English Titles B
- Babai, Germany, Kosova, North Macedonia, France, 2015
- Babar - König der Elefanten, France/Germany, 1998
- Baby (A)lone, Luxembourg, 2014
- Baby Balloon, Belgium, 2013
- Baby Blues, Poland, 2012
- Bach in Brazil, Germany, Brazil, 2015
- Back Home, Poland, 2018
- Back to Gaya, Germany, 2004
- Back to Those Days (aka: Return to Legoland), Poland, 2021
- Backstage, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2018
- Bad Company, France, 1999
- Bag of Flour, The, Belgium, France, Marocco, 2012
- Bag of Marbles, France, 2016
- Baghdad Messi, Belgium, 2022
- Balcony, The, Lithuania, 2008
- Ball Dress, The, Belarus, 2003
- Ball, The, Netherlands/ Germany/ Belgium, 1997
- Ball, The, Italy, 2017
- Ballerina, France, 2016
- Ballet Boys, Norway, 2014
- Ballroom Dancing, Italy, 2006
- Bamse and the City of Thieves, Sweden, 2014
- Bamse and the Thunder Bell, Sweden, 2018
- Bamse and the Volcano Island, Sweden, 2021
- Bamse and the Witch's Daughter, Sweden, 2016
- Banana, Italy, France, 2014
- Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story), France, 2015
- Banger., Czech Republic, 2022
- Baracoa, Switzerland, USA, Spain, 2019
- Barbarians, Serbia, Montenegro, Slowenija, 2014
- Bardsongs, Netherlands, 2011
- Barefoot, Czech Republic, 2017
- Barley Fields on the Other Side of the Mountain, Great Britain, 2017
- Battle, The, Russia, 2019
- Bayala – A Magical Adventure, Germany, 2019
- Be All and End All, The, Great Britain, 2008
- Be Careful What You Wish For, Spain, 2021
- Be Prepared, Poland, 2017
- Beanie, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Croatia, 2021
- Bear-Like, Switzerland, 2019
- Bears Love Me!, Netherlands, 2018
- Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily, The, France, Italy, 2019
- Beast of Beauty, Norway, 2003
- Beat Beneath My Feet, The, Great Britain, 2014
- Beatles, Norway, 2014
- Beats, Great Britain, 2019
- Beautiful Beings, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, 2022
- Beautiful Bitch, Germany, 2007
- Beautiful Girl, Austria, 2015
- Beauty and the Bastard, Finland, 2005
- Beauty and the Beast, The, Germany, Austria, 2012
- Beauty and the Dogs, France, Tunisia, 2017
- Bécassine!, France, 2018
- Bécassine, the wackiest Nanny ever, France, 2001
- Bee's Diary, A, Germany, Canada, 2020
- Before Father Gets Back, Georgia, France, Germany, 2018
- Before Snowfall, Norway, 2012
- Before the Day Breaks, Latvia, 2018
- Before the Day Breaks, Latvia, 2019
- Behind the Blue Door, Poland, 2016
- Behind the Clouds, Portugal, 2006
- Being 14, France, 2015
- Being 17, France, 2016
- Being Like Deyna, Poland, 2012
- Bekas (Aka: Up and Away), Finland, Iraq, Sweden, 2012
- Believe, Great Britain, 2013
- Belka and Strelka – Space Dogs, Russia, 2010
- Belle & Sebastian, France, 2013
- Belle & Sebastian, the Adventure Continues, France, 2015
- Belle & Sebastian3: Friends For Life, France, 2018
- Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation, France, 2022
- Belma, Denmark, Sweden, 1995
- Belonging, Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey, 2023
- Beloved Daughter, The, Finland, Norway, 2019
- Ben X, Belgium, Netherlands, 2007
- Bend it like Beckham, Great Britain, 2001
- Benjamin Dove, Sweden, 1995
- Bennie Brat, Netherlands, 2011
- Berry and Dolly – Tales of the Months, Hungary, 2023
- Bert - The Last Virgin, Sweden, 1996
- Bert's Diary, Sweden, 2020
- Bertram & Co., Denmark, 2002
- Best Birthday Ever, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, 2021
- Best Friend, The, Czech Republic, 2017
- Best of All Worlds, Austria, 2017
- Besties, France, 2021
- Between 10 and 12, Netherlands, Belgium, 2014
- Beutolomaeus and the Secret Christmas Wish, Germany, 2006
- Beware of Children, Norway, 2019
- Beyond, Denmark, 2000
- Beyond Beyond, Denmark, Sweden, 2014
- Beyond Dreams, Sweden, 2017
- Beyond the Border – Bekisisa, France, Italy, 2022
- Beyond the Horizon, Switzerland, Belgium, 2019
- Bibi & Tina, Germany, 2014
- Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched, Germany, 2015
- Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys, Germany, 2016
- Bibi Blocksberg, Germany, 2002
- Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls, Germany, 2004
- Big & Little, Switzerland, 2016
- Big Big World, Turkey, 2016
- Big Boys Don’t Cry, Great Britain, 2020
- Big Day, The, France, 2015
- Big Dreams, Czech Republic, 2023
- Big Kids, France, 2023
- Big Slime Movie, The, Netherlands, 2020
- Big, Bad Fox and Other Tales, The, France, Belgium, 2017
- Bigfoot Family, Belgium, France, 2019
- Bigfoot Junior aka Son of Bigfoot, The, Belgium, 2017
- Bigger Than Us, France, 2021
- Bigman, Netherlands, Germany, 2022
- Bille, Latvia, 2018
- Billy & Buddy, France, 2012
- Billy & Buddy 2, France, Belgium, 2017
- Billy and Buddy, France, 2013
- Billy Elliot - I will dance, Great Britain, 2000
- Bim, Belgium, 2023
- Binti, Belgium, 2019
- Birds Like Us, Bosnia-Herzegowina, 2017
- Birds of Passage, Belgium, France, 2015
- Birk & Magna - The Dark Secret of the Mine, Norway, 2023
- Birta, Iceland, 2021
- Bitchkram aka Bitch Hug, Sweden, 2012
- Bitter Sweetheart, Sweden, 2006
- Bittersuite, Germany, 2016
- Bittersweet Sixteen, Belgium, 2021
- Black, Belgium, 2015
- Black Brothers, The, Germany, 2013
- Black Diamonds, Spain/Portugal, 2013
- Black Mill, The, Poland, 2020
- Black Mor's Island, France, 2003
- Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess, The, France, Belgium, 2022
- Blacksmith From Woodham, The, Czech Republic, 2013
- Blame it on Fidel, France, 2006
- Blanka, Italy, Japan, 2015
- Blinded by the Light, Great Britain, 2019
- Blindflyers, Germany, 2003
- Blinker, Belgium, 1999
- Blinker and the Bagbag-Jewel, Belgium, 2000
- Blood Brothers, Netherlands, 2008
- Blood Sisters, Sweden, 2015
- Bloody Milk, France, 2017
- Bloody Nuisance, The, Germany, 2000
- Blossom Valley, Hungary, 2018
- Blue Arrow, The, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, 1996
- Blue Bicycle, The, Turkey, Germany, 2015
- Blue Bird, Belgium, 2011
- Blue Eyes and Colorful My Dress, Germany, 2020
- Blue My Mind, Switzerland, 2017
- Blue Tiger, The, Czech Republic, Slovak Republik, 2012
- Blue Wave, The, Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, 2013
- Bluebird, Netherlands, 2004
- Bo, Belgium, 2010
- Bo Bear at the Farm, Norway, 2018
- Bo Bear's Vacation, Norway, 2019
- Boat Race, The, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2009
- Bob Bob Bølle Bob, Denmark, 2010
- Bobby and the Ghosthunters, Netherlands, 2013
- Bobot, The, Ukraine, 2018
- Body of Water, Great Britain, 2020
- Bombay Dreams, Sweden, 2004
- Bon Voyage, Netherlands, 2011
- Boney Piles, Ukraine, 2022
- Bonkers, Netherlands, 2005
- Bontekoe's Young Sailors (aka Storm Bound), Netherlands, 2007
- Bonus Track, Great Britain, 2023
- Book of Masters, Russia, 2009
- Booster, Belgium, 2014
- Bora Bora, Denmark, 2011
- Born 2 Drive, Norway, 2019
- Born in Syria, Spain, Denmark, 2016
- Borrowers, The, Great Britain, 1996
- Bottle in the Sea of Gaza, A, France, Israel, Canada, 2011
- Box, The (aka The Pitch), Russia, 2015
- Boxi and the Lost Treasure, Hungary, 2019
- Boxing for Freedom, Spain, 2015
- Boy 7, Germany, 2015
- Boy 7, Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, 2014
- Boy A, Great Britain, 2007
- Boy Called Dad, Great Britain, 2009
- Boy from Mercury, The, Irland, France, Great Britain, 1996
- Boy Needs Fresh Air, That, Germany, 2018
- Boy of War, Germany, Czech Republic, 2018
- Boy on the Bridge, Cyprus, 2016
- Boy Upside Down, Finland, 2014
- Boy Who Looks for Gold, The (Toni Goldwasher), Germany, 2007
- Boy who Stopped Talking, The, Netherlands, 1995
- Boy who wanted to be a Bear, The, Denmark, France, 2002
- Boy with the Golden Pants, The, Sweden, 2014
- Boys, Netherlands, 2013
- Boys Are Us, Switzerland, 2012
- Boys from Via Pal, The, Italy, 2002
- Boyz, Germany, 2023
- Boyz in the Wood, Great Britain, 2019
- Boyzhetken – She's All That, Kazakhstan, Russia, 2018
- Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker, The, Croatia, 2013
- Bravehearts, Denmark, 2023
- Bravehearts, Norway, 2012
- Brazils, Hungary, 2017
- Breadwinner, The, Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, 2017
- Breaking The Ice, Austria, 2022
- Breathe, France, 2014
- Breathing, Austria, 2011
- Brendan and the Secret of Kells, Ireland, France, Beluim, 2008
- Bridgend, Denmark, Great Britain, 2015
- Bright Flight, Italy, 2012
- Bright Nights, Germany, 2017
- Brixton Tale, A, Great Britain, 2021
- Broken, Great Britain, 2012
- Broken Glass Park, Germany, Russia, 2013
- Broken Hill Blues, Sweden, 2013
- Broken Mussels, Turkey, Bosnia & Herzegowina, 2011
- Brooklyn, France, 2013
- Brother's Keeper, Romania, Turkey, 2021
- Brothers, Norway, 2015
- Brothers, Netherlands, 2017
- Brothers, Netherlands, 2017
- Brothers of the Wind, Austria, Italy, 2015
- Bruce Lee and the Outlaw, Great Britain, 2018
- Brundibar Revisited, Czech Republic/Germany, 2014
- Brundibár – Bridges Across Time and Space, Austria, 2016
- Bubble, Finland, 2022
- Bulado, Netherlands, 2020
- Bullets, Sweden, 2023
- Buratino's Return, Russia, 2013
- Buster Bob & Streetwise Sally, Denmark, 2005
- Buster's World, Denmark, 2021
- But when will mom arrive?, Switzerland, 2018
- Butterflies, Sweden, Finland, 2007
- Butterfly, Italy, 2018
- Butterfly Kisses, Great Britain, 2017
- Butterfly Tale, Germany, Canada, 2023
- Butterfly's Heart, A, Lithuania, 2021
- Butterfly, The, France, 2002
- Butterflymania, France, 2019
- By the Name of Tania, Belgium, Netherlands, 2019
Black Brothers, The
Original title: Schwarzen Brüder, Die
German title: Schwarzen Brüder, Die
Germany, 2013
Director: Koller, Xavier
Production company: Enigma, Starhaus, Dschoint Ventschr, Herold Productions
Co-producers: BR-TV, WDR, NDR, ARTE,
Age recommendation: 8 years and up
Synopsis:
Eleven-year-old Giorgio lives in the mountain village of Sognono in the Ticino region of Switzerland. His family circumstances are poor but happy, until his mother is seriously injured in a forest fire and the father is unable to pay the doctor. Out of sheer necessity, he sells his son Giorgio to the Man-with-the-Scar, whose only goal is to turn the boy into profit. Giorgio is to work as a chimney-sweep apprentice in Milan.
But he is not completely alone. During his dangerous journey to Milan, he meets up with Alfredo, who shares a similar fate. However, with the crusader-stories he tells, he manages to give Giorgio the much-needed courage to endure his grief even in hostile, enemy territory. They become blood-brothers.
On the very day of their arrival in Milan`s hustle and bustle, Giorgio and Alfredo are sold to
different chimney-sweep masters in an unparalleled display of human bartering. Although
Giorgio is fortunate to have been chosen by good-natured Master Battista, his wife and son
Anselmo are a true challenge. They miss no opportunity to make Giorgio`s life miserable. The
family`s only ray of sunshine is Angeletta, who, however, suffers from a serious illness.
An icy wind whips through the concrete canyons of Milan, while the members of the
“Wolves”, a Milan street-gang, lie in wait at every corner. They are the sworn enemies of the
“spazzacamini”, the chimney-sweep apprentices. In addition, Giorgio`s work in the building
proves to be almost inhuman. Acting as a living broom, Giorgio must crawl into the hot
chimneys in order to free them from the soot with his bare hands.
As fate would have it, he meets Alfredo once again, who has managed to turn his crusader`s
fantasies into reality by founding the league of “The Black Brothers”. Giorgio becomes a
member. The “Black Brothers” have sworn an oath to come to each others`s aid and, together,
fight against any hostilities including those from the “Wolves”.
At the moment of the “Black Brothers“`greatest triumph, their leader, Alfredo, dies as a result
of the brutal working conditions. Giorgio is in the process of continuing his friend`s legacy by
organizing the “Black Brothers”` escape to Ticino, when he, too, is involved in a serious
accident. The brotherhood seems destined to break apart. In this crisis situation, however, it
turns out that even worst enemies can be of the greatest help. But the escape on Christmas Day has a long way to go yet before its final success, because the Man-with-the-Scar wants to prevent the loss of his “possession“ at all costs...
Comments:
Scheduled release: 2013
Marketing strategies:
Based on the famous book by Lisa Tetzner and Kurt Held. Main actors: Moritz Bleibtreu, Richy Müller and others.
Festivals:
Zürich FF 2013, Michel Hamburg 2013, Schlingel Chemnitz 2013, Juniorfest Plzen 2013 (awarded), Castellinaria Bellinzona 2013, Stuttgart CFF 2013, Tumbleweeds Utah 2014, Golden Sparrow CFF Erfurt/Gera 2014 (awarded), Krakow CFF 2014, Cinekid Amsterdam 2014, Molodist Kiew 2014 (awarded), Giffoni Macedonia 2015, Freeze Frame Winnipeg 2021
Website: dieschwarzenbrueder-film.de
World sales address/es:
Global Screen (DE)