A Film by Maren Ade. "Everyone Else" won two Silver Bears at The 59th Berlinale: Jury Grand Prix & Best Actress - Birgit Minichmayr
"Everyone Else" tells the story of an uneven couple (Chris and Gitti), who are struggling through a holiday in secluded togetherness. We get to know two people as they can only be when they're alone: their secret rituals, silly habits, unfulfilled desires and power struggles. The encounter with another couple leads their relationship to falter. The others are not only more successful; they are also adept at maintaining a conventional male-female relationship behind a modern façade. Chris starts to model himself upon them, attempting to enforce boundaries on his idiosyncratic girlfriend. This shakes Gitti's faith in him. Her attempt to conform to his new ideal goes from being a daring flirtation with a new role to become a silent war against herself. Whilst Chris blossoms in the role of the strong one, and opens towards Gitti in a new way, Gitti is in danger of losing herself.
The leads are played by Birgit Minichmayr and Lars Eidinger. Shooting took place in Sardinia in Summer 2007.
Komplizen Film in co-produktion with SWR, WDR and Arte, funded by BKM, FFA, FFF Bayern, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and DFFF.
Gitti
Birgit Minichmayr
Chris
Lars Eidinger
Sana
Nicole Marischka
Hans
Hans-Jochen Wagner
Written and directed by
Maren Ade
Director of Photography
Bernhard Keller
Editing
Heike Parplies
Production Design
Silke Fischer
Costume Design
Gitti Fuchs
Casting
Nina Haun
Original Sound
Jörg Kidrowski
Sound Design
Daniel Iribarren
Line Producing
Jonas Dornbach
Commissioning Editors
Uli Herrmann (SWR)
Andrea Hanke (WDR)
Georg Steinert (ARTE)
Producers
Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Dirk Engelhardt (Komplizen Film)
Berlinale, 59. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
Silver Bear – JURY GRAND PRIX
Silver Bear – Best Actress Birgit Minichmayr
Femina Film Award
Best Costume Design - Silke Fischer
German Film Award 2010
Nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress
Buenos Aires Festival of Independet Cinema (BAFICI)
FIPRESCI Critics Award, Best Director
Internationale Women's Film Festival Dortmund
Main Prize
Love Is Folly International Film Festival
Best Actor - Lars Eidinger
Ourense Film Festival
Best Actress - Birgit Minichmayr
film+ award
Best Editing in a Feature Film - Heike Parplies
Berlinale International Film Festival 2009
Competition
Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival 2009
Montevideo Film Festival 2009
Seoul Women Film Festival 2009
Copenhagen International Film Festival CPH:PIX 2009
Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz 2009
Bozner Filmtage 2009
Internationales Frauen Film Festival Dortmund 2009
Cannes International Film Festival 2009
Seattle International Film Festival 2009
Transylvania International Film Festival 2009
Sydney International Film Festival 2009
Taipeh Film Festival 2009
Cinema Jove 2009
Cinédecouvertes 2009
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009
Jerusalem International Film Festival 2009
Melbourne International Film Festival 2009
Motovun Film Festival Zagreb 2009
Brisbane International Film Festival 2009
Espoo Cine 2009
Varna Film Festival Love is Folly 2009
Goethe-Institut Hanoi 2009
Cambridge Film Festival 2009
Bangkok International Film Festival 2009
Calgary International Film Festival 2009
New York International Film Festival 2009
Vancouver International Film Festival 2009
Warsaw International Film Festival 2009
Ourense International Film Festival 2009
Megabox European Film Festival 2009
Goethe-Institut Hongkong 2009
Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2009
American Film Institute Festival Los Angeles 2009
Damascus International Film Festival 2009
Goethe-Institut Singapur 2009
American Film Institute Festival Washington 2009
Festival International du Film d'Arras 2009
Deutsches Kinofestival in Nantes (Univerciné Allemand) 2009
Ljubljana Film Festival 2009
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2009
MUCES European Film Festival Segovia 2009
Goethe-Institut Hanoi 2010
Deutsches Film Festival
Tromsø International Film Festival 2010
Göteborg International Film Festival 2010
Independent Film Festival Istanbul 2010
Portland International Film Festival 2010
Sofia International Film Festival 2010
Cinematheque Ontario 2010
World Cinema Showcase 2010
Goethe-Institut Montréal 2010
Rome Independent Film Festival 2010
Sarasota Film Festival 2010
Wisconsin Film Festival 2010
Mosaico Film Festival 2010
Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam 2010
Paris Cinema 2010
Seize the Night Amsterdam 2010
Chennai International Film Festival 2010
Pune International Film Festival 2010