Morris FROM AmeriCA

2016

A film by Chad Hartigan

In co-production with Beachside Films, INDI Film and SWR

Supported by MFG Baden-Württemberg, Medienboard-Berlin-Brandenburg, Hessische Filmförderung, Land Hessen, Deutscher Filmförderfonds and Rotor Film

World Sales: Visit Films, German distributor: Farbfilm Verleih

In German cinemas from 03.11.2016

SYNOPSIS:

Morris is from America. He is black, fat and thirteen. His biggest problem: he just recently moved to Heidelberg. Making friends is not an easy thing - especially when you want to be a big rap star like the Notorious B.I.G.! But then Morris meets her: Katrin!

CAST:
Craig Robinson, Markees Christmas, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, Patrick Güldenberg, Eva Löbau, Levin Henning, u.v.a.

TEAM:

• Writer / Director: Chad Hartigan

• Producers: Martin Heisler, Gabriele Simon, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy

• Co-Producers: Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub, Arek Gielnik

• Commissioning Editor: Stefanie Groß

• Director of Photography: Sean McElwee

• Editor: Anne Fabini

• Music: Keegan deWitt

WORLD PREMIERE 2016:

Sundance Film Festival, U.S. Dramatic Competition

★ awarded with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic

★ awarded with the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual
Performance für Craig Robinson

GERMAN PREMIERE 2016:

Filmfest Munich

FESTIVALS:

• Unabhängiges Filmfestival Osnabrück

• Kinofest Lünen

• Lola@Berlinale

• SXSW South by Southwest, Austin/Texas I Festival Favorites

• The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, Massachusetts

• Hawaii International Film Festival, Honolulu

• Vail Film Festival, Colorado I Opening Night Film

• Phoenix Film Festival, Arizona I Opening Night Film

• Sarasota Film Festival, Florida

• Cleveland International Film Festival, Ohio

• Atlanta Film Festival, Georgia I Closing Night Film

• Capital City Film Festival, Lansing/Michigan

• Florida Film Festival, Winter Park/Florida

• RiverRun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem/North Carolina

• Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison/Wisconsin

• Nashville Film Festival, Tennessee

• San Francisco International Film Festival, California

• Dallas International Film Festival, Texas

• Independent Film Festival Boston, Massachusetts

• Montclair Film Festival, New Jersey

• Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore

• Chicago Critics Film Festival, Illinois

• Seattle Int. Film Festival, Washington

• Berkshire Film Festival, Massachusetts

• Cinetopia Int. Film Festival, Michigan

• Nantucket Film Festival, Massachusetts

• Provincetown Film Festival, Massachusetts

• BAM Cinema Fest, New York

• Free State Festival, Kansas

• Indie Street Film Festival, New Jersey

• Macon Film Festival, Georgia

• Rooftop Films, New York

• Milwaukee Film Festival

• North Bay Film Festival

• Sundance London

• Champs Elisées Film Festival, Paris, France

• Pula Film Festival, Croatia

• American Film Festival of Poland, Poland

• Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden

• Athens Int. Film and Video Festival, Greece

• American Film Festival, Poland

• Seville European Film Festival, Spain

• Torino Film Festival, Italy

• Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea

• Tokyo Int. Film Festival, Japan

• Sydney Film Festival

• Los Cabos International Film Festival, Mexico

• IndieBo, Columbia