A FILM helmed by Filipino director Maria Diane Ventura is set to kick off this year’s Soho International Film Festival (SIFF).
Titled “Deine Farbe,” the film’s US premiere will be one of the two offerings under the World Feature banner during opening night happening via livestream on Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. EST.
The film’s regular screenings are set on Oct. 15 at 12 p.m., and on Oct. 22 at 11:45 p.m.
“Deine Farbe” tells the story of small-town friends Karl (Jannik Schümann) and Albert (Nyamandi Adrian), whose attempts to bolt from their humdrum existence in search of greater things reveal differences deeper than what is readily apparent.
“It is not so much a cautionary tale of zeros vying to be heroes — or a pair of Icarus archetypes edging precariously near the sun — but a startling look at the wedge of ambition that can drive lifelong comrades apart,” the synopsis said.
“Deine Farbe,” which is Ventura’s first international film feature, was previously exhibited in Berlin and New Delhi.(ABS-CBN)
