GREETINGS FROM MARS

GRÜSSE VOM MARS

Feature,

Germany

2024

Runtime, min

Tom is different from other children. He doesn't like change, things that are red, and anything loud quickly becomes too much for him. His specialty is space. He loves to run around in his space suit, and in difficult situations he likes to wear a helmet. When his mother unexpectedly has to go to China, Tom has to stay with his grandparents. Or is it really an expedition to Mars? The movie is a funny and touching comedy about the great goals of an outsider whose otherness is at the same time his secret strength, and who brings together two generations that at first face each other like beings from strange planets.

Director:

Sarah Winkenstette

Selections and Awards:

REVIEWS:

Its a beautiful story about family and understanding each other.

Eka Beridze

It;s a beautiful and lighthearted film. I like the idea of seeing the world through the lens of a space mission shows the incredible power of a child's imagination as a defense mechanism.

Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia

Counting backwards from ten to calm his panic attacks is a brilliant and sensitive detail.

Emily Johnson

I thought it would be a real space movie, but it's mostly just a kid saying "Mars calling Earth" into a walkie-talkie. Still, the boy insisting that "astronauts don't cry" while wearing a helmet everywhere is pretty cool.

Jorge Rodriguez

Treating the countryside farm as a Martian "base camp" is a really funny and clever idea. Hahah

Ingrid Hansen

The dynamic with the older generation is portrayed so well. The grumpy grandfather who thinks the boy just needs strict discipline, and the grandmother who struggles with her own memory, make it a deeply layered drama.

Alexandre Tsinividi