Savannah

Movie, 72 min, Germany 2002
Thursday, June 19th, 20:00 hrs, 

Director: Ruth Olshan
Script: Malin Schwerdtfeger
Photography: Andreas Höfer
Editor: Jens Müller
Music: Ingo Ludwig Frenzel
Sound: Matthias Haeb
Casting: Sabine Schwedhelm
Principal Cast: Laura Henseler, Carmen Simone Birk, Alexandra Dittrich, Victor Calero, Piet Fuchs, Dominik Glaubitz, Leonard Burg, Diane Willems, Ivan Shvedoff

Producers: Bettina Wente, Wolfgang Schulte
Commissioning editor WDR: Andrea Hanke
Production: creatv Fernsehproduktions GmbH in co-production with WDR/Debut im Dritten, supported by Filmstiftung NRW

Indira is 16, her home life ‘alternative’ and chaotic. When Anna, an unconventional Russian girl, joins her class they become fast friends. Together they plunge into the night, looking to grow up faster than the rules allow. But Anna has a secret ... Ruth Olshan (KHM graduate), whose short film “Quién eres tu?” was in competition at the Venice Biennale 2001, has realized her first full-length feature with “Savannah”, which is being given its premiere showing at this year’s Cologne Conference.