Cyberpunk Romance
The future is here: via so-called ports—USB-like connections on the head—human brains can be directly connected to computers. This enables things like upgrades (foreign languages! expert knowledge!), virtual buzz experiences, and even the networking of multiple brains. A group of neurohackers tries out everything and even develops their own apps. Only Mona is decidedly against this technology; the danger of external control just seems too great.
But then her beloved Milo falls into a neurotechnical coma. All his hacker friends are afraid of a contagious neurovirus, brain bugs, or mental malware. So, Mona has to install such a port to save Milo. And with this, she enters a completely new world inside her own head. But soon, the question arises: who is now the master of Mona’s mind…
Cast
- Mona
- Naemi Florez
- Milo
- Jannik Schümann
- Jules
- Paula Hans
- Elisa
- Eleonore Weisgerber
- Kosmo
- Thomas Mraz
- Luzie
- Anna Wagner
- Ian
- Nicklas Kingo
- Toto
- Valentin Hagg
Cyberpunk Romance
Joscha Douma
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany, Austria 2024
- Language
- dt. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 98min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
Ages 16 and older
Threat, Self-harm, Violence
Nominated for:
Bild+Kunst Förderpreis
Förderpreis neues deutsches Kino
Pharos Shiver Screen Award
Director & Crew
Joscha Douma
Born in 1975 in the Ruhr region. Traineeship in Photography, followed by Cultural Studies and later Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Active as an instructor at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and as a filmmaker.
Filmography
| 2003 | Zwölf 1/2 Minuten | Essayfilm | |
| 2008 | Vom besten aller Menschen | Dokufiction Co-Regie |
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| 2014 | Erledigung einer Sache | Spielfilm | |
| 2017 | Die besonderen Fähigkeiten des Herrn Mahler | Mystery-Politthriller | |
| 2019 | Jemand und Niemand | Spielfilm | |
| Now or Never | Spielfilm | ||
| 2021 | Waid | Spielfilm | |
| 2025 | Cyberpunk Romance | Spielfilm | 2025 |
“Cyberpunk Romance” combines an existential love story with pressing questions critical of capitalism. Brain-computer interfaces are no longer a distant dystopia but already a reality. Who profits from this technology? Does it really represent a gain in control or, on the contrary, a loss of control?
Joscha Douma
- Writer
- Belo Schwarz
- Director of Photography
- Sebastian Thaler
- Editor
- Melisa Krasniqi
- Production Designer
- Christian Strang
- Costume Designer
- Nuria Heyck
- Casting Director
- Stephanie Maile
- Karl Schirnhofer
- Sound
- Steffen Graubaum
- Sound Designer
- Manuel Grandpierre
- Music Composer
- Bamdad Afshar
- Make-up
- Heidi Wick
- Lydia Geißler
- TV Commissioning Editor
- Stefanie Groß
- Birgit Kämper
- Christina Voss-Michalke
- Claudia Gladziejewski
- Executive Producer
- Marcus Boehnke
- Producer
- Rüdiger Heinze
- Stefan Sporbert
- Christian Bachmann
- Veit Heiduschka
- Julia Heiduschka
