SCHLÄFER
(Sleeper)
Benjamin Heisenberg,
D 2005
A newly hired university professor is wracked by the possibility that an Algerian colleague he has befriended is a sleeper terrorist. A smart and simmering drama about pervasive, post 9/11 fears. (Newsday)
Awards and Festivals
- Cannes International Film Festival 2005, Un certain regard Official Selection
- First Steps Award 2005
- Max Ophüls Preis für den besten Spielfilm 2006
- SR/ZDF-Drehbuchpreis
- Filmmusikpreis der Saarland Medien GmbH
- Premier Plans Festival D'Anger - Prix spécial du jury
- Filmkunstfest Schwerin - "Der Fliegende Ochse": Bester Film
- "Cinéma Tout Ecran" best movie
- Perspectives Filmfestival International du Cinéma Genf
- Euro Paws Midas Prize for best fiction drama set in science and technology
