New Europe Movie Gross sales has secured worldwide distribution rights for “The Good Sister,” the debut function from rising filmmaker Sarah Miro Fischer. The movie has already attracted vital consideration on the worldwide pageant circuit, having beforehand gained two business awards on the 2024 San Sebastián Movie Competition WIP Europa. At the moment, the completed movie was introduced as a part of the Berlinale’s Panorama part.
Set in Berlin, the movie activates Rose, a younger girl who faces a life-altering dilemma when she is requested to testify as a witness in a rape case in opposition to her older brother, Sam. “The Good Sister” is co-written by Fischer and Agnes Maagaard Petersen and presents a gripping narrative that explores the deep emotional ramifications the trial has on the household.
The solid of “The Good Sister” contains Marie Bloching as Rose, alongside Anton Weil, Proschat Madani, Laura Balzer, Jane Chirwa, Aram Tafreshian and David Vormweg. Fischer’s artistic staff contains Selma von Polheim Gravesen as DoP, Elena Weihe as editor, and Alina Dunker as manufacturing designer.
Fischer, born in 1993, is an rising expertise within the world movie business. After learning on the Escuela Nacional de Cine in Bogotá, Colombia, Fischer returned to Germany, the place she gained additional expertise in script growth, set administration, and as a second assistant director. In 2018, she enrolled on the German Movie and Tv Academy Berlin (DFFB), the place she started to develop “The Good Sister.”
The movie is produced by the German Movie and Tv Academy Berlin GmbH (DFFB) in collaboration with Arkanum Footage. Producers Nina Bayer-Seel and Janna Fodor are joined by co-producers Lukas Koll and Sebastian Herbst of Arkanum, together with Fischer herself. Extra co-producers embody the German broadcaster RBB and Spain’s Nephilim Producciones, represented by Luis Collar and Jorge Moreno. Monetary backing has been offered by Medienboard, the German broadcaster RBB, and the Younger Expertise Basis Berlin.
Reflecting on her movie’s choice for Berlinale Panorama, Fischer mentioned, “Some years in the past, after I first started excited about this movie, I had no concept the place this journey would lead me. I suppose one by no means actually does. To now current ‘The Good Sister’ within the Berlinale Panorama part, alongside such an inspiring collection of works and artists I like, is an incredible honor for me and your complete staff.”
In a launch, the New Europe Movie Gross sales staff added: “From the very first second we encountered this mission at San Sebastián WIP Europa, we knew it was one thing particular. We’re deeply honored that they entrusted us with their debut movie and couldn’t be prouder to current it within the Berlinale Panorama. At New Europe, we’re enthusiastic about supporting distinctive voices, and this mission embodies precisely what we stand for.”
“The Good Sister” joins New Europe’s increasing slate of movies, which incorporates titles resembling Hlynur Palmason’s “The Love That Stays,” László Nemes’ “Orphan,” Dara van Dusen’s “A Prayer for the Dying” and Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s “Scorching Spot,” which was just lately acquired by Focus Options and Common.
