THE YELLOW AFFAIR
BY NEWEN CONNECT
Launched in January 2024, "The Yellow Affair by Newen Connect" combines the depth of Newen Connect's film catalogue with one of the most prominent international film sales companies in The Yellow Affair. The label acts as a hallmark of quality for independent films and offers a tailor-made distribution strategy to maximise global reach and impact.
DREAMERS
Written & Directed by: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
Genre: Drama
Cast: Ronke Adékoluejo, Ann Akinjirin
Diana Yekinni and Aiysha Hart, Harriet Webb
Produced by: Emily Morgan
Production Company: Quiddity Films
Financed by: BBC Film, Newen Connect, Finite Films and OnSight
Country: UK
Language: English
Duration: 78min
Synopsis:
After living illegally in the UK for two years, Nigerian migrant ISIO is caught and sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her plea for asylum will be given a fair hearing. Isio is convinced that the only way out is to play by the rules, even when her charismatic new roommate, FARAH, warns her otherwise.
As Isio adjusts to life in the removal centre, she finds herself falling for Farah, and becoming close to her group of friends, NANA and ATEFEH. Her faith begins to wane as her asylum pleas are rejected, but as her feelings for Farah deepen, Farah suggests a plan to escape so that their love can survive.
A stubborn Isio refuses, still fixated on doing things the right way, but when events beyond their control threaten the promise of a new life together, Isio realises that the only way forward is to create her own playbook. Freedom is elusive, but love is eternal.
PUNCHING THE WORLD
Original Title: Mit Der Faust in Die Welt Schlagen
Directed by: Constanze Klaue
Cast: Anton Franke, Camille Moltzen, Anja Schneider, Christian Näthe, Sammy Scheuritzel, Johannes Scheidweiler
Written by: Constanze Klaue
Produced by: Alexander Wadouh, Gabriele Simon, Roxana Richters, Martin Heisler
Production Company: Flare Film & Chromosom Film
Country: Germany
Language: German
Duration: 110min
Synopsis:
“Punching the world” is the adaptation of the highly acclaimed novel by Lukas Rietzschel.
Philipp and Tobias grow up in the province of Saxony. Their childhood is marked by a lack of prospects in an otherwise vast landscape. Years later, when their hometown is to take in refugees, the situation escalates. While one brother withdraws into himself, the other seeks an outlet for his rage. And finds it.
KONTRA
Directed by: Jonas Risvig
Cast: Andrea Ølbye Hjejle, Anna Lehrmann, Safina Coster-Waldau
Written by: Jonas Risvig
Produced by: Jasmine Hermann Naghizadeh
Production Company: Nimbus
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Duration: 101min
Synopsis:
The extrovert, yet slightly naive FANNY (18) has just relocated to a new high school and is struggling to navigate the social hierarchy where status and likeability seems to be measured only by cute outfits, going to the right parties, and having enough followers. Fanny desperately tries to find acceptance but after a humiliating night, she decides to join forces with LILJA (18), the class’s unapproachable, yet confident outsider. The encounter with Lilja turns Fanny’s world upside down, marking the beginning of a whirlwind friendship journey between the two.
With a defiant attitude and without looking back, the girls venture out of their high school microcosm and embarks on a fast-paced journey. But climbing the social ladder requires sacrifices, and the girls struggle to not lose themselves in the process.
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