Pitch-Video: https://vimeo.com/50070769
Teaser: https://vimeo.com/47767495

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You can directly support the project:
http://www.startnext.de/saviour-film
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Synopsis: 
It’s Paul’s birthday. He is 37 and at a point in his life, where he has reached everything he had wished for: professional reputation, a well achieved peer group, a beautiful wife with a baby on the way, and a tasteful apartment with a view on Berlin's "Tempelhofer Feld" - the newly opened park and former airfield - in the middle of the city. He feels like he has finally arrived... Or at least that's what he keeps telling himself. But the events of this day take a very unexpected turn, when Paul meets a stranger in the park who tells him to "open his ears". Paul must face reality.

Background:
The idea for the film arose at a late dinner of director Charlotte Roustang and main actor Christoph Bach (German TV-Award winner for best main actor in 2010). Both had already worked together on previous projects. Their initial approach was to aim at a very small production with only one weekend of shooting. But quickly it became obvious, that the story needed a bigger framework. Charlotte wrote the script together with Carsten Ludwig (director and screenwriter of the motion pictures “66/67 – Fairplay war Gestern” and “1.Mai – Helden der Arbeit”) and went out to search for a production company. Many declined. “We don’t support short films – there is no money in it.” That was the standard answer she got. And it’s true. But Charlotte believed that she had a story worth telling. Finally she met the Berlin producers Susanne Mann and Paul Zischler (zischlermann filmproduction) who shared that believe and agreed to take on this low-budget project anyways. The first step was taken. With a production company on board, it was possible to apply for public film funding.

While waiting for the decisions of various film-funding boards, Charlotte started to put together a crew. First on board was cinematographer Moritz Kaethner, who had already worked on major international productions such as “Tree of Life” and “Inglorious Basterds”. Moritz was immediately compelled by the story and the cinematographic potential of the old airfield in Berlin. Over time more and more crew members came on board. Finally, in Mai 2010, the film was shot on ten days with a full-scale film of 50 people and 30 actors, all of which agreed to work for free in order to make this production happen and bring Charlottes story to life. But there were still gear, rent, transportation and catering needed to be paid for.

With the French-German TV station Arte as well as the German Cultural Ministry - who’s sponsorship came just in time - we where happy to find strong partners to cover most of these production costs.

Current state:
We have already achieved a lot! With hard work and a first class, dedicated crew we where able to go a long way and shoot the entire thing. Right now we are in the process of editing and preparing post production. This means additional costs that we need to shoulder somehow. That’s why we hope for your support in order to finish this film in time for the Berlinale deadline!

You can support us e.g. by buying a DVD: http://www.startnext.de/saviour-film

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Martin Beierling