''Love Story'' is a 2011 New Zealand film directed by and starring

Florian Habicht Florian Habicht is a New Zealand film director. Florian was born in Berlin, Germany and moved with his family to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, when he was eight. He went to high school in Kerikeri before attending the University of Auckland's ...

. Set in

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, the film combines real-life scenes where members of the public dictate the love story with those of Florian (as himself) and Masha Yakovenko as they act it out. The film's world premier was held at the opening night of the

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2011. Love Story has screened in numerous international film festivals, and won the Audience Choice Award at the Pluk de Nacht Outdoor film festival in Amsterdam 2013. Jarvis Cocker of

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saw the film during the London International Film Festival, and invited Habicht to make a film about his group.

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* 2011 films New Zealand drama films 2010s English-language films {{NewZealand-film-stub