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BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – Forum section – World Premiere [International Press] LOVING PIA (At Elske Pia) a film by Daniel Borgman Denmark – 2017 – fiction – 100 min. – color English & German subtitles After his award-winning short “Berik” (Cannes) and first feature “The Weight of Elephants” (Berlin), Daniel Borgman returns to Berlin with his second feature film “Loving Pia”. SYNOPSIS
A work of fiction, the film is developed from the life of – and starring – a real woman, Pia, who is intellectually disabled. Pia is 60 years old and she lives in rural Denmark in the care of her mother Guittou, 84. In the story, Guittou is getting old, and Pia worries about what will happen when her mother dies. She is afraid of being left alone. Although Pia has never had a boyfriend, she thinks that she needs to find a man to love in order to survive. Then Pia meets a man called Jens at the harbour. Pia embarks on a quiet and simple relationship with him, not realising that in the meantime it is her mother who is left alone. SCREENINGS Friday 10 February at 18:30 @ Delphi (EN subtitles) Saturday 11 February at 12:30 @ Arsenal 1 (EN subtitles) Sunday 12 February at 13:45 @ CineStar 8 (EN subtitles) Wednesday 15 February at 17:30 @ CinemaxX 6 (EN subtitles) Press &Industry screening Saturday 18 February at 19:30 @ CinemaxX 4 (GER subtitles) ATTENDING Daniel Borgman (director) > Feb. 9-14 Pia Skovgaard (actress) > Feb. 9-13 Jens Jensen (actor) > Feb. 9-13 Katja Adomeit (producer) > Feb. 9-14 Please send your interview requests to mariefrance@theprfactory.com &barbara@theprfactory.com CREDITS Director : Daniel Borgman Cast: Pia Skovgaard, Céline Skovgaard, Jens Jensen, Putte Jensen Cinematography : Daniel Borgman Produced by Katja Adomeit Editing: Sofie Marie Kristensen, Daniel Borgman PRODUCTION ADOMEIT FILM – Denmark – www.adomeitfilm.com ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Daniel Joseph Borgman studied directing at the Danish alternative film school Super16. His short films have premiered in A-list festivals. With Berik winning the Grand Prix in Cannes in 2010. His debut feature The Weight of Elephants premiered in Berlin in 2013. Loving Pia is his second feature film. It was developed at the Berlinale Residence and made with support from The Danish Film Institute and FilmFyn. Filmography 2017 Loving Pia, 100 min, Feature Film, Denmark, Berlinale Forum 2017 2013 The Weight of Elephants, 83 min, Feature Film, Denmark/New Zealand, Berlinale Forum 2012 How to Say Goodbye, 30min, Denmark 2011 Brainy, 30 min., Denmark, Locarno FF 2011 Berik, 15min., Denmark, Winner Grand prix Award Semaine de la Critique 2010 Lars & Peter, 15 min., Denmark, Official selection Cannes Film Festival 2009 The Man & the Albatross, 24 min., Denmark, Locarno FF www.lovingpia.com
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