IMMACULATA

STILLS

SYNOPSYS

Derya is pregnant, but she hasn’t had sex. In the height of a dry summer, signs of the supernatural and the divine emerge, questioning the true origin of her mysterious pregnancy.

INFO

Director

Kim Lêa Sakkal

Genre

Psychological thriller

Runtime

22′

Year

2024

Screenplay

Kim Lêa Sakkal

Nationality

Germany, France

Producers

Kim Lêa Sakkal
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Claus Herzog-Reichel
filmfaust

Co-production

Solal Coutard
Collective Cinema

Director of Photography

Paul Faltz

Editing

Benedikt Strick

Music

Caroline Kox
Antonio de Luca

Colorist

Nadia Khairat Gómez

Sound Editing & Mix

Henning Hein

Cast

Devrim Lingnau (Derya)

Deleila Piasko (Rahel)

Jan Bluthardt (Jakob)

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2024
World Premiere
56. Quinzaine des Realisateurs - Directors' Fortnight Cannes

KIM LÊA SAKKAL

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BIOGRAPHY

Kim Lêa Sakkal is a writer, director and producer based in Germany. After growing up in Lebanon, Germany and Spain, she graduated from the Academy of Media Art in Cologne. Her works have been screened at festivals such as Filmfestival Max-Ophüls Prize, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen and IndieLisboa. She is currently developing her first feature „A Paradise Lost“ funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.

FILMOGRAPHY

IMMACULATA

2024

 

INTERMEZZO

2021