Emma’s Bliss

EMMA lives on her own as a pig farmer on her family’s run down and heavily indebted farm. She treats her hogs lovingly until the last day and butchers them in her own, tender way… MAX is a car salesman, also alone, often plagued by stomach pain. He is diagnosed with cancer with his life is teetering on the brink. So he steals his only friend’s money, books a flight, and just wants to get far away. When he crashes his Jaguar on the run and lands on EMMA’s farm he starts to realise that true BLISS may be much closer…

Festivals & Awards:

Filmfest München: Talent Award German Film 2006 for Jördis Triebel, in competition International Film Festival in San Sebastian, Festival of German Film Paris: Audience Award 2006, Hamptons International Film Festival N.Y.: Audience Award and Zicherman Family Award for Best Screenwriter for Ruth Toma and Claudia Schreiber 2006, Sevilla Film Festival Spain 2006: Audience Award, Bavarian Film Award 2007 for Jürgen Vogel as Best Actor, Le Festival International du Film d’Amour de Mons, France 2007: Grand Prix du Festival – Best Film‚ Le Prix Cinéfemme, Le Prix d’Interprétation Féminine for Jördis Triebel (Best Actress), four nominations for the German Film Award 2007: Best Film, Best Actress (Jördis Triebel), Best Supporting Actor (Hinnerk Schönemann) and Best Sound. Verona Film Festival 2007: Best Actress (Jördis Triebel) and “Youth Jury” Gilde Film Award for Best Film 2007, Milwaukee International Film Festival – USA 2007: Audience Award, Grand Prix Hydro-Québec within the 26. Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Grand Prix Hassan II at the Festival International du Film d’Auteur de Rabat.