From January 17 to 24 the 42^nd Max-Ophüls Prize Festival will put the spotlight on young German language cinema. Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann’s documentary Davos (world premiere: Visions du réel/Nyon) and Arman T. Riahi’s fiction feature Fox in a Hole (world premiere: Warsaw Film Festival) will be vying for the Max Ophüls Prize in the respective competition sections. Luna Jordan as Samira in Fox in a Hole is nominated for the Best Acting Talent Award.



The no-budget comedy 3friends2foes by Sebastian Brauneis will celebrate its international premiere in the Fiction Films Competition.  



42^nd Max Ophüls Prize Festval SAARBRÜCKEN (January 17 to 24, 2021)

• MOP COMPETITION Documentary Films



DAVOS


by Daniel Hoesl, Julia Niemann
produced by European Film Conspiracy Association (A)

• MOP COMPETITION Fiction Films

FOX IN A HOLE


written & directed by Arman T. Riahi


produced by Golden Girls Film (A)

3FRIENDS2FOES

written & directed by Sebastian Brauneis

produced by Studio Brauneis (A)

International premiere

• NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTING TALENT

• Luna JORDAN for the role of Samira in FOX IN A HOLE
• Thomas SCHUBERT for the role of Jacob in WINDSTILL (D)

• AUSTRIAN CO-PRODUCTIONS | MOP Competition Documentary Films

• DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN by Franz Böhm (D, UK, A)
• I AM A TIGRESS by Philipp Fussenegger, Dino Osmanovic (D, USA, A)
• NICHTS NEUES by Lennart Hüper (D, A)

• MOP COMPETITION mid-length film

• MAGDA FÄHRT MOTORRAD by Lisa Hasenhütl

• MOP COMPETITION Shortfilm

• DAS GEGENTEIL VON EWIGKEIT by Joshua Jádi (A, D)
• LIFE ON THE HORN by Mo Harawe (Somalia, A, D)
• FISCHE by Raphaela Schmid

• MOP Shortlist

•FISCHSTÄBCHEN by Adriana Mrnjavac
•HOW TO DISAPPEAR by Total Refusal (Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stump)