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Year of Production 2020

ECFA Award Winner

My Dad is a Sausage

English title: My Dad is a Sausage
Original title: Mijn Vader is een Saucisse
German title: Mein Vater, die Wurst
Belgium, Germany, 2020

Director: Fortunier, Anouk
Production company: A Private View
Co-producers: The Film Kitchen, Leitwolf Filmproduktion, VPRO, NDR
Age recommendation: 10 years and up
Length: 90 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Zoë (12) is her dad’s best friend. When, on a whim, he decides to give up his job as a banker to become an actor, he gets into a big fight with her mum. But Zoë believes in her dad, even if nobody else does, and vows to help him in every way she can...

Comments:
Jury’s comment at Just Film Tallinn 2021: “Our overall winner was a film that surprised all of us, a story full of warmth and a love of the power of art for art's sake, a live action film with some dazzling animated sequences scattered throughout. A number of challenging issues were raised in the film in accessible ways that never patronises young people, and the film was constantly entertaining, funny, perceptive, and moving. We're all looking forward to watching it again! The jury was united in our decision to award the Best Film prize to My Dad is a Sausage.”

Marketing strategies:
Based on the novel 'Mon père est une saucisse' by Agnès de Lestrade

Festivals:
JEF CFF Vlaanderen 2021, Kristiansand CFF 2021, Leeds Young Film Festival 2021, Giffoni CFF 2021, Schlingel CFF Chemnitz 2021, Cinekid Amsterdam 2021, Dubrovnik CFF 2021, Just Film CFF Tallinn 2021 (ECFA Award), Filem'on CFF Brussels 2021, Thessaloniki IFF 2021, Chicago CFF 2021, Castellinaria CFF Bellinzona 2021, Ale Kino! CFF Poznan 2021 (awarded), Vilnius CFF 2021 (awarded), Belmont CFF 2022, Freeze Frame Winnipeg 2022, BIKY CFF Busan 2022, KinoKino CFF Zagreb 2022, Duesseldorf CFF 2022

ECFA interview available

Study guide: Finish

Study guide: Italian

World sales address/es:
Onegate Studio Hamburg (DE)

Sold to:
Paradiso (B)
Farbfilm-Verleih (DE)
VPRO-Televizie (NL)
Five Stars (RS)