Run, If You Can

Ben is in a wheelchair. He is funny, intelligent, and desperate. Together with his caretaker Christian he gets to know the cellist Annika, who is overwhelmed by her studies at the conservatory. They become friends – until they fall for each other. What starts out as a game for Christian becomes a journey for Ben to face his greatest fears, to spiritual abysses that he won’t be able to find his own way out of.

Festivals & Awards

• Intern. Filmfestspiele Berlin | Eröffnungsfilm Sektion Perspektive Deutsches Kino
• Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Germany
• Nachwuchsförderpreis der Defa-Stiftung | Germany
• Cinestar Award Filmfest Emden-Norderney | Germany
• NDR Filmpreis für den Nachwuchs | Germany
• Festival des deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen | Germany | Publikumspreis & Filmkunstpreis 2010 “Besondere Einzelleistung” an Robert Gwisdek
• Seattle International Filmfestival | USA
• Shanghai International Filmfestival | China
• Montréal World Film Festival | Canada
• Festivals des deutschen Films in Madrid | Spain
• Lubuskie Lato Filmowe/Lubuser Filmsommer | Poland
• European Film Festival Palic | Serbia
• The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund | Norway
• Festival des deutschen Films in Buenos Aires | Argentina
• Deutsches Filmfestival in Paris, France
• Neues Deutsches Kino Tallinn | Estonia
• Festival de Cinema Europa | Mexiko
• Berlin & Beyond San Francisco | USA
• Deutsche Filmwoche Krakau | Poland
• Deutschland lacht – Festival Bukarest | Rumania
• Ciné-Festival en Pays de Fayence | France
• Univerciné Allemand | France
• Deutsch-Französisches Festival Kampala | Uganda
• German Film Festival Singapore
• Göteborg International Film Festival | Sweden
and many more