Summer Rebels

Sommer-Rebellen

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

11 year-old Jonas, who has just mourned his father, sets off to Slovakia, on his own, to visit his cool grandpa, Bernard. Yet, loneliness has taken a toll on Bernard, who is now sullen and withdrawn. Determined to help him, Jonas teams up with local tomboy Alex, getting up to crazy ideas that lead to trouble. A summer-imbued adventure of friendship and selflessness that reminds us that dreaming is both invaluable and ageless.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Martina Saková

Script: Sülke Schulz, Martina Sakova

Cinematography: Jieun Yi

Editing: Martin Herold

Sound: Alexander Bori, Ján Krnač

Music: Paul Eisenach

Actors: Eliáš Vyskočil, Pavel Nový, Liana Pavlíková, Kaya Marie Möller, Szidi Tobias, Jana Oľhová

Production: Projector23, Silverart s.r.o.

Producers: Martin Kleinmichel, Katarína Krnáčová

Co-production: Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska

Co-producers: Zuzana Balkóová

Sets: Miriam Struhárová, Marcus Göppner

Color: Color

Production Country: Germany, Slovakia

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 92'

Contact: Pluto Film Daniella Colle daniela@plutofilm.de

Age 10+

Martina Saková

Martina Sakova is a Slovak director and producer. She studied film direction at Film Academy VSMU in Bratislava in Slovakia, she was a guest student at the Film Academy HFF in Potsdam, and went on to study experimental media design at the University of Arts in Berlin. In 2007, she established her own production company, Projector23, in Berlin. Summer Rebels is her feature debut.