director: Steffi Niederzoll
Screenplay: Steffi Niederzoll
Director of Photography: Julia Daschner
Editor: Rita Schwarze
Music by: Olaf Taranczewski
Production Design: Stefan Westerwelle, Petra Becker
Producer: Martin Blankemeyer
Prodution Companies: Muenchner Filmwerkstatt e.V., Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
Principal Cast: Alina Sokar, Sophie Pfluegler, Andrea Dengler, Angelika Bender, Benjamin Maehrlein
Financially supported by: Youth Programme of the European Commission, Aktion Mensch 5000 x Zukunft

Production Format: S16, color, 1:1.78
Length: 28′30″
Original Version: German
Subtitled Versions: English, French
Sound Technology: Stereo
Screening Formats: DigiBeta PAL stereo, Beta SP PAL stereo, DVD PAL stereo, DVD NTSC stereo, other formats are available on request
World Sales: Some Like It Short, S.L.

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Poster - Text list - Still (© Muenchner Filmwerkstatt e.V./Julia Daschner) - Portrait of the director
Additional Information:
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