Oh Boy

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Jan Ole Gerster’s wry and vibrant feature debut A Coffee in Berlin, which swept the 2013 German Oscar Awards, paints a day in the life of Niko (Tom Schilling), a twenty-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes: his girlfriend rebuffs him, his father cuts off his allowance, and a strange psychiatrist dubiously confirms his ‚emotional imbalance‘. Meanwhile, a former classmate insists she bears no hard feelings toward him for his grade-school taunts when she was „Roly Poly Julia,“ but it becomes increasingly apparent that she has unfinished business with him. Unable to ignore the consequences of his passivity any longer, Niko finally concludes that he has to engage with life. Shot in timeless black and white and enriched with a snappy jazz soundtrack, this slacker dramedy is a love letter to Berlin and the Generation Y experience.

2012: Munich Film Festival – Young German Cinema Award

2012: Oldenburg Film Festival – German Independence Award – Audience Award – Jan-Ole Gerster

2012: Oldenburg Film Festival – German Independence Award – Best German Film – Jan-Ole Gerster

2012: Oldenburg Film Festival – Seymour Cassel Award – Tom Schilling

2012: Best Director Award beim International Film Festival Bratislava an Jan-Ole Gerster

2012: Bratislava International Film Festival – Best Director – Jan-Ole Gerster

2012: Bavarian Film Awards – Best Actor – Tom Schilling

2012: Bavarian Film Awards – Best Screenplay – Jan-Ole Gerster

2012: German Film Critics Association Awards – Best Feature Film Debut

2012: German Film Critics Association Awards – Best Film Score – The Major Minors und Cherilyn MacNeil

2013: Sofia International Film Festival – Focusfox Grand Prix Award

2013: New Faces Award – Best Director – Jan-Ole Gerster

2013: German Film Awards in der Kategorie Bester Spielfilm in Gold

2013: German Film Awards – Best Direction – Jan-Ole Gerster

2013: German Film Awards – Best Screenplay – Jan-Ole Gerster

2013: German Film Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Tom Schilling

2013: German Film Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Michael Gwisdek

2013: German Film Awards – Best Film Score – The Major Minors und Cherilyn MacNeil

2013: European Film Award – European Discovery – Jan Ole Gerster

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