Landschaft / Title Image FICTION PARK

Tag: Tilman Singer

Posted on

CUCKOO in Berlinale Special Gala!

We are excited to share that CUCKOO by Tilman Singer will have it’s world Premiere in Berlinale Special Gala!

20/12/23

After his award-winning graduation film “Luz”, KHM graduate Tilman Singer wrote and directed his first feature film “Cuckoo”. 

On a trip to the German Alps with her father and stepmother, Gretchen (Hunter Schafer from HBO’s “EUPHORIA”) discovers that the resort town where they’re staying hides sinister secrets, as she’s plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.

The international cast of Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csókás and Jan Bluthardt was in front of the camera in Wuppertal, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach and Hesse, among other places.

Cuckoo is a NEON production produced by FICTION PARK and Los Angeles based WAYPOINT Entertainment. 

The film is financed by NEON and supported by the German Funds Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, HessenFilm & Medien and DFFF.

The film will be released in German cinemas by Weltkino.

Posted on

Sierra/Affinity selling Cuckoo at Cannes!

Sierra/Affinity is handling foreign sales on NEON’s horror pic, CUCKOO, at the upcoming Cannes Film Market 2023.

05/05/2023

Sierra/Affinity Selling Foreign On Neon’s Hunter Schafer Horror Movie ‘Cuckoo’ At Cannes
SOURCE: COURTESY OF NEON / PHOTOGRAPHY BY FELIX DICKINSON OF STUDIO AAA

Written and directed by Tilman Singer, CUCKOO was shot on 35mm over 35 days in Germany and stars Jan Bluthardt (Luz), Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer, Screen Actors Guild Award winner Dan Stevens, BAFTA Award nominee Jessica Henwick, Australian Academy Award nominee Marton Csókás, and acclaimed Spanish actress Greta Fernández.

=> Read full article from Deadline

Posted on

First-Look Image from CUCKOO!

As production wraps in Germany we are excited to share a first-look image from Cuckoo.

08/07/2022

HUNTER SCHAFER - SOURCE: COURTESY OF NEON / PHOTOGRAPHY BY FELIX DICKINSON OF STUDIO AAA
HUNTER SCHAFER in CUCKOO: COURTESY OF NEON / PHOTOGRAPHY BY FELIX DICKINSON OF STUDIO AAA

It’s a wrap!

After 35 days of shooting, Tilman Singer, together with a great cast and crew, successfully completed his first feature film after his diploma film LUZ.

Alongside Hunter Schafer, Dan Steven, Jan Bluthardt, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csókás, Proschat Madani, Greta Fernández and Astrid Berges-Frsibey, among others, have performed in front of Paul Faltz’s camera.

NEON serves as a financier and additional funding comes from the Film und Medien Stiftung NRW, HessenFilm und Medien and the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).

Posted on

CUCKOO – shooting started!

Tilman Singer starts shooting his horror CUCKOO today in Wuppertal (North Rhine-Westphalia).

11/05/2022

In the debut after his diploma film LUZ, he continues the collaboration with his key crew. These are cinematographer Paul Faltz, production designer Dario Mendez Acosta, composer Simon Wascow and sound designer Henning Hein.

Supported by an incredible (and huge) crew consisting among others of costume designer Frauke Firl, makeup artists Astrid Weber & Hannah Fischleder, gaffer Grube Venn, sound engineer Michael Schloemer and key grip Maike Maier, the shooting will last for 35 days.

Shooting takes place in North-Rhine Westphalia and Hessia.

NEON serves as a financier and additional funding comes from the Film und Medien Stiftung NRW, HessenFilm und Medien and the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).