Goodbye First Love

SYNOPSIS

The story of Camille and Sullivan – how they fell in love as teenagers, how their paths diverged when they became adults and how they still kept the affection for each other. A film about two people who discover each other – and thereby discover life.

DIRECTOR

Mia Hanson-Løve was born in Paris in 1981. She began as an actress with Olivier Assayas (Late August, Early September – Sentimental Destinies). She was admitted to the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris’ 10th arrondissement in 2001. She left in 2003 to write for the Cahiers du Cinéma, where she worked until 2005, at the same time directing several short subjects.
Her feature films have all been selected by category A festivals (Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, Berlin), where they were awarded prestigious prizes (The Louis Delluc Prize for the Best First Film for All is Forgiven in 2007, the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section for The Father of My Children at Cannes in 2010, Special Mention from the Jury for Goodbye First Love in Locarno in 2011, and a Silver Bear for Best Director for Things to Come at Berlin in 2016). In all, her films count more than one hundred selections at international film festivals.

CREW

CAST:

Camille: Lola Créton
Sullivan: Sebastian Urzendowsky
Lorenz: Magne Havard Brekke

CREW:

Scriptwriter & Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Director of Photography: Stéphane Fontaine
Sound Mixer: Vincent Vatoux
Production Designer: Marion Monnier
Costume Designer: Bethsabée Dreyfus
Editor: Marion Monnier

PRODUCTION:

Producer France: David Thion, Les Films Pelléas, Paris
Producer Germany: Gerhard Meixner & Roman Paul, Razor Film

GERMAN FUNDS:

FFA, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

BROADCASTER:

WDR, arte

PRESS & SALES

WOLRD SALES:

PLAYTIME

GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR:

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FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Locarno Film Festival 2011 (Special Mention of the Jury)
Toronto International Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Pusan IFF 2011 Korea
Taipei Golden Horse 2011
Thessaloniki IFF 2011
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Istanbul International Film Festival
Französische Filmtage Tübingen