The Education

Dirk Lütter

year of production

2012

synopsis

Jan Westheim is currently completing his last year of training. He wants to do it right. But what is right when the pressure on Jan and his collegues is constantly growing in times of restructuring? The Education describes the system of modern working environments and shows to what extent it has an effect on peoples’ lives.

production

unafilm / Titus Kreyenberg

in co-production with

WDR

cast

Joseph Bundschuh, Anke Retzlaff, Anja Kaul, Dagmar Sachse, Stefan Rudolf, Frank Voß

financiers

Film and Medienstiftung NRW

sales

Media Luna New Sales

german distribution

Basis Filmverleih

world premiere

Berlinale 2011 - Perspektive Deutsches Kino

festivals and awards

World Film Festival Montreal, Intl. Filmfest Emden, Abycine Albacete International Film Festival, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Mumbay Film Festival, Bieberacher Filmfestspiele, Univerciné Nantes, Augenblick – Festival des deutschsprachigen Films im Elsass, Gwangju IFF Korea, Sao Paulo IFF Brasilien, Fünf Seen Film Festival

Dialogue en perspektive - Berlinale 2011,
FIPRESCI Preis Schwerin,
Best Film Award Abycine