Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Sami, Joe and I

Karin HEBERLEIN 2020 Switzerland Feature color 94min Swiss-German, Germa DCP
Sami, Joe and Leyla are an inseparable group of friends. The end of their time at school together should have been the start of an exciting summer, but the three youngsters have their hands full: Sami suffers under her overly strict parents, Joe has to look after her siblings, while her single mother works overtime and Leyla nervously begins her apprenticeship in a canteen kitchen. For the teenage girls tough decisions overshadow their dreams. In those defining days of their lives, their friendship seems to be the only constant. But as events take a harsh turn, even their friendship is put to the test.

Director

Karin HEBERLEIN

Born in Switzerland and trained as an actress at Central School of Speech and Drama in London, she toured festivals across the globe. Her focus shifted to film after attending the Master Class program at the NFTS/Met Film School. In 2013 she received a scholarship for the script workshop at the HFF. This film is her feature debut.

Karin HEBERLEIN

2020 I am Ted

2017 The Barrel

2015 Linard, Monti, und Die Musik

2012 Spring

2011 Linus Trifft Marius und Die Jagdkapelle

2011 A Little While 

Director, Screenwriter:Karin HEBERLEIN
Cinematographer:Gabriel LOBOS
Editor:Marion TUOR
Sound:Ivo SCHLAPFER

Music:Dominique DREIER, Kilian SPINNLER
Producer: Claudia WICK

 

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