Year of Production 2012
- Ali, Spain, 2012
- Ali Blue Eyes, Italy, 2012
- Almost 18, Finland, 2012
- Angels' Share, The, Great Britain, France, 2012
- Animals, Spain, 2012
- Approved for Adoption, Belgium, France, 2012
- Baby Blues, Poland, 2012
- Bag of Flour, The, Belgium, France, Marocco, 2012
- Beauty and the Beast, The, Germany, Austria, 2012
- Before Snowfall, Norway, 2012
- Being Like Deyna, Poland, 2012
- Bekas (Aka: Up and Away), Finland, Iraq, Sweden, 2012
- Billy & Buddy, France, 2012
- Bitchkram aka Bitch Hug, Sweden, 2012
- Blue Tiger, The, Czech Republic, Slovak Republik, 2012
- Boys Are Us, Switzerland, 2012
- Bravehearts, Norway, 2012
- Bright Flight, Italy, 2012
- Broken, Great Britain, 2012
- Casper and Emma - Best Friends, Norway, 2012
- Cause I have the Looks, Germany, 2012
- Clara and the Secret of the Bears, Switzerland/Germany, 2012
- Clip, Serbia, 2012
- Come on, Eddy!, Belgium, Netherlands,Luxembourg, 2012
- Come on, let's find a Treasure, Germany, 2012
- Cool Kids Don't Cry, Belgium, Netherlands, 2012
- Dandelions, The, France, 2012
- Day of the Crows, The, Belgium, France, 2012
- Deflowering of Eva van End, The, Netherlands, 2012
- Dreams, Sweden, 2012
- Eat Sleep Die, Sweden, 2012
- Eliot & Me, Ireland, 2012
- Ella and Friends, Finland, 2012
- Ernest & Célestine, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2012
- Everybody Sometimes Falls, Switzerland, 2012
- Fanatics, Finland, 2012
- Felix, Net and Nika and Theoretically Possible Catastrophe, Poland, 2012
- Fourteen, Germany, 2012
- Ginger & Rosa, Great Britain, 2012
- Goat Story With Cheese, Czech Republic, 2012
- Great Bird Race, The (The Twitchers), Denmark, 2012
- Horse on the Balcony, The, Austria, 2012
- Huck Finn, Germany, 2012
- Ice Dragon, The, Sweden, 2012
- Igor and the Cranes' Journey, Israel, Poland, Germany, 2012
- In Fairytale We Trust, Russia, 2012
- In the Name of Sherlock Holmes, Hungary, 2012
- Interval, The, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, 2012
- Itaker – Italians not Allowed, Italy, 2012
- Jelly T., Denmark, 2012
- Journey to the Christmas Star, The, Norway, 2012
- Kauwboy, Netherlands, 2012
- Kid, Belgium, 2012
- Kidd Life, Denmark, 2012
- King of Cotton, Turkey, 2012
- Kirikou and the Men and the Women, France, 2012
- Knight Rusty, Germany, 2012
- Know My Name, Turkey, 2012
- Last Island, The, Spain, 2012
- Lilet Never Happened, Netherlands, 2012
- Little Black Spiders, Belgium, Netherlands, 2012
- Little Lion, France, 2012
- Little Thirteen, Germany, 2012
- Lore, Germany, Great Britain, Australia, 2012
- Manusha – The Little Gypsy Witch, Croatia, Austria, North Macedonia, 2012
- Marco Macaco – Let's Go Bananas, Denmark, 2012
- Max Embarrassing 3, Denmark, 2012
- Mike says Goodbye, Netherlands, 2012
- Milo, Netherlands, 2012
- Miss Blue Jeans, Finland, 2012
- Mister Twister / Class of Fun / , Netherlands, 2012
- Month's Rulers, Czech Republic, 2012
- Moon Man, Germany, France, Ireland, 2012
- My Adventures by V. Swchwrm, Netherlands, 2012
- My Brother The Devil, Great Britain, 2012
- My Mommy is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill, France, 2012
- My Sister’s Kids Home Alone, Denmark, 2012
- Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, 2012
- Nono, the Zigzag Kid, Netherlands, 2012
- Not Quite a Simple Story, Russia, 2012
- Notebook, The, Hungary, Germany, 2012
- Nowhere Home, Norway, 2012
- On the Way to School, France, 2012
- One Mile Away – The Road to Freedom, Great Britain, 2012
- Orheim Company, The, Norway, 2012
- Our Big Time, Austria, 2012
- Patty's Catchup, Germany, 2012
- Photograph, The, Poland, Germany, Hungary, 2012
- Pieces of Me, France, 2012
- Pinocchio, Luxembourg, Italy, Belgium France, 2012
- Playground Chronicles, France, 2012
- Private Peaceful, Great Britain, 2012
- Pulce Is Not Here, Italy, 2012
- Rat King, Estonia, Finland, 2012
- Raven the Little Rascal, Germany, 2012
- Red and the Blue, The, Italy, 2012
- Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy, Finland, 2012
- Ruby Red, Germany, 2012
- Sammy's Adventures 2: Escape from Paradise, Belgium, 2012
- Sams im Glück, Germany, 2012
- Schatzritter*, Germany, Luxembourg, 2012
- Secret, The, Denmark, 2012
- Shell, Great Britain, 2012
- Shifting the Blame, Germany, 2012
- Sister, Switzerland/France, 2012
- Snackbar, Netherlands, 2012
- Snow Dragon, The, Czech Republic, 2012
- Snow Queen, The, Russia, 2012
- Snow Queen, The, Russia, 2012
- Spike Island, Great Britain, 2012
- Süskind, Netherlands, 2012
- Suicide Shop, The, France, Belgium, Canada, 2012
- Summer Outside, Germany, Switzerland, 2012
- Tad, the Lost Explorer, Spain, 2012
- Three Heroes on Distant Shores, Russia, 2012
- Three Kids, Belgium, 2012
- To Be King, Netherlands, 2012
- Tom and Hacke, Germany, 2012
- Tom, the Truant, France, 2012
- Tony 10, Netherlands/Germany, 2012
- Turning Tide, France, 2012
- Vampire Sisters, Germany, 2012
- Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion, Germany, 2012
- Viva Bel@rus!, Poland, 2012
- Wadjda, Germany, Saudi-Arabia, 2012
- Wajma, an Afghan Love Story, France, Afghanistan, 2012
- White Black Boy, Denmark, 2012
- Yegor's Secret, Russia, 2012
- Yoko, Germany, 2012
- You and Me Forever, Denmark, 2012
- You are God, Poland, 2012
- Young Europe, Italy, 2012
- Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ..., Austria, 2012
Notebook, The
English title: Notebook, The
Original title: Grand Cahier, Le / Nagy Füzet, A
German title: Große Heft, Das
Hungary, Germany, 2012
Director: Szász, János
Production company: Hunnia Filmstúdió Kft.
Co-producers: Intuit Pictures GmbH
Age recommendation: 16 years and up
Synopsis:
Towards the end of World War II, big cities are at the mercy of air raids and starvation. A desperate mother leaves her 13-year-old twin sons in the country at their grandmother, a cruel alcoholic. The villagers call her the Witch, she is rumoured to have poisoned her husband. Soon the twins must survive alone. They realise that the only way to cope with the inhumane world of adults and war is to become unfeeling and merciless. By freeing themselves from hunger, pain and emotion, they will be able to endure future hardships. So they begin their own series of studies. They fortify their spirits by reading the Bible and learning foreign languages. They practice to harden their bodies and minds. They ignore insults and the insidious appeals of sentiment. The twins keep a written record of all they have witnessed during the war, the Notebook, following a strict code: the prose must be free from emotion, precise, objective. The end of war will bring the worst moments of all.
Marketing strategies:
Based on Agota Kristof's famous novel.
Festivals:
Karlovy Vary IFF (2013 Grand Prix), Giffoni 2014
Website: www.intuitpictures.com
Study guide: www.das-grosse-heft.de
World sales address/es:
Beta Film (DE)