IVO

Director: Eva Trobisch

Feature, 2024

German cinema release

June 2024

Press quotes

“An emotional and strong film, with a soft and elegant distance.”
– CINEMAN

“Minna Wündrich is the heart of the film, imbuing this rather enigmatic character with an aura of openness by gradually peeling off layer after layer of Ivo’s defences.”
– CINEUROPA

“Singular but highly engaging.”
– TÉlÉRAMA

“There’s a consistency to Trobisch’s approach that marks her as an important new voice”
– VARIETY

“With a little more courage one could have dared to include this film in the main competition, it would not have disfigured. ”
– CLOSE UP

“Ivo is an exceptionally complex and harrowing film (..)
Minna Wündrich delivers an incredibly beautiful and poetic performance.”
– ICS

“A powerful social panorama (..)
Carried by the great performance of the actress Minna Wündrich.”
– DLF KULTUR

“Trobisch’s films impress with their precise, calm observation skills and their complex female characters.”
– TAGESSPIEGEL

Synopsis

Festivals

Berlinale Encounters 2024
– Heiner-Carow Award 2024

Hongkong International Film Festival 2024
– Young Cinema Competition, Winner of “Best actress” for Minna Wündrich

Bolzano Film Festival Bozen 2024
– Best picture

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2024
– „10 Directors to Watch“ (Eva Trobisch)

Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt 2024
– Zukunft Deutscher Film

Crossing Europe Filmfestival 2024
– Abschlussfilm

Vilnius International Film Festival 2024
– Competition

Taipei Film Festival 2024

New Horizons International Film Festival 2024
– International Competition

Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival 2024

KINO PAVASARIS 2024
– Official Competition

German Film Festival Mexico 2024
– Competition

Valladolid International Film Festival 2024
– Punto de Encuentro

Festival de Cine Alemán 2024
– Official selection

Cast

Minna Wündrich
Pia Hierzegger
Lukas Turtur
and others

Crew

Writer and director –
Eva Trobisch

Production –
Network Movie/Studio Zentral

In coproduction with –
Trimafilm

Broadcaster –
ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel

Funded by –
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

German distributor –
Piffl Medien

World Sales –
Loco Films

DoP –
Adrian Campean

Film editor –
Laura Lauzemis

Set design –
Julia Baumann

Costume design –
Christian Röhrs

Make-up –
Anke Ebelt

Sound –
Armin Badde

Casting –
Susanne Ritter

Details

Production –
Germany

Length –
104 min.