FREE AT HEART – Special Screening with Lead Actor (Linus Moog)

FREE AT HEART (59th International Hofer Filmtage, Oslo/Fusion, MIX México, OutShine Miami, Filmfest Bremen, FilmOut San Diego, Koahsiung Vietnam, Filmfest Emden) Exclusive screening before theatrical release as part of the Queer Film Festival in the presence of lead actor Linus Moog. About: Sixteen-year-old Sebastian enjoys his teenage life surrounded by forests, fields, and the country roads of a small town: by day he studies, by night he winds down the queer summer days by the lake with beer and weed, often with his girlfriend. Then, suddenly, Kolja, who is the same age, comes into his family, supposedly the son of a recently deceased friend of his father's. The boy immediately captivates everyone. But no one as much as Sebastian. What follows is a rollercoaster of emotions that throws Sebastian, but also his family, out of their small-town everyday life with maximum force. "Free at Heart" by directorial discovery Max Hegewald is an intense coming-of-age drama about a love that breaks all the rules – and about the feelings that no one wants to acknowledge but which can never be switched off. A courageous debut film that will be talked about for a long time to come.