DEAR

Runtime: 95'

Expected release: February 2026

Production stage: Production

Budget: €425,000 (75% in place)

1st feature: No

Looking for: Festivals, sales agents, distributors, buyers, gap financing

Synopsis:

In DEAR, the director unveils her personal story of a six-year journey with her mother and close friends on an ever changing and seemingly never-ending road of courage, despair and resilience. As they lift each other up in the most dire moments, their journey turns into a struggle for justice and the efforts to preserve their own reality and solidarity pulls them back from despair.

Director’s Profile:

Ramona has been in the international documentary circuit, having attended over 150 festivals with her films, in the likes of IDFA, Sheffield, Moma, Krakow and Sarajevo film festivals. In total, she has won 20 awards to date. She’s received prestigious support from international institutes like Sundance, Tribeca, IDFA, Creative Europe MEDIA and Catapult film fund.

Producer’s Profile:

Julia Cöllen studied film and cultural studies in Hamburg and Belfast (M.A.). Before becoming a partner and producer at Fünferfilm in 2019, she realized numerous internationally successful documentaries in ten years as a creative producer for the production company Filmtank. In 2021 she participated at Cutting Edge Talent Camp. She is a graduate of EAVE Ties That Bind 2020. FÜNFERFILM was launched in 2016 and has since established itself as a company in northern Germany and internationally with its repertoire of auteur films and exceptional cinematic signatures.