SOMEHOW
Director: Aki T. Weisshaus
Year: 2022
Germany/Belgium/France/Spain/Morocco
Duration: 103 Minutes
Painfully close, raw and truthful: SOMEHOW takes us on Alex’ run from himself; from his almost forgotten childhood trauma. „Don’t become like my father“ - a credo that will drive him beyond the borders of the continent, but also to the edge of reason.
A mysterious woman jumps in his car at a gas station. She becomes his nonjudgemental companion. A turbulent journey through Europe starts: drugs, ecstasy, loose contacts, foreign places - they experience a surreal time in a state of intoxication, in the middle of nowhere.
Festivals & Awards
Festivals
Grenzland Filmtage Selb - 2023
Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival - 2022
Catania Film Festival - 2022
Calella Film Festival - 2022
Torino Underground Cinefest - 2022
Awards
Best Feature Film - Torino Underground Cinefest
Best Director - Torino Underground Cinefest
Best Actor - Torino Underground Cinefest
Best Actor - Calella Filmfestival
Best Feature Film - Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival
Best Debut Film - Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival
“An underground jewel
a manifesto of independent cinema.”
- Arte Settima
Trailer
Press
“Splendid film, completely free in soul and style. The overwhelming pace and cinematic tempos that are totally different from the norm make it an underground jewel. Somehow escapes any classification, fusing debauchery, melancholy and pain with a disarming sincerity.”
- Jury Verdict TUC (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor)
“An underground jewel, a manifesto of an independent cinema.”
- Arte Settima
“Europeo Americano”
- NoSignal - Magazine
“Somehow by the collective Aki T. Weisshause wins the ninth Torino Underground Cinefest”
- Quotidiano Piemontese
About Aki T. Weisshaus
A "jewel of underground cinema" and "manifesto of independent film." - With these words, the Italian trade press celebrated SOMEHOW, the debut film of the film collective AKI T. WEISSHAUS, after it opened the festival at the Torino Underground Cinefest in September 2022, winning in the three main categories of Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actor.
The film collective AKI T. WEISSHAUS stands for democratic, equal and anti-hierarchical filmmaking. The collective was founded in spring 2018 and consists of the filmmakers: Alicia Saleh, Alexander Peiler, Jessica Jacobi, Julian Pfeil, Jonas Bomba and Josua Zehner. In their debut work SOMEHOW, they explore the boundaries between documentary and fictional filmmaking and merge both forms.
Cast & Crew
Producer, Director of Photography & Director Aki T. Weisshaus
Script Jessica Jacobi & Alexander Peiler
Co-Producer Hendrik Vogt
Production Cinephiles Films
Co-Production Light Bridge Production UG
HE Alexander Peiler
SHE Rido Trian
HANK Ulrich Cyran
MOTHER TANGIER Alicia Saleh
ALFONSO BLANCA Hendrik Vogt
SENORA Steffi Jacuzzi
SAX-GUY Johannes Eimermacher
COCK-GUY Fyl sang D’or
