Anika Films was founded in Los Angeles in 2000 with its first film The Kiss. Following films have screened across the globe, winning a number of awards including the People’s Choice Award, Best Film, Best New Filmmaker, Best Director, Best Script, Best Cinematography, Best Actor and Best Actress. The company also has an office in Berlin and continues its focus on producing quality films, documentaries and television within the national and international entertainment industries.
Living in Limbo | documentary
The film follows a failed, middle-aged, American filmmaker in Germany trying one last time to make the leap from short film to feature film while immersing himself in the international film festival circuit.
Writer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Markus Koepke
Starring: John Julian
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Tarantino! The Musical? | comedy
Two actors are thrown into an emergency situation when a desperate woman demands their help in this fast-paced Tarantinoesque comedy.
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Oliver Theurich, Irina Gebauer
Writer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Alex DePew
Starring: Marc Aden Gray, Daniel Brunet, Victoria Mayers-Gray
Unbreakable | documentary
Unbreakable follows three disadvantaged youths, an Afghan refugee, a disabled young woman and a teenage boy living with a life-threatening illness, as they momentarily put their hardships aside for one common goal: scaling to the top of an indoor climbing hall in Munich, Germany.
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Talile Abelt, Dominik Förster
Writer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Nicholas Jackson
Limbo | drama
A grieving father struggling to deal with the death of his teenage daughter comes face to face with her living doppelganger.
Writer: Amy Fruchtman
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Caprice Crawford
Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Nicholas Jackson
Starring: Wilfried Hochholdinger, Anne Alexander-Sieder, Irina Kurbanova
Language of Love | comedy
A confused man joins a support group looking for answers but leaves more confused than ever.
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, John Lambremont Jr., Vanessa Montserrat Wittenbeck
Writer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Michael Plundrich
Starring: John Lambremont Jr., Christian Harting, Vanessa Montserrat Wittenbeck, John Julian, Telmo Branco, Corina Kinnear, Jennifer Nagy
Rewinder | sci-fi
After humanity's excesses have depleted the water supply, one man journeys to the past to secure his future.
Writers: Alexander Garms, Daniel Hettinger, Douglas Williamson
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Alex Pescosta, Oliver Theurich
Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: John F. McClellan
Starring: Jeff Yaworski, Wolfgang J. Fischer, Matilde Keizer, Nadir Sisman, Douglas Williamson, Blake Worrell
Courage | comedy
A man struggling to overcome his nervousness with women in a bar stumbles upon words of wisdom in the bathroom.
Writer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Oliver Theurich
Cinematographer: Markus Kopke
Starring: Christian Harting, Rebekka Mueller, Vanessa Montserrat, Nicole Meier, Merle Fiona vor dem Gentschenfelde
Moments | drama
A story of love and loss and the enduring moments left behind.
Writer: Anne Alexander-Sieder
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Anne Alexander-Sieder
Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Nicholas Jackson
Starring: Anne Alexander-Sieder, John Julian
Keep Smiling | comedy
A man struggles to get out from under the mediocrity of his life when he comes face to face with a beautiful smile.
Writer/Producer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Michael Rathgeber
Starring: John Julian, Elisa Moolecherry, Hakan Yildirim
Time Flies | comedy
A young woman at a bar. A mysterious stranger sits next to her. A relationship forms that will change the course of time.
Writer/Producer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Korkut Akir
Starring: Jeffrey Yaworski, Irina Kurbanova, John Julian
Drive | drama
14-year-old Sophie is forced to take matters into her own hands when her parents become incapable of holding the family together.
Writer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Walter Wudi
Cinematographer: Holger Fleig
Starring: Udo Wachtveitl, Pia Lautenbacher, Petra Einhoff, Sena Lou Niebling
The Fest | comedy
American tourist, Doggg, and his Japanese friend, Tak, have been planning this Oktoberfest trip to Munich for years. But now that Doggg's wife is on the verge of leaving him if he doesn't maintain his sobriety, Doggg faces the challenge of a lifetime.
Writers/Producers: Jean-Luc Julien, Douglas Williamson
Director/Cinematographer: Jean-Luc Julien
Starring: Douglas Williamson, Yuki Iwamoto, Sabrina Hellmig
The Kiss | drama
Chronicling a day in the life of a broken man: a man looking for escape but ultimately discovering salvation from the lips of a magical woman. A journey between love and loss, hope and despair, life and death.
Writer/Producer/Director: Jean-Luc Julien
Cinematographer: Jeff Chong
Starring: Henry Lide, Lisa Allison Engber, Amy Johnson
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