ZAGREB FILM FESTIVAL
14.-21.10.2012.
Mia and Minotaurus / Mia und der Minotaurus
Florian Schnell, Germany, 2012.
Directed by: Florian Schnell
Script: Florian Schnell, Jan Galli
Producer: Friedemann Goez, Christian Hergenröther, Daniela Mayer, Alexandra Stautmeister, Marc Junker
Production company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Bambule Film
Cinematography: Frederick Gomoll
Editing: Matthias Scharfi
Music: Moritz Schmittat
Cast: Lene Oderich, Max Hegewald, Naomi Krauss, Karoline Schuch
Format: video
Running time: 36'

Synopsis
This short feature film, including some imaginative animated sequences, is about a young girl’s helplessness as her older brother’s life becomes more and more dominated by his drug addiction. Eight-year-old Mia loves it when her brother Levin reads stories to her, like the one about the horrible Minotaur, the creature with a human body and the head of a bull. Then all at once she is no longer allowed to see Levin. Because of his addiction – or so her mum says. But Mia doesn’t understand and lets Levin into their apartment secretly. Suddenly he starts behaving very differently…

Directors Biography
Florian Schnell was born in Lörrach in 1984. He studied scenic arts at the University of Hildesheim until 2006, then moved to the department of direction/scenic film at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Florian Schnell has already been awarded many national and international prizes for his short films.

Location and screening schedule:
EUROPA CINEMA, Wednesday, October 17th at 12.00
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Wednesday, October 17th at 17.00
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