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Nevermore (Nimmermeer)

In his younger days Helge Block used to be a skillful and respected fisherman, but nowadays he hardly brings any fish back home. The people in the village have turned their backs on him and his beloved son Jonas. But nonetheless they lead a happy life in the small fishing hut by the sea. One stormy night Helge sets out to fulfill an old mysterious dream: To bring back “the silver of the heavens” – a large catch for his starving son – but he never returns. Thereupon little Jonas Block has to undergo the painful hardships of poverty, puritan austerity and loss. Slowly the little boy loses his smile and starts to embitter. But then a little miracle happens – at the magical place where the heavens and the sea become one...

Toke Constantin Hebbeln was born in 1978 in Itzehoe. After graduate studies in Literature and Philosophy, he studied Film Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. During his studies, he directed more than 15 award-wining shorts and commercials. A selection of is films includes: the shorts Stille Nacht (2002), Schaukeln (2002), Der ewige Tag (2002), Kuscheln mit Mama (2003), Er und Es (2003), Glueckliche Tage (2003), Traeume am Fenster (2003), Mach mich los (2004), Seance (2005), Hilda & Karl (2006), and his feature debut Nevermore (Nimmermeer, 2006).
 

Genre Drama
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2006
Director Toke Constantin Hebbeln
Screenplay Nina Vukovic, Toke Constantin Hebbeln
Director of Photography Felix Novo de Oliveira
Editors Simon Blasi, Andre Gelhaar
Music by Martina Eisenreich
Production Design Nobel Nobielski
Producer Manuel Bickenbach
Production Company Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg/Ludwigsburg, in co-production with Frisbeefilms/Berlin
Principal Cast Leonard Proxauf, Sylvester Groth, Rolf Becker, Manni Laudenbach, Tom Lass, Ursula Graeff, Paula Kroh
Casting Suse Marquardt Besetzungsbuero/Berlin
Special Effects Holger Wenzl
Length 60 min, 732 m
Format 16 mm, color, 1:1.85
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Stereo
Festival Screenings Hof 2006, Sao Paulo 2006, ISFF Hollywood 2006, Istanbul 2007, Berlin & Beyond San Francisco 2007
Awards Foerderpreis Deutscher Film & Eastman Award for Upcoming Talent Hof 2006, Best Foreign Drama Hollywood 2006, Kodak Camera Award HIGHLIGHTS Baden-Wuerttemberg 2006, Student Academy Award 2007
With backing from German Federal Film Board (FFA)

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