SIN & ILLY, feature length

SIN & ILLY is a coming-of-age feature film and tells the story of the heroin addict girls SIN and ILLY in today's drug scene of Frankfurt am Main, who want to get "clean" again under their own steam and by going through "cold turkey".

The film is based on a true story, which happened in 1990 in Frankfurt am Main. The authentic narrative of SIN & ILLY wants to do away with generalizing stigma and encourage more optimistic and current perspectives for… Show more

The target audience of the film is to be a socially committed cinema audience that is interested in current developments and upheavals in our society.

Our young protagonist SIN experiences elementary conflicts through which she grows in character and emotionally. We want to reach an audience that can be inspired by interpersonal stories and individual problems and always look for new ways to meet people, especially in their crises.

SIN & ILLY is be evalu… Show more

In the artistic densified form of a feature film SIN & ILLY faces, in a personal and authentic way, the current drug abuse and addiction of young people avoiding distortion thanks to artistic compromises to be met with TV producers or large, commercially oriented funding agencies. To save our independence and intransigence in the implementation, we are looking for a possible independent, risk-taking and cultural funding person, who sees it as a social … Show more

To realize the film SIN & ILLY with the greatest artistic freedom and authenticity, we consciously choose a low budget. The sum of 15,000 euros covers a significant part of the financing, which is the least our feature film needs for the shooting and will emphasize our independence. Parallell we are applying for production support from various cultural film funding agencies in Germany and Austria, but we will realize the film also without further fundi… Show more

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Author & Director: Maria Hengge
www.thelastbus.de
Maria Hengge studied acting from 1994-98 at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and from 2000-05 she was employed as Member at the Vienna Burgtheater. Since then she has worked as a freelance actress and director in film and theater. In 2005 she graduated as a guest at the HFF Konrad Wolf, Babelsberg in scriptwriting and film aesthetics and in … Show more