Luz

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

A rainy evening, a dazed female cab driver enters a desolate police station. Her name is Luz, which means “light” in Spanish, but that night she fights with absolute darkness. Across town, a woman possessed by a spirit longing for Luz, the woman it loves, seduces the police psychiatrist; when he is called to the office to examine the visitor, he’s already under the influence of an unknown power. A masterful, deeply stimulating thriller with a nostalgic touch, which plays with the audience’s senses and cognitive perception alike, to transmit a sense of familiar disquiet they will never explain or forget.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Tilman Singer

Script: Tilman Singer

Cinematography: Paul Faltz

Editing: Fabian Podeszwa, Tilman Singer

Sound: Jonas Lux, Henning Hein, Steffen Pfauth

Music: Simon Waskow

Actors: Luana Velis, Jan Bluthardt, Nadja Stübiger, Johannes Benecke, Julia Riedler, Lilli Lorenz

Production: Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)

Producers: Dario Méndez Acosta, Tilman Singer

Art Direction: Dario Méndez Acosta

Costumes: Stanislava Milenkova

Executive producer: Mario Von Grumbkow, Luisa Stricker

Sets: Nathan Schonwolf

Camera: Lisa Bülow

Make Up: Rudeina Konstantini

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Germany

Production Year: 2018

Duration: 70΄

Contact: Yellow Veil Pictures, joe@yellowveilpictures.com

Awards/Distinctions: International Competition Best Actress – Fantaspoa International Fantastic FF 2018

Tilman Singer

Tilman Singer’s film, Luz, debuted at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival – shot on 16mm, with a modest budget of $100,000. Tilman brings to the screen a refreshing take on demonic possession, transforming it into both a psychological investigation of past trauma, and an unusual love story. Luz was released by Screen Media and has collected several accolades, including Best Feature Honors at the Milan Film Festival, a Horror Feature Jury Special Mention at Austin Fantastic Fest, and best film at Slash Film Festival in Vienna. Every January, Vulture puts out their Most Anticipated Films List and for 2019, Vulture gave Luz its number one spot: “Luz signals the arrival of a strange, exciting new talent in Singer.” In addition, Rolling Stone included Luz in its 10 Best Horror Films of 2019. Cuckoo is his second feature film.