Year of Production 2023
- 7 or How to Stop the Time, Germany, 2023
- Àma Gloria, France, 2023
- Amazing Maurice, The, Germany, Great Britain, 2023
- And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine , Sweden, Denmark, 2023
- Arnold Cautious and the Happiness Stone, Finland, Latvia, 2023
- Belonging, Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey, 2023
- Big Dreams, Czech Republic, 2023
- Big Kids, France, 2023
- Birk & Magna - The Dark Secret of the Mine, Norway, 2023
- Boyz, Germany, 2023
- Bravehearts, Denmark, 2023
- Bullets, Sweden, 2023
- Butterfly Tale, Germany, Canada, 2023
- Cat's Life, A, France, 2023
- Checker Tobi and the Journey to the Flying Rivers, Germany, 2023
- Chicken for Linda!, France, Italy, 2023
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Great Britain, 2023
- Children of Mavungu , Netherlands, 2023
- Dancing Queen, Norway, 2023
- Delegation, Poland, Israel, Germany, 2023
- Diary of Paulina P., The, Croatia, 2023
- Dog, who Travelled by Train, The, Poland, 2023
- Echo, The, Germany, Mexico, 2023
- Elaha, Germany, 2023
- Excursion, Bosnia-Herzegowina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar, 2023
- Exodus, Sweden, 2023
- Fantastic Three, The, France, 2023
- Fearless, Italy, Brazil, 2023
- Fireworks, Italy, 2023
- Flying Classroom, The, Germany, 2023
- Forever, Sweden, 2023
- Four Souls of Coyote, Hungary, 2023
- Get Up, Germany, 2023
- Ghosts Under the Ferris Wheel, Germany, 2023
- Girl, Great Britain, 2023
- Greyhound of a Girl, A, Luxembourg, Italy, Great Britain, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, 2023
- Hotel Sinestra, Netherlands, 2023
- How to Have Sex, Great Britain, Greece, Belgium, 2023
- Il più bel secolo della mia vita, Italy, 2023
- Inseparables, The, Belgium, Spain, France, 2023
- Inventor, The, Ireland, France, USA, 2023
- It's Always Been Me, Denmark, 2023
- Jippie No More!, Netherlands, 2023
- Jomfruer fra rummet, Denmark, 2023
- Jonja, Germany, 2023
- Kaytek the Wizard, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2023
- Kensuke's Kingdom, Great Britain, Luxembourg, France, 2023
- Kepler-6b, Spain, 2023
- Kiddo, Netherlands, 2023
- Kina & Yuk, France, Canada, Italy, 2023
- Kung Fu Lion, Netherlands, China, 2023
- Lassie A New Adventure, Germany, 2023
- Lioness, Netherlands, 2023
- Longing for the World, Switzerland, 2023
- Mars Express, France, 2023
- Mascot, Netherlands, 2023
- Mavka: The Forest Song, Ukraine, 2023
- Mission: School of Fun, Germany, 2023
- Mountains, The, Denmark, 2023
- Mr. Freeman, Denmark, 2023
- Mummies, Spain, 2023
- Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express, A, Norway, 2023
- Nelly Rapp – The Secret of the Black Forest, Sweden, 2023
- New Tales of Franz, Germany, Austria, 2023
- Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret, France, Luxembourg, 2023
- Normal, France, Belgium, 2023
- Okthanksbye, Netherlands, 2023
- Paradise is Burning, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy, 2023
- Planet B, Belgium, Netherlands, 2023
- Princes of the Desert, France, 2023
- Properties of Metals, The, Italy, 2023
- Rangers of the Lost Ring, Finland, Greece, 2023
- Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel, Norway, Germany, Belgium, 2023
- Robot Dreams, Spain, France, 2023
- Romaissa, Netherlands, 2023
- Rosa and The Stone Troll, Denmark, 2023
- Scrapper, Great Britain, 2023
- Sea Sparkle, Belgium, Netherlands, 2023
- She – Hero (Mimi), Slovak Republic, 2023
- Sica, Spain, 2023
- Siren, The, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2023
- Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds, Belgium, France, 2023
- Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes, Finland, 2023
- Stormy Lola, Spain, 2023
- Sun and Concrete, Germany, 2023
- Supernova, Italy, 2023
- Synthetic Flowers, Sweden, 2023
- Thabo and the Rhino Case, Germany, South Africa, 2023
- Thank You, Guys, Italy, 2023
- There and Back, Russia, 2023
- Three Investigators, The, Germany, 2023
- Tiger Stripes, Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapur, 2023
- Tomorrow Somewhere by the Sea, Germany, 2023
- Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, 2023
- ultima volta che siamo stati bambini, L' *, Italy, 2023
- We Have a Dream, France, 2023
- We Will Not Fade Away, Ukraine, France, Poland, 2023
- What the Finn?! - A Summer of Surprises, Germany, 2023
- When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before, Germany, 2023
- Who Am I Smiling For?, Estonia, 2023
- Who Are You, Mamma Moo?, Sweden, 2023
- Wild Heart, Germany, 2023
Checker Tobi and the Journey to the Flying Rivers
English title: Checker Tobi and the Journey to the Flying Rivers
Original title: Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegenden Flüssen
German title: Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegenden Flüssen
Germany, 2023
Director: Honsell, Johannes
Production company: Megaherz
Age recommendation: 8 years and up
Length: 93 min.
Film genre: Hybrid Docufiction
Synopsis:
Everything revolves around a mysterious treasure chest that Tobi receives one day. But the box is locked, and only one person has the key: Marina – globetrotter and Tobi’s best friend from childhood. But where is she? The search for her also marks the beginning of Tobi’s greatest adventure to date.
The journey takes him to Vietnam to the largest cave in the world, to the famous Halong Bay with its thousands of limestone islands, across the stormy South China Sea, to nomads in the Mongolian steppe and to indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Always with one goal in mind: to solve the riddle of the treasure chest and find the mysterious flying rivers.
Comments:
The second feature film by the popular KiKA presenter Checker Tobi.
Festivals:
Zürich IFF 2023, Kinolino CFF Dresden 2023, Schlingel CFF Chemnitz 2023, Bielefeld CFF 2023 (awarded)
Study guide: German
World sales address/es:
Megaherz (DE)
Sold to:
MFA+-Filmverleih (D)