Synopse
How can resistance work, when good and evil cannot easily be separated? An intense portrait of a generation, desperately fighting for a future worth living in. Four young people spend the summer on a remote mountain and found a radical community – free from possession, digital connections and monogamy. In this mythical place, there stands just one tree that gives shade. Under it lies a tangle of sweaty bodies. When they discover a child is on the way, they decide to bring it up in absolute freedom. Then their paradise is destroyed in a huge fire. What started out as an experiment of total freedom becomes the question of whether freedom is an illusion.
Regie
Leonie Krippendorff studied direction at the Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf and gained international recognition with her graduation film Looping (2016). In 2020, her debut feature Kokon opened the Berlinale section Generation 14+ and in 2021 she won the Bavarian Film Prize.
Akkreditiertenvorstellungen
25.09.2026 13:15 Uhr
CinemaxX Dammtor - Saal 2
Info
Original Title: Kinder der Sonne
International Title: Children Of The Sun
Category: Feature
Section: Große Freiheit
Version & Subtitles: German, Greek, English OV with German subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Leonie Krippendorff
Cast/Protagonists: Jella Haase, Lena Urzendowsky, Joshua Hupfauer, Andronikos Korakas, Thure Lindhardt, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Syrmo Keke, Eric Kabongo, Gogó Kartsana, Argyris Gaganis
Production country: Germany, Greece
Year of Production: 2026
Length: 119 min
Producer: Peter Hartwig, Anna Werner
Production company: KINEO FILM GMBH
Cinematography: Lotta Kilian
Sound: Marc Meusinger, Luise Hofmann, Stefan Korte
Editor: Emma Alice Gräf
Music: The Boy & Trichromi
Production Design: Giannis Skafidas
Costume Design: Esther-Helin Bienroth, Sofia Vaso
Casting: Nina Haun /, Kleopatra Ampatzoglou
Commissioning Editor: Jörg Schneider / ZDF / Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
Co-producer: Konstantinos Vassilaros
co-production company: StudioBauhaus Athen
World Sales: Global Constellation
Distributor: Vuelta Germany
Kontakt: Claudia Schnierle / Vuelta Germany
