99 Moons
by Jan Gassmann
ACID 2022
Out of Competition 2022
Official synopsis
Bigna, a 28-year-old scientist, controls her entire existence, including her enigmatic sex life. As for him, Frank, 33, seeks meaning in his own life by feeding on the affection of others and plunging into the darkness of artificial paradises. Those contradictory trajectories meet, get intertwined and culminate in mad love.
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The programmer’s eye
In his wonderfully successful documentary “Europe, She Loves” (2016), Jan Gassman already offered an immersion in the intimacy of couples. His first feature, “99 Moons”, focuses on the evolution of a couple over the long term in an essential search for freedom and an attempt to escape the constraints of heteronormativity. This quest builds a fantastic geography of cinema: extraordinary parties take place behind the door of an unlikely restaurant, and Michelle Gurevich's songs give the shadows of heterosexuality a denser colour, lit by multiple moons. One of the most amazing films of 2022.
Natacha Seweryn
Biography and Filmography
Originally from Munich, Jan Gassmann began studying documentary filmmaking at the HFF in Munich in 2004. “Chrigu”, his first feature film, was presented at the 57th Berlinale in 2007, followed by the feature film “Off Beat”, selected for the Panorama of the 60th Berlinale , and “Karma Shadub”, which was awarded the International Jury Prize at the Nyon Festival. In 2015, he co-directed “Wonderland”, which was selected in International Competition at Locarno. In 2016, “Europe, She Loves” opened the Panorama section at the Berlinale. “99 Moons”, one of our Cannes favourites, will be presented in his presence during the FIFIB.
2022 : 99 MOONS - Jan Gassmann - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : EUROPE, SHE LOVES - Director and Screenwriter
2015 : WONDERLAND - Director and Screenwriter
2013 : KARMA SHADUB (SHORT) - Director
2011 : OFF BEAT - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : CHRIGU : CHRONIQUE D’UNE VIE ÉCLAIRÉE - Director
Jan Gassmann
Valentina Di Pace, Dominik Fellmann
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Michelle Gurevich
by Jan Gassmann
Originally from Munich, Jan Gassmann began studying documentary filmmaking at the HFF in Munich in 2004. “Chrigu”, his first feature film, was presented at the 57th Berlinale in 2007, followed by the feature film “Off Beat”, selected for the Panorama of the 60th Berlinale , and “Karma Shadub”, which was awarded the International Jury Prize at the Nyon Festival. In 2015, he co-directed “Wonderland”, which was selected in International Competition at Locarno. In 2016, “Europe, She Loves” opened the Panorama section at the Berlinale. “99 Moons”, one of our Cannes favourites, will be presented in his presence during the FIFIB.
2022 : 99 MOONS - Jan Gassmann - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : EUROPE, SHE LOVES - Director and Screenwriter
2015 : WONDERLAND - Director and Screenwriter
2013 : KARMA SHADUB (SHORT) - Director
2011 : OFF BEAT - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : CHRIGU : CHRONIQUE D’UNE VIE ÉCLAIRÉE - Director