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 Yet, loneliness has taken a toll on Bernard, who is now sullen and withdrawn.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.

Filmography

2005 Mali Bojovnici | Little Warriors (short doc)
2012 Heavy Metal (short)
2014 Susedia | Neighbours (short doc)
2020 Sommer-Rebellen | Summer Rebels