My Friend From Faro

When Mel is taken for a male Portuguese by the young hitchhiker Jenny she grasps the opportunity to escape her depressing life and reinvents herself. She bases her identity on her new Portuguese colleague Nuno. Jenny and Mel fall madly in love but it is only a matter of time before the lie is revealed…

Festivals/Awards:

2008 SR-ZDF Screenplay Max Ophüls Award, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlsbad, Czech Republic, Torino Filmfest Turin, Italy, Competition, Mezipatra – 6. Gay-Lesbian Film Festival Prague, Czech Republic, Best Picture, Schlingel – 13. International Film Festival for children and youths, Chemnitz, Germany, Competition Queer Film Festival Bremen, Germany, Audience Award: Best Picture, Queer Filmfestival Weiterstadt, Germany, Audience Award: Best Picture, Queerstreifen Münster, Germany, Opening Picture, 2009 Göteborg International Festival, Göteborg, Sweden, Best Picture, German Film Award 2009, Berlin, Germany, Nomination: preliminary selection, „Best Actress“ (Anjorka Strechel), London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival London, UK, Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Tokyo, Japan, 2010: Zinegoak Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain Lesbianism & Genre Award, International Women Film Festival Seoul, Korea, Iris Prize Festival, Cardiff, UK, Best Feature Film