A film by Maren Ade. "Toni Erdmann" celebrated its world premiere in competition at The Cannes Film Festival 2016 and won the Fipresci competition prize
Winfried doesn’t see much of his working daughter Ines. The suddenly student-less music teacher decides to surprise her with a visit after the death of his old dog. It’s an awkward move because serious career woman Ines is working on an important project as a corporate strategist in Bucharest. The geographical change doesn’t help the two to see more eye to eye. Practical joker Winfried loves to annoy his daughter with corny pranks. What’s worse are his little jabs at her routine lifestyle of long meetings, hotel bars and performance reports. Father and daughter reach an impasse, and Winfried agrees to return home to Germany. Enter flashy "Toni Erdmann": Winfried’s smooth-talking alter ego. Disguised in a tacky suit, weird wig and even weirder fake teeth, Toni barges into Ines’ professional life, claiming to be her CEO’s life coach. As Toni, Winfried is bolder and doesn’t hold back, but Ines meets the challenge. The harder they push, the closer they become. In all the madness, Ines begins to understand that her eccentric father might deserve some place in her life after all.
A Komplizen Film production in co-production with Coop99, KNM, Missing Link Films und SWR/WDR/Arte, funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Eurimages, DFFF German Federal Film Fund, German Federal Film Board, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Minister of State for Culture and Media, Austrian Film Institute, film location Austria, Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig Holstein, Filmfernsehfonds Bayern und Media.
Winfried / Toni
Peter Simonischek
Ines
Sandra Hüller
Henneberg
Michael Wittenborn
Gerald
Thomas Loibl
Tim
Trystan Pütter
Tatjana
Hadewych Minis
Steph
Lucy Russell
Anca
Ingrid Bisu
Iliescu
Vlad Ivanov
Flavia
Victoria Cociaș
Written and directed by
Maren Ade
Director of Photography
Patrick Orth
Editing
Heike Parplies
Art Director
Silke Fischer
Costume Design
Gitti Fuchs
Make Up
Monika Münnich
Wiltrud Derschmidt
Casting
Nina Haun
Original Sound
Patrick Veigel
Sound Mix
Bernhard Maisch
Productin Manager
Ole Nicolaisen
Line Producer
Ben von Dobeneck
Commissioning Editors
Ulrich Herrmann (SWR)
Andrea Hanke (WDR)
Georg Steinert (Arte)
Executive Producer
Ada Solomon (HiFilm)
Co-producers
Bruno Wagner, Antonin Svoboda (Coop99)
Sebastian Schipper, David Keitsch (Missing Link Films)
Producers
Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)
Michel Merkt
Cannes Film Festival
Competition: Fipresci Competition Award
Brussels Film Festival
Golden Iris Award for Best Film, Award for Best Script and RTBF TV Prize for Best Film
European Film Festival Palic
Golden Tower for Best Film
Festival international du film de femmes de Salé/Marokko
Fipresci Grand Prix 2016
Grand Prix
European University Film Award (EUFA)
one out of five finalists
Filmpreis NRW 2016
Best Fiction Film 2016
Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis des Clubs der Filmjournalisten Berlin - Peter Simonischek
Festival du nouveau cinéma - FNC
Best Feature Film in International Competition (Louve d’Or) and Best Actor Peter Simonischek
Tofi Fest
Golden Angel Grand Prix in Competition
Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo 2016
Eurimages Award for Best European Co-production and Grand Audience Award
LUX Film Prize des Europäischen Parlaments 2016
Herbert Strate Preis/NRW für Maren Ade
European Film Awards 2016
European Film, European Director, European Writer, European Actress - Sandra Hüller, European Actor - Peter Simonischek
Golden Globes
Nominated for Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language
Schweizer Filmkritikerpreis 2016
Toronto Critics Award 2016
Best Film 2016
Sight and Sound, Cahiers du Cinema, Film Comment
Austrian Film Awards
Best Actor Peter Simonischek
Toronto Film Critics Association 2016
Best Director - Maren Ade, Best Actress - Sandra Hüller, Best Foreign Language Film
National Society of Film Critics
Bester Fremdsprachiger Film
BAFTA
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
Palm Springs International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film of the year
Oscars
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
Österreichischer Filmpreis
Bester Hauptdarsteller Peter Simonischek
International Cinephile Society
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Film
Bodilprisen
Best Non-American Movie
German Film Awards 2017
Best Film, Best Director - Maren Ade, Best Script - Maren Ade, Best Actress - Sandra Hüller, Best Actor - Peter Simonischek
Filmplus, Filmstiftung NRW Schnitt Preis Spielfilm - Heike Parplies
Cannes Film Festival 2016, Competition
Sydney International Film Festival
Midnight Sun Film Festival
Brussels Film Festival
Art Film Fest Kosice
Moscow International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
New Zealand International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Odessa Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Vukovar Film Festival
Espoo Cine
Telluride Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival
Manaki Brothers Film Festival
Women International Film Festival of Salé
San Sebastián Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Sehenswert
New York Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Haifa International Film Festival
AFI Los Angeles
