Young audience
Einfach Nina
Karin Heberlein
5-12
School
LGBTQIA+
2022
89 min
Germany
Synopsis
A delicate and moving take on gender identity.
Today is the big day for Nina. The day she stops hiding and tells everybody she no longer identifies with Niklas and will never be a boy again. Nina doesn’t know that this decision will profoundly shake her family, the neighborhood, and the well-trimmed gardens of their perfect suburb.
By turns extremely moving and funny, Karin Heberlein’s second feature tackles a subject that has yet to be tackled in the cinema and is a good complement to Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary Petite Fille (2020). The performers are wildly accurate, providing a gentle, sympathetic approach to the theme of identity and gender transition.
Accessible from 8 years and over
Cast/Avec
- Friederike Becht
- Arian Wegener
- Ulrich Brandhoff
Screenplay
- Angela Gilges
- Karin Heberlein
- Christopher von Delhaes
Cinematographer
- Ralf Noack
Sound
- Johannes Kunz
Music
- Ephrem Lüchinger
Production
- Schiwago Film
- ARD Degeto
Screenings
Date
Hour
Place
Language
Subtitles
Screening
Tuesday 05 March 2024
9:15 am
Ciné Utopia
German
School Screening
Tuesday 05 March 2024
09:15
Lieux :
Ciné Utopia
Audio :
German
Subtitles :
Screening :
School Screening
Trailer and photos
Karin Heberlein
Karin Heberlein studied at the Central School of Speech & Drama in London. She has worked for various theatres in the United Kingdom, collaborating and performing with several ensembles. She has taken part in many festivals around the world and works as a scriptwriter and director. Sami, Joe, and I, her first feature film, was released in Swiss cinemas in 2021.
Filmography
- Einfach Nina 2022
- Sami, Joe et moi ! 2020
- Linus trifft Marius und die Jagkapelle (court-métrage) 2011
