One in a Million
Whitney Bjerken from the USA is a world-famous YouTuber and gifted singer-songwriter. The quiet but sensitive Yara from Germany is one of her biggest fans. Connected by the glittering world of social media and their passion for gymnastics, they begin to find out who they are and what they want from life. A coming-of-age film about success and loneliness, friendship and first love, queer coming out and the courage to find one's own voice.
Age recommendation: 10+
Joya Thome , born in Berlin, began making her own short films and working on film sets as a teenager. In addition to her work as a director, assistant director and caster, she studied education and social sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin and New York University.
In summer 2016, she realised her crowdfunded feature film debut, the feature film "Queen of Niendorf" (2017). After a successful festival tour and numerous awards (including the German directing prize Metropolis, the German Film Critics' Prize), the film was successfully released in Germany, France and several other European countries in 2018. In 2020, she directed the cult youth series "Druck", among others, and directed the live-action adaptation of "Laura’s Star", which was released nationwide with Warner Bros. in late 2021. "One in a Million" is her first feature-length cinema documentary, which will celebrate its world premiere in 2022.
Filmography
Königin von Niendorf (Queen of Niendorf, PÖFF 2017), Laura’s Star (2021), One In A Million (2022, doc)
