30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth

Into the Beat (2020) 12

Germany | 2020 | 101 min.

Katya is an outstanding ballet talent. She trains hard for auditions at the New York Ballet Academy and has a good chance of getting a scholarship. But when she meets a group of street dancers, a whole new world opens up to her; unlike classical ballet, urban dance is free and explosive, without rules. Katya's heart catches fire for the new style, where she can express all her emotions – and for the introverted Marlon, a gifted hip-hop dancer. He recognizes her dancing potential and asks her to participate in an audition with him for the world-famous street dance crew Sonic Tigers. Katya dives into a never before experienced attitude to a life of light-heartedness, community and spontaneity. She knows that she cannot go back to dancing ballet. But her father Victor, a famous ballet star, has a different opinion.

CountryGermany
Year2020
Duration101 min
Rating12
LanguageGerman
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Stefan Westerwelle
Screenplay Hannah Schweier, Stefan Westerwelle
Director of Photography Martin Schlecht
Music Andrej Melita
Edited by Valesca Peter
Contact Lieblingsfilm GmbH

Biography

German screenwriter and director. He graduated in Film and TV studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne with the drama While You Are Here (Solange du hier bist, 2007). He later directed the thriller Lose Your Head (2013) and the family film Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe (Matti und Sami, 2018).

Love, Sports, Positive Choices, Empathy, Children with parents, Sports

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