- Country: Germany
- Director: Sarah Winkenstette
- Runtime: 85:00
- Section: Films for Teens
- Film Completion Date: 2024
- Asian Premiere
A young Autistic boy and his two siblings have to stay for 4 weeks with their grandparents while their mother is away. Because of his unique abilities and interest in space missions, he considers his grandparents land an isolated planet.
Director Biography – Sarah Winkenstette
Sarah Winkenstette was born on 2 January 1980 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany. Sarah is a director and writer, known for Too Far Away (2019), Bienenstich ist aus (2009) and Free rein (2010).
Film Director‘s Statement about the Film
Tom’s life functions according to clear rules and processes. Anything that deviates from that overwhelms him and sometimes even scares him. For me, he’s a great main character, because “Greetings from Mars” is meant to be a film for children who are growing up in a time full of crises. In a time when tomorrow no longer applies to what was yesterday.
Our viewers have spent a large part of their lives in a pandemic – with very strict and sometimes nonsensical rules. The steps back to normality will unsettle them, too. What rules apply? What am I allowed to do, what not? How much closeness from others do I want and can I allow at all? Fears and excessive demands are part of life. We should not push them away, but allow them, talk about them and – in the best case – work on them together with others. Our lives don’t always go according to plan, and that’s a good thing, because we grow from it.
Thomas Moeller and Sebastian Grusnik have managed to tell this complex topic in a warm and funny family story. With characters that go to the heart and are anything but normal. “Greetings from Mars” is supposed to be a film about real people, with real problems, real dreams and wishes. A film to feel good, to laugh and also a bit to think about. -Sarah Winkenstette, 2023-
Screen Schedule
2024.11.02 (Saturday) at 10:00 at 56 Seats, 109 Cinemas for the teenagers
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