HomeSick

HomeSick

DCP/HD - 2014 - Germany/Austria - 98mn - color - thriller


HomeSick

Original title: HomeSick

A film by Jakob M. Erwa

Ambitious cello student Jessica moves into a new flat, together with her boyfriend Lorenz. When she receives the honorable invitation to represent Germany in an international contest for classic music it seems to be her great opportunity – at the same time it means enormous pressure.
In her home, Jessica starts to prepare herself meticulously for the contest. However, her own four walls don’t seem to give her shelter as Jessica finds herself more and more exposed to small and major anonymous harassments. What is the neighbour's involvement prying mysteriously behind half-closed curtains? Lorenz doesn’t notice any of this and therefore finds it hard to believe Jessica’s assumptions, which creates conflict between the young couple. The increasing pressure and stress begin to noticeably gnaw on Jessica’s everyday life and pretty soon reality and imagination blur. Eventually Jessica finds her life scattered, caused by her own ambition. In the desperate hope to restore her felicity, she starts to defend her home – at all cost…

Original language: Allemand
Produced by: Jakob M. Erwa

Festivals:

Berlinale 2015 - Perspektive section
Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival 2015 - International Competition
IndieLisboa International Film Festival 2015
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2015
Diagonale Festival des österreichischen Films 2015
BFI London Film Festival 2015 - DARE section
Zadar Avvantura film Festival 2015 - EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTIONS COMPETITION
Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq 2015 - International Competition
Film Forum Montenegro 2015

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Jakob M. Erwa

Jakob M. Erwa was born 1981 in Graz, Austria.
Actually he wanted to become a rockstar, but then cinema turned his head. Art-school. Later Filmschool (HFF Munich) which he successfully completed in 2007. With his well-received debut film “Heile Welt” (2007, “All The Invisible Things”) he won the “Grand Diagonale Award – Best Austrian Film” as well as the “German Independence Award – Best German Film” at the Oldenburg International Film Festival. Furthermore, his film was invited to attend numerous international filmfestivals around the world. Jakob loves new challenges and unconventional approaches. His latest film “HOMESICK” marks a new step in his carreer: It is his first own, independent production.
“Moviemaking gives me the chance to adventure worlds that I’d never dare to enter in real life.”

 Jakob M. Erwa


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