Utopia Ltd.

Anton Spielmann and his young friends Basti Muxfeldt and Jonas Hinnerkort live with their parents in detached homes in an attractive village just outside Hamburg, the town where Basti and Jonas attend school. The trio have formed a band called 1000 Robota. A couple of months after they started up, they are signed by a small Hamburg record label. But they soon encounter problems: Hard knocks, aggravating circumstances, as well as the gulf between their ordinary lives and their media image: all serve to put their enthusiasm to the test. Have their ideals now become a thing of the past?

Director's Biography
Sandra Trostel, geb. 1976 in einem Dorf in Süddeutschland. Nach dem Abitur Umzug nach Hamburg. Ab 1996 Praktika in der Werbung, von 2000 an Film-Cutterin für Werbefilme und Musikvideos. Ab 2002 Aufbaustudium an der IFS Köln. 2005 Kurzfilmdebüt. Seit 2008 Regie bei Konzertmitschnitten der Band Deichkind.

Filme (Auswahl): Frau Selheim & Frau Ruis (2005, KF/Dok), Mein Paradies ist orange (Schnittregie, 2006, Dok), Zwischen Zagreb und Istanbul (2007, KF/Dok), Ich weiss, dass du traurig bist - Karamel (2009, Musikvideo), Deichkind of the Universe 1-4 (2009, Promotionfilme)
European Panorama Documentary 2011
Sandra Trostel
Germany 2010
color
90 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Sandra Trostel, Thies Mynther
Cinematography Lilli Thalgott, Sandra Trostel
Editing Sandra Trostel, Nicolai Hartmann
Sound/Sounddesign Thies Mynther
Music 1000 Robota
With Basti Muxfeldt, Anton Spielmann, Jonas Hinnerkort
Production
Tiny Terror Productions Billstraße 139 20539 Hamburg Deutschland T +49 163 596 4444 F +49 3212 596 4444 info@tinyterrorproductions.de www.tinyterrorproductions.de