''Malou'' is a German 2019 social short film drama starring Romina Küper, Veronica Ferres and Charles Rettinghaus, directed by Adi Wojaczek and produced by Patrick Mölleken. The film celebrated its world premiere on July 19, 2019 at the 23rd LA Shorts International Film Festival in

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and was screened at the

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in Hollywood in August 2019 as part of the 15th

HollyShorts Film Festival The HollyShorts Film Festival is an annual Academy Award®-qualifying independent short film festival located in Hollywood, California. History Founded in 2005, the yearly festival programmes feature an eclectic mixture of short films of various ...

's official selection. ''Malou'' has been selected as a finalist at the Oscar-qualifying 22nd Manhattan Short Film Festival 2019 while prevailing against more than 1,250 submission from 70 countries.

Plot

The young passionate dancer Malou is irresistible fighting for her dream of a career on the big stage. After years of struggle and rejection she suddenly receives her one chance at life – leading up to an unexpected reveal.

Cast

*Romina Küper as Malou * Veronica Ferres as Regina Vollmer *Charles Rettinghaus as Prof. Josef Berns *Matilda Herzog as Young Girl * Patrick Mölleken as Michael *

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as Milena

Production

''Malou'' is a German film production that was shot in

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. Among others the

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as well as the

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served as its film sets.

Awards & Film Festivals

* ''Official Selection'' – 7th Annual NoHo Cinefest 2020 * ''Official Selection'' – 1st Filmoramax International Film Festival 2020 * ''Official Selection'' – 21st

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2020 * ''Official Selection'' – 4th Cordillera International Film Festival 2020 * ''Official Selection'' – 12th Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2020 * ''Official Selection'' – 44th

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(CIFF) 2020 * ''Official Selection'' – 10th Awareness Film Festival 2019 * ''Finalist'' – 22nd Manhattan Short Film Festival 2019 * ''Official Selection'' – 15th

2019 * ''Official Selection'' – 23rd LA Shorts International Film Festival 2019

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 10240450 2019 films 2019 drama films 2019 short films German drama films 2010s German-language films Films about disability 2010s German films