Cows on the Roof directed by Aldo Gugolz is shown at Five Lakes Film Festival.
26.08.21 20:00 in Seefeld
27.08.21 17:00 in Starnberg 20:00 in Gauting
Fabiano is haunted by nightmares. They are a reflection of his life as the heir of his father’s small-scale agricultural business, located in an isolated valley of Southern Switzerland. He owns fifty goats and eight cows and is trying his best to produce the special alp cheese that first made his hippie parents back in the 1980s. But nothing is going the way it should... He is in debt, the alpine hut that he rents for the summer is dilapidated, and the goats cheese business is no longer profitable. His thoughts wander back to a fatal accident occurred the previous year to a Macedonian illegal worker. His death is haunting him, because he feels that he is at least in part responsible for it. Fabiano is not exactly in a good place to start a family, but will be a father soon. His girlfriend Eva is expecting – and is hoping to fulfill her dreams of a simple life surrounded by nature and animals. But how can they build a life together in such difficult circumstances?
Five Lakes Filmfestival
An attraction for 20,000 visitors and trademark for its excellent film selection and prominent guests far beyond the region.
Since 2007, the Five Lakes Film Festival has been taking place in one of Germany's most beautiful regions in the Fünfseenland in the south of Munich. The festival focuses on feature, documentary and short films from Central Europe with a focus on Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol, the promotion of young filmmakers and the anchoring of contemporary films in film history (Guests of Honour) and in society (Horizons Section).
Within a very short time the FSFF has developed into one of the largest and most renowned film festivals in Southern Germany and takes place on 12 screens in the venues Starnberg, Gauting, Schloss Seefeld, Weßling and Wörthsee. In 2017, 20,000 visitors attended the more than 300 performances.
The FSFF owes its popularity to the excellent film selection, the personal atmosphere, the top-class guests and discussions, the fantastic landscape as well as the extensive media coverage.