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JULIA
2013 | 89 min. | Documentary | Germany, Lithuania | Trailer
Director and Writer
J. Jackie Baier
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Producers
J. Jackie Baier, Gamma Bak, Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė
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Cinematographers
Thorsten Schneider, Dieter Vervuurt
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Editors
J. Jackie Baier, Steffen Reck
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Production
Gamma Bak Filmproduktion (DE), J. Jackie Baier Filmproduktion (DE), Just A Moment (LT)
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Financier
MBB, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg (DE), BKM, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (DE), Lithuanian Council for Culture (LT),
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Sales
m-appeal
Synopsis
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A story of uprootedness and belonging. Of self-discovery and rage. What exactly would drive a boy from art school to leave his home in Klaipeda (Lithuania), to end up as a girl selling her body in the streets of Berlin, in sweaty back rooms, and on the sticky seats of a porn movie theatre? For more than 10 years photographer and filmmaker J. Jackie Baier follows transsexual Julia K. from Klaipeda through her uncompromising life as a hooker, outlaw and nonconformist.
Awards and festivals
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2015 Honorable Mention for Best Documentary at Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival (N)
2014 Jury Award and Press Jury Award for Best Documentary at Side by Side International Film Festival (RU)
2014 Best Documentary at Queer Lisboa (PT)
2014 Special Mention, Premio Maguey award at Guadalajara International Film Festival (MX)
2014 Best Doc at Outview Film Festival (GR)
2014 Best International Documentary Feature at Tel Aviv LGBT International Film Festival (IL)
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2014 Göteborg International Film Festival (SE)
2013 Venice Days Film Festival (IT)
Press
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FilmÄ… apie iš KlaipÄ—dos kilusiÄ… transseksualÄ™ JulijÄ… „Scanoramoje“ pristatys režisierÄ— J.Jackie Baier KINFO
PrieštaringÄ… kasdienybÄ™ „Scanoramoje“ rodys nauja lietuviška dokumentika DELFI
Best of Venice: Julia , a True Anti-Conformist Heroine HuffPost
JULIA (2013) KINO-ZEIT
Režisierė J.Jackie Baier Vilniuje atidarys savo fotografijų parodą 7md.lt
On the road with Julia Cineuropa
KRITIK DER FILMSTARTS-REDAKTION: Julia FILMSTARTS
Venezia: “Julia” di J. Jackie Baier NONSOLOCINEMA
Oszukane życie: Julia, reż i scen. J Jackie Baier dokument film naszemiasto
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