SUMMER STORM

Screenplay: Thomas Bahmann, Marco Kreuzpaintner
Casting: Simone Bär
Director of Photography: Daniel Gottschalk
Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Score/ music: Niki Reiser
Production Design: Heike Lange
Costume Design: Anke Winckler
Make-up Artist: Susanne Woerle-Jiritano, Verena Weißert
Sound recording: Florian Niederleithinger

Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Achim's girlfriend, Sandra, is on the girl's team and he enjoys spending more time with her. Tobi becomes increasingly skeptical of their relationship. Anke, the pretty girl who has fallen for Tobi, doesn't make things easier. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorlogical...

Robert Stadlober (Tobi), Kostja Ullmann (Achim), Alicja Bachleda-Curus (Anke), Miriam Morgenstern (Sandra), Jürgen Tonkel (Hansi), Hanno Koffler (Malte), Tristano Casanova (Georg), Joseph M’Barek (Ferdinand), Jeff Fischer (Flasche), Josefine Müller (Claudia), Johannes Franke (Martin), Roman Storm (Günther), Angelika Brennfleck (Thea), Marlon Kittel (Leo), Hanno Koffler (Malte), Michael Wiesner (Nils), Alexa Maria Surholt (Susanne), Benjamin Vilzmann (Niels), Ludwig Blochberger (Oli), Elisabeth Hart (Ute), Anton Rattinger (Gruber), Tobias Vandieken (Naturschützer)

Awards:
Munich Film Festival “Audience Award” 2004
Filmfest Talin “Best Youth Film”
New Faces Award “Most Popular Actor”: Kostja Ullmann

Festivals:
Toronto International Film Festival, Rio Film Festival

FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Filmförderungsanstalt, BKM