PELICAN BLOOD

Pelican Blood protagonist Wiebke with the little girl Raya on her back in the snow.
© Moritz Schultheiß

PELICAN BLOOD

A Film by Katrin Gebbe

FEATURE

2020

121 MIN

© Simon Versano & Temelko Temelkov

The desperate struggle of a mother for her emotionally injured adoptive daughter leads to an extreme decision.

A Junafilm Production, In Coproduction with Miramar Film, Co-produced by SWR in cooperation with ARTE, funded by Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig Holstein, German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), Eurimages, Bulgarian National Film Center, Torino FeatureLab, Berlinale Coproduction Market

 

Director & Writer: Katrin Gebbe
Producer: Verena Gräfe-Höft


Co-Producer: Mila Voinikova

Casting: Simone Bär, Alexandra Fuchanska


Editor: Heike Gnida


DoP: Moritz Schultheiß


Production Design: Silke Fischer


Costume: Stefanie Bieker, Kristina Tomova


Hair and Makeup: Tatyana ‘Tita’ Sleptsova, Nelly Teova


Music: Sebastian Damerius, Johannes Lehniger


Sound: Thekla Demelius

 

With Nina Hoss, Katerina Lipovska, Adelia-Constance Ocleppo, Murathan Muslu, et al.

 

Distributor: DCM Film Distribution (Germany)

World Sales: Films Boutique

 

 

 

 

 

AWARDS
Sitges 2020 – Méliès d’Argent (Best Feature Length European Film)
Filmfest Hamburg 2019 – Producers Award
German Film Critics Association Awards 2021 – Best Actress (Nina Hoss)
Austin Fantastic Fest 2019 – Best Director
MOTELx Award 2020 – Best European Feature Film Award
Guenter Rohrbach Filmpreis 2020 – Best Female Actor & Best Cinematography Preis der Saarland Media GmbH
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2020 – Best of Bucheon Award
etc.

FESTIVALS
Filmfest Hamburg, Venice International Film Festival, Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Braunschweig International Film Festival, Göteborg Film Festival, Skip City International D-Cinema Festival, Austin Fantastic Fest, Zurich Film Festival, MOTELx – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa, etc.