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Princess Eats Lion
Kindergarten. In the midst of princesses and hunters, 5 year old Anne wants to be a lion. Loud and strong. But her constant roaring is disturbing the princess’ world. So the lion is cast out, hunted and shot. The lion is dead. Anne wants to live. She realizes there is only one way…
5-year-old ANNE discovers that the roar of lions can be heard 8 kilometers away. And a lion she wants to be. With her best friend MOMO, she practices the lion roar. If you are that loud, you will never get lost. Her proud father JASCHAR makes a fantastic lion costume with her, while her mom, intensive care doctor JULE, works a double shift at the clinic. Anne practises roaring. And roars. At home. In the stairwell. On the street. In kindergarten. Until the neighborhood revolts and the overworked kindergarten teacher can’t take it anymore. “But all girls want to be princesses!” is the sentence with which she finally tries to silence Anne. And indeed: in the kindergarten courtyard all the girls are giggling princesses. All the boys, including Momo, are hunter-boys. Only Anne, the loud lion, has no place in it. She is cast out, hunted and shot. By Momo, of all people. The lion is dead. Anne wants to live. There is only one way to be alive: to become a princess. To be like everyone else.
Pitching team
Rike Holtz
Screenwriter, Director, Producer. Studied Film at Arts Academy Kassel (Prof. Yana Drouz, Prof. David Safarian). First student film, “Innenleben” (2004), world premiere at the 34th IFFR. First children's film, „LUI“, shown in more than 30 countries. Part of NUR film group, an international collective of filmmakers. Lectured Film at Arts Academy. Co-founded Mirikal Filmproduktion. 2025 Amelu! short, 8 min., in post, funded by Hessenfilm 2025 The Lost Forest, short, 23 min., in post 2022 When God’s blood…, short, Co-Writer, Co-Producer, director: Aria Azizi 2018 Either Yes or Yes!, documentary, 85 min., Co-Writer, Co-Director 2016 All Wrapped Up, short, 30 min., funded by Hessenfilm, World Premiere at IFFMH 2012 The Greatness of Men, documentary, 30 min. funded by BKM 2010 Cholita Libre - If you don’t fight, you’ve already lost, documentary, 70 min. 2009 LUI, short, 20 min., funded by Hessenfilm and BKM 2006 Inner Life, short, 30 min., funded by Hessenfilm, World Premiere at IFFR.
Miriam Steen
Studied Film and TV at Arts Academy Kassel (Prof. Yana Drouz, Prof. David Safarian). Production experience in Germany and abroad such as Georgia, Belarus, India, Benin, Vietnam. Experience in cinema distribution, e.g. for ALL ABOUT PEOPLE (German-Georgian), programming and film PR work, e.g. for 28:94 LOCAL TIME (Armenian-Dutch). Part of NUR film group and co-founder of Mirikal Filmproduktion. 2025 Amelu! 9 min., fiction, Germany, D: Rike Holtz, in post 2025 The Lost Forest, 23 min., fiction, Germany, D: Rike Holtz, in post 2025 Pietà , 15 min., fiction, Germany, D: Aria Azizi, in post, Co-Producer 2023 God’s Blood, 20 min., fiction, Germany, D. Aria Azizi, in post, Co-Producer 2017 Lake of Happiness, 20 min., Germany/ Belarus, Unit Manager 2017 Paul Station, Germany/ Vietnam/ India , documentary, 11 min., Producer 2016 Ticket from the Past, 23 min., Germany, documentary, Producer 2014 Waterbackpack PAUL, documentary, Germany/ France, Producer.
