PELICAN BLOOD
FEATURE
2020
121 MIN
A Film by Katrin Gebbe
A woman who trains police horses adopts her second child, a severely traumatised 5-year-old girl. When the girl shows violent and anti-social behaviour, her new mother becomes determined to help her.
A Junafilm Production, In Coproduction with Miramar Film, Co-produced by SWR in cooperation with ARTE, funded by Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig Holstein, German Film Fund of the BKM, German Film Funding (DFFF), Eurimages, Bulgarian National Film Center, Torino FeatureLab, Berlinale Coproduction Market
Director & Writer: Katrin Gebbe
Producers: Verena Gräfe-Höft
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, et al.
Distributor: DCM Film Distribution, Great Movies Distribution
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, Preis der Saarland Media GmbH
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