Estonian premiere

Greetings from Mars

Local title
Tervitused Marsilt
Original title
Grüße vom Mars
Director
Sarah Winkenstette
Country
Germany
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
ECFA Competition Programme, Children's Programme
Genre
family film, children's film
Subject
familial relationships, children, science, sibling relationships, autism, children's rights, childhood, journey

Sometimes going to the countryside is like going to another planet.

Tom is ten and different from the other children. He doesn't like change, things that are red, and anything loud quickly becomes too much for him. His specialty is space. He loves to run around in his astronaut suit, and in difficult situations, he likes to wear a helmet. When his mother unexpectedly has to go to China, Tom and his siblings Nina (15) and Elmar (13) are supposed to move in with Grandma and Grandpa in the countryside in Lunau for six weeks. This is a disaster for Tom. But to make sure he makes it, his mother gives him a logbook and suggests that he see the trip to his grandparents as a trial Mars mission. Tom's greatest wish is to one day be the first person to fly there. “If you can do Grandma and Grandpa,” his mother assures him, “you can definitely do Mars.” And so, Tom unceremoniously appoints his glued to the phone sister Nina as radio operator and the hyperactive Elmar as first officer. Together with his crew, he tries to explore the planet Lunau and to understand Grandma and Grandpa, who seem to live according to their own rules. “Greetings From Mars” is a funny and touching comedy about the great goals of an outsider whose otherness is at the same time his secret strength, and who brings together two generations that at first face each other like beings from strange planets.

Recommended age 6+

Director
Sarah Winkenstette
Screenwriter
Sebastian Grusnick, Thomas Möller
Cast
Gisa Flake, Cem-Ali Gültekin, Theo Kretschmer, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Lilli Lacher, Eva Löbau, Kailas Mahadevan
Producer
Sven Rudat, Anette Unger
Cinematographer
Jakob Berger
Music
Christoph Köpf
Runtime
Language
German
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Sarah Winkenstette

Sarah Winkenstette (1980) was born on 2 January 1980 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany. She attended the RTL School of Journalism from 2002 to 2004 and has since worked as a freelance editor and director for various television formats. In 2011 she graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.

Ein Sommer an der Moldau (2019), Zu Weit Weg (2019), Schloss Einstein (2019), Willkommen bei Familie Clown (2019), Soko Köln (2020), Rückkehr nach Rimini (2021), Großstadtrevier (2022)

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Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening060702 / Tervitused Marsilt
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening101401 / Tervitused Marsilt
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening141201 / Tervitused Marsilt
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
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