SAD JOKES

Joseph (Fabian Stumm) and Sonya (Haley Louise Jones) share a close friendship and have a young son, Pino, whom they are raising together. While filmmaker Joseph is working on a new film idea and trying to deal with the breakup with his ex-boyfriend Marc (Jonas Dassler), Sonya is suffering from a depression that increasingly tears her out of her life. When she is placed in a clinic, Joseph tries to juggle his daily family life and his artistic ambitions.

In his second feature writer/director Fabian Stumm mixes different moods to create a cinematic friction with reality. SAD JOKES is absurd and banal, hopeful and touching or – like real life – all at once.

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  • Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • CATEGORY
    Feature
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2024
  • DIRECTOR
    Fabian Stumm
  • SCREENPLAY
    Fabian Stumm
  • DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    Michael Bennett
  • CAST
    Fabian Stumm, Haley Louise Jones, Jonas Dassler, Godehard Giese, Marie-Lou Sellem, Knut Berger
  • PRODUCERS
    Nicola Heim, Fabian Stumm
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Postofilm Fabian Stumm
  • RUNTIME
    96 min
  • LANGUAGES
    German, English, Swedish
  • FESTIVALS
    Filmfest München 2024, Toronto International Film Festival 2024
  • AWARDS
    Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino (Best Director) + FIPRESCI-Award at Filmfest München 2024
  • SALES
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