Emily Atef

Emily Atef was born in Berlin to French and Iranian parents. She grew up in Los Angeles, France, and London before moving back to Berlin to study film directing at the DFFB Film Academy. Her films include: XX to XY Fighting to be Jake (documentary, 2002), Sundays (short, 2003), and Molly's Way (2005), her first feature film, which won a total of 11 International awards, including the Grand Jury Award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina. After completing principal photography on her second feature film, The Stranger in Me, Emily co-wrote the script of her third feature at the Cinéfondation - La Résidence du Festival.

Filmography
In Pre-Production: Töte mich
90 min, Production: Wüste Film West

2008 Das Fremde in mir | The Stranger in me | L´Etranger en moi
99 min, 35 mm, Feature Film; A NiKo Film Production on behalf of the ZDF in collaboration with ARTE and the DFFB

2005 Molly´s Way
84 min, IMX | 35 mm, Feature Film;
A DFFB Production on behalf of the ZDF in collaboration with ARTE

2004 Djibril und Zoran
15 min, Digi-Beta, Short Film

2004 I Love You I Kill You
15 min, 35 mm, Short Film

2003 Sundays
6 min, 16 mm, Short Film

2002 XX to XY Fighting to be Jake
21 min, Beta, Documentary

Awards
Molly´s Way
– Internationales Filmfestival München 2005: Best Script
– Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina 2006: Grand Jury Award
– Geneva International Film Festival, Cinemas Tout Ecran 2005: Best Actress
– Ourense International Independent Film Festival, Spain 2005: Best Actress
– Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile 2006: Best Actress, Special Jury award for Beste Camera
– Bogota International Film Festival, Columbia 2006: Silver Circle Award for Best Film, Best Actress
Sundays
– Lucca Film Festival 2004: Best Short Film

XX to XY Fighting to be Jake
– Pittsburg International Film Festival, Pennsylvania: Best Short Film
– Long Island Film Festival, Huntington, New York: Best Short Film
– International LGBT Festival, Philadelphia: Best Short Film

Susanne Wolff, Rebecca – Main Actress

2008 Das Fremde in mir
Director: Emily Atef

2008 Wochenende eines Siegers
Director: Jan Georg Schütte

2006 Bis zum Ellenbogen
Director: Justus von Dohnanyi

2005 Vineta
Director: Franziska Stünkel

2004 Swinger Club
Director: Jan Georg Schütte

Johann von Bülow, Julian – Main Actor

2008 Das Fremde in mir
Director: Emily Atef

2006 Winterreise | Winter Journey
Director: Hans Steinbichler

2005 Die Österreichische Methode
Director: Alexander Tavakoli

2004 Drei Grad kälter
Director: Florian Hoffmeister

1995 Das Superweib
Director: Sönke Wortmann

1995 Nach fünf im Urwald
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid

Esther Bernstorff – Coauthor

2008 Das Fremde in mir
Director: Emily Atef

2008 Der Kriminalist, Folge: Schlaflos
Director: Dagmar Hirtz

2006 Gut möglich, dass ich fliegen kann
Director: Hanna Doose

2005: Molly´s Way
Director: Emily Atef

In Development:

Töte mich
Director: Emily Atef

Schwestern
Director: Lars Kraume

Der Kriminalist, Folge: Dein Bruder Clemens
Director: n.n.

Nicole Gerhards – Producer

Nicole Gerhards has worked for numerous national and international film productions as a production assistant, production manager, unit production manager and producer. She studied theater and French in Paris as well as producing at the dffb (Deutsche Film and Fernsehakademie) in Berlin. During that time, she produced successful and award-winning films. Her graduation film “Charlotte” screened 2004 in the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino at the Berlin Film Festival and later in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes. In 2005 Nicole Gerhards founded NiKo Film in Berlin.

Hanneke van der Tas – Producer

Hanneke van der Tas was born in 1975 in Mexico. She grew up in the United Kingdom, Syria, The Netherlands, Germany, France, and the United States. She has a post-graduate law degree in media law from Harvard Law School and is admitted to the New York Bar and the Bareau de Paris. From 2003 to 2004 she studied European and International Film Production at the German-French Masterclass at La Fémis in Paris and the Filmakademie in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Hanneke van der Tas then worked for Lago Film in Berlin before becoming a partner and managing director of NiKo Film in 2007.

NiKo Filmproduction

Firmenprofil
NiKo Film entwickelt und produziert anspruchsvolle, marktorientierte Kinofilme. Wir möchten einzigartige und dennoch universelle Geschichten erzählen, die unterhalten und berühren, in andere Welten entführen und vielleicht auch einen Moment glücklich machen. Filme mit einer besonderen Handschrift und einer eigenen Identität. Wir sind Komplizen unserer Autoren und Regisseure und helfen ihnen, ihre Visionen umzusetzen. Unser Ziel sind außergewöhnliche Filme. Nicht mehr und nicht weniger.

Filmography
Last Cowboy standing
Spielfilm, in Production,
Director: Zaida Bergroth, Juonifilmi (FI) | NiKo
Film (DE) | ZDF | ARTE –mit Unterstützung von Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

Das Fremde in mir | The Stranger in me | L´Etranger en moi
Spielfilm, Director: Emily Atef
NiKo Film | ZDF | ARTE | dffb – mit Unterstützung von Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, nordmedia Fonds GmbH, Deutscher Filmförderfonds

Letzte Runde
Kurzfilm, Director: Erik Lange
Mit Unterstützung von Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

Die Könige der Nutzholzgewinnung | Lumber Kings
Spielfilm, Director: Matthias Keilich
NiKo Film | ZDF | ARTE – mit Unterstützung von Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg