Kiki & Tiger
Germany / Switzerland, July 2002
FILM,
Fiction,
55 min.
- directed by
- Alain Gsponer
- Written by
- Alain Gsponer
- Status
- In distribution
1997. Tiger, a Serb living in Germany is best friends with an illegal Albanian refugee, Kiki. A natural hustler, Kiki sweet-talks his way into odd jobs and women's hearts. The bond between the two men appears unbreakable, but the combination of Tiger's malicious father, who despises Albanians, and Kiki's new German girlfriend conspires to draw them apart. Then fate steps in and Kiki is deported, but the final straw comes when Tiger's father threatens to send Tiger to fight in the Balkans. An emotional roller coaster, Gsponer's film casts a cold light on the reality of refugees' lives in Europe today. Powerfully acted, this is an auspicious feature debut for such a young director.
credits
- World Premiere
- July 2002
- Original Version
- Albanian, Serbian, German (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 55 min.
- Production
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- directed by
- Alain Gsponer
- Written by
- Alain Gsponer
- Cinematography
- Matthias Fleischer
- Editing
- Michael Schaerer
- Music
- Marius Felix Lange
Cast
Monika Ebert
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Awards
(a selection)
- Annonay, Festival International du Premier Film Annonay, Prix du Jury Lycéen 2004 (Winner)
- Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage Selb, Kamerapreis «Hawk Cinematographie Award» 2003 (Winner)
- Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Interfilmpreis 2003 (Winner)
- Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Publikumspreis 2003 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Annonay, 21ème Festival international d'Annonay
30.01.2004 - 09.02.2004 -
LA Film Fest
11.06.2003 - 21.06.2003 -
NewFest New York's premier LGBT Film Festival
05.06.2003 - 15.06.2003 -
Inside Out
15.05.2003 - 25.05.2003 -
Potsdam-Babelsberg, International Studen Film Festival
29.04.2003 - 04.05.2003 -
26. Int. Grenzland-Filmtage Selb
24.04.2003 - 27.04.2003 -
Torino GLBT Film Festival
17.04.2003 - 25.04.2003 -
Berlin, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
06.02.2003 - 16.02.2003 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2003 - 26.01.2003 -
Saarbrücken, 24. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
13.01.2003 - 19.01.2003
-
International Film Festival Bratislava
29.11.2002 - 07.12.2002 -
Munich, 20. Filmfest München
29.06.2002 - 06.07.2002