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Bones and Names

    All titles (5)
    Feature Film | 2022-2023 | Coming of Age, Drama, Family, LGBTQI+, Love, Romance | Germany

    Shooting data

    Start of shooting19/09/2022
    End of shooting07/10/2022
    Filming regionsGermany - Berlin

    Project data

    Length of movie1h 42min

    Trailers/Videos

    Scenes

    Posters

    Brief synopsis

    Boris and Jonathan have been a couple for many years. But their relationship has reached a point where they might as well spend their evenings together separately: One lies in bed reading, the other works at a desk in the next room. While actor Boris digs deeper into rehearsals for a new film with an ambitious director and begins to mix real and fictional characters, Jonathan tries to redefine his voice as a writer. Ghosting through these days of wrestling with distance, closeness, trust, desire and fear of loss is Jonathans' young niece Josie, who is trying to deal with the approaching end of her childhood in her own idiosyncratic way. BONES AND NAMES, the feature-length debut of Fabian Stumm, portrays a group of people searching for their place in life. A sensitive and humorous reflection on the dissonances in relationships that connect and distance us from each other.

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Fabian Stumm
    Boris [L]
    Knut Berger
    Jonathan [L]
    Marie-Lou SellemJeanne [L]
    Susie Meyer
    Carla [L]
    Magnus MariusonTim [L]
    Doreen FietzNatascha [L]
    Alma Meyer-PrescottJosie [L]
    Ruth Reinecke
    Heidi [SR]
    Ernst StötznerMichael [SR]
    Anneke Kim Sarnau
    Helen [SR]
    Godehard GieseBecks [SR]
    Anne HaugStella [SR]
    Lisa Marie BeckerEsther [SR]
    Tina PfurrVera [SR]
    Luise Helm
    Marie [SR]
    Rainer SellienDahlmann [SR]
    Milena DreissigLara [SR]
    Tanju BilirYasin [SR]
    Kioma PalmenRomina [SR]
    Nicola Heim
    Lucy [SR]
    Ella BennettPauline [SR]
    Haley Louise JonesNaima [SR]
    Max KrummAxel [SR]
    Nadine FinsterbuschDaria [SR]
    Melika ForoutanFrau Strecker [SR]
    Laura KöppelAlice [SR]
    Diego KlementJonas [SR]
    Anja DreischmeierModeratorin [SR]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    ColoristBertrand Glosset
    Colorist
    Colorist
    DI digital intermediate supervisorSky Müller
    Director of photographyMichael Bennett
    1st assistant cameraPetra Rebernik
    Casting directorEva Roth
    Costume designerMarie Siekmann
    Costume designerAnna Hellmann
    DirectorFabian Stumm
    1st AD (local system)Nicola Heim
    2nd AD (local system)Kaspar Panizza
    EditorKaspar Panizza
    Makeup artist / hair stylistMelissa Döberl
    Additional make up artistRoksana Geiss
    Additional make up artistDebora Waltl
    ProducerFabian Stumm
    ProducerNicola Heim
    Production designerNele Schallenberg
    Assistant production managerLaura Köppel
    ScreenwriterFabian Stumm
    Production sound mixerAdel Gamehdar
    Tonmeister
    Tonmeister
    Sound designerBela Brandes
    & 5.1 Mix Berlinale Screener
    & 5.1 Mix Berlinale Screener
    Dialogue editorLambert Regel

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Postofilm

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (form. Edition Salzgeber) [de]
    Tongariro Releasing [pl]
    Poland
    Poland

    Facilities

    DepartmentCompanyComment
    Film Processing/TransfersShoot’n'Post - Tonbüro GmbH

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Fabian Stumm2025Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik [de]
    Best feature debut
    Best feature debutNominated
    Marie-Lou Sellem2024German Film Award (Lola) [de]
    Best Supporting Actress
    Best Supporting ActressNominated
    Marie-Lou Sellem2023German Acting Award [de]
    Schauspieler*in in einer dramatischen Nebenrolle
    Schauspieler*in in einer dramatischen NebenrolleWinner
    Fabian Stumm
    2023Neiße Filmfestival [de]
    Best Screenplay
    Best ScreenplayWinner
    Fabian Stumm
    2023fsff - Five Lakes Film Festival [de]
    Perspektive Spielfilm
    Perspektive SpielfilmNominated
    Fabian Stumm
    2023Sunny Bunny Film Festival [ua]
    Audience Award Feature Film
    Audience Award Feature FilmNominated
    Fabian Stumm
    2023Lovers Film Festival Torino
    Feature Film Competition
    Feature Film CompetitionNominated
    Fabian Stumm
    2023Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg Vorpommern [de]
    Feature Film Competition
    Feature Film CompetitionNominated
    Fabian Stumm
    2023Neiße Filmfestival [de]
    Feature Film Competition
    Feature Film CompetitionNominated
    Fabian Stumm
    2023Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) [de]
    Heiner-Carow-Prize
    Heiner-Carow-PrizeWinner

    Festivals

    YearCountryFestivalComment
    2023Germanyfsff - Five Lakes Film Festival
    2023GermanyBerlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)
    Perspektive Deutsches Kino
    Perspektive Deutsches Kino
    2023GermanyLichter Filmfest Frankfurt
    Filmreihe Zukunft Deutscher Film
    Filmreihe Zukunft Deutscher Film
    2023GermanyNeiße Filmfestival
    Feature Film Competition
    Feature Film Competition
    2023GermanyFilmkunstfest Mecklenburg Vorpommern
    Spielfilmwettbewerb
    Spielfilmwettbewerb
    2023ItalyLovers Film Festival Turin
    Official Selection
    Official Selection
    2023UkraineSunny Bunny Film Festival Kyiv
    New Colors Section
    New Colors Section
    2023USAOutfest Los Angeles
    Official Selection
    Official Selection
    2023SpainAtlàntida Mallorca Film Fest
    Official Selection
    Official Selection
    2023AustraliaNew Farm Queer Film Festival
    Official Selection
    Official Selection

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingGermanyrbb [de]Sunday, 20/07/2025, 10.00 PM

    Cinema releases and premieres

    TypeCountryDateComment
    Theatre releaseGermanyThursday, 18/01/2024
    Theatre releasePolandFriday, 10/11/2023
    PremiereSunday, 19/02/2023Berlinale