Die Saat
The Seed

Hanno Koffler
Die Saat | The Seed by Mia Maariel Meyer
DEU 2021, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© kurhaus production

Dora Zygouri
Die Saat | The Seed by Mia Maariel Meyer
DEU 2021, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© kurhaus production

Hanno Koffler, Dora Zygouri
Die Saat | The Seed by Mia Maariel Meyer
DEU 2021, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© kurhaus production

Film poster
Die Saat | The Seed by Mia Maariel Meyer
DEU 2021, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Pressure mounts inexorably in director Mia Mariel Meyer’s second feature film. In it, she describes a world dehumanised by capitalism, where the struggle for justice and integrity becomes the ultimate test.
With
- Hanno Koffler (Rainer Matschek)
- Dora Zygouri (Doreen Matschek)
- Anna Blomeier (Nadine Matschek)
- Andreas Döhler (Kleemann)
- Lilith Julie Johna (Mara)
- Robert Stadlober (Klose)
Crew
Director | Mia Maariel Meyer |
Screenplay | Mia Maariel Meyer, Hanno Koffler |
Cinematography | Falko Lachmund |
Editing | Gesa Jäger |
Sound | Christoph Schilling |
Production Design | Tanja Arlt |
Costumes | Bettina Marx |
Make-Up | Heidi Wick |
Assistant Director | Moana Ziegler |
Casting | Marion Haack, Jacqueline Rietz |
Production Manager | Fabian Vetter |
Producers | Daniel Reich, Christoph Holthof |
Commissioning Editors | Stefanie Groß, Daniela Muck |
Co-Production |
SWR Stuttgart Arte Straßburg |
Produced by
kurhaus production
http://www.kurhausproduction.de http://www.kurhausproduction.de

Hanno Koffler, Mia Maariel Meyer
The protagonist and the director keep a safe distance at the Opening Ceremony.
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 09, 2021

Hanno Koffler, Mia Maariel Meyer, Christoph Holthof, Daniel Reich
The leading actor and the director with the film's two producers.
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021

Mia Maariel Meyer, Hanno Koffler
The director and the leading actor also wrote the screenplay collaboratively.
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021

Mia Maariel Meyer, Dora Zygouri, Hanno Koffler
The director with her two main actors.
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021

Dora Zygouri
The protagonist shines at the premiere.
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021

Hanno Koffler, Mia Maariel Meyer, Daniel Reich, Linda Söffker
The film team in conversation with the section head (right).
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021

The audience listens
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021

Mia Maariel Meyer, Linda Söffker
A thumbs up from the section head for the director.
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021

Needs his sunglasses at night: the bear in the spotlight
Die Saat · Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 10, 2021
Mia Maariel Meyer
Die Saat | The Seed
Perspektive Deutsches Kino · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 09, 2021
Mia Maariel Meyer

Born in Braunschweig, Germany in 1981 to German-Finnish parents, she studied film and screenwriting in New York and in London where she graduated with a master’s in filmmaking from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2008. Returning to Germany, she began working in documentary and made news features. In 2012, she won a Grimme Online Award for her work as editor of the 140 Sekunden documentary programme. In 2014, she made the no-budget film Up the Stairs. The film premiered at the Hof International Film Festival in 2015 where it won a Special Mention.
Filmography
2006 Heritage; short film 2008 Brief an meine Eltern (Letter to My Parents); short film 2010 Heimweh (Homesick); short film 2011 Vater (Father); short film 2013 Manou; short film 2015 Treppe Aufwärts (Up the Stairs) 2021 Die Saat (The Seed)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021