Neubau

In the organizer's words:

Summer in the Brandenburg province. Markus is torn between his love for his grandma in need of care and his longing for a different life in Berlin. In his daydreams, a host of dazzling demons increasingly appear to him as harbingers of a queer urban family of choice that will free him from his loneliness. When he falls in love with Duc, everything becomes even more complicated. After all, the boxes are already packed in Markus' new apartment for the move to the big city.
Where do I want to live - and how? Author/lead actor Tucké Royale and director Johannes M. Schmit deal with these existential questions in their debut film from the perspective of a young queer man in the Uckermark. And answer them with a decidedly non-normative approach to life, in which liberation from conservative ideas of sexuality and gender affiliation play just as important a role as commitment and mutual care. Her queer Heimatfilm was created far away from the big cities as an independent production in an artists' collective that is concerned with ambivalent (counter)narratives and a "new self-evidence". In January 2020, "Neubau" celebrated its world premiere in the feature film competition of the Max Ophüls Preis film festival. There it was awarded Best Feature Film and was particularly praised by the jury for its "power to create empathy". Tucké Royale also received the prize for socially relevant film for its script and acting.

CREW
Director Johannes M. Schmit
Written by Tucké Royale
Visual design Smina Bluth, scenography / costume design Louis Krüger / editing Antonella Sarubbi
Sound Birte Gerstenkorn / sound design, mixing Azadeh Zandieh / soundtrack Nguyen Baly & Tara Transitory
Production manager Hai Anh Trieu / Production manager Philipp Rühr / Production manager Sophie Ahrens
Producer Fabian Altenried / Producer: Fabian Altenried / Sophie Ahrens, Kristof Gerega / Co-producer Tucké Royale

CAST
Markus Hawemann Tucké Royale, Sabine Monika Zimmering, Alma Jalda Rebling, Duc Minh Duc Pham

A production of Schuldenberg Films in cooperation with Ehrliche Arbeit and HAU - Hebbel am Ufer Supported by Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Hauptstadtkulturfonds, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Amadeu Antonio Stiftung. Distributed by Salzgeber.