RUN AMOK
RUN AMOK
A teenage girl stages a musical about the very day her high school would rather forget.
Meg was very young when her mother was killed in a school shooting at the school Meg now attends. Now, on the tenth anniversary of the attack, a memorial service is planned. A passionate harpist, Meg comes up with the idea of staging a musical – even with songs she’s written herself! The principal is sceptical; she wants a tactful, uplifting ceremony. Couldn’t Meg just sing “Amazing Grace”? But a teacher supports her – at least at first … As Meg searches for a form for her performance, it raises a host of questions: Who was her mother? Who was the perpetrator? And why does nobody really want to talk about what happened – not even her aunt Val, with whom Meg has lived for ten years? A sad-funny film about pain and loss, creativity and catharsis – or what adults think that is. (RW)
GERMAN PREMIERE
US 2025. D+SC: NB Mager. 96 min. Feature film. Original version with English subtitles. Suitable from age 12. Recommended from age 15.
Cinema Tickets for Individuals
MON, Sept, 28 | 9 a.m. | Cinéma
WED, Sept. 30 | 8 p.m. | DFF Cinema
NB Mager
Biography
NB Mager is a director, screenwriter and trained actor. In her work, she combines ambitious storytelling with socially relevant themes. Following her Oscar®-qualifying short film RUN AMOK, she now presents her feature debut of the same name: “I wanted to make a film that gives young people a voice, a distinctive voice, and tells a story that lets them challenge the status quo around how we deal with violence, trauma, and grief in our society.”
Filmography (Selection)
2023 RUN AMOK (short film)
2020 QUARANTINE, I LOVE YOU
2018 A SCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO LIVING AND DYING
Production Companies
Tandem Pictures, Greenmachine Films
World Sales
CAA, Nick Ogiony
