TrustNordisk has picked up the international sales rights for the hacker-thriller WhoAmI.
The company will be introducing an early sneak peek from the upcoming thriller, which is currently in post-production, to international buyers for the first time in Cannes.
Directed by director Baran bo Odar, WhoAmI stars Tom Schilling (Oh Boy, Suite Francaise), Elyas M´Barek and Danish actress Trine Dyrholm (In a Better World) among others.
The outsider Benjamin and the charismatic Max share one mutual interest: hacking. Together with Max‘s friends, they form the subversive hacker group CLAY, which provokes with hilarious hacks and connects with a whole generation. But when CLAY is suddenly investigated by German Secret Service and Europol, Benjamin must face the consequences of his actions.
WhoAmI is director Baran bo Odar´s second feature film. His debut feature in 2010, The Silence, was nominated for numerous awards and won the Director´s to Watch Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2011.
WhoAmI is produced by Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann for Wiedemann & Berg Film (The Lives of Others) with Justyna Muesch as executive producer, co-produced by Seven Pictures and Deutsche Columbia Pictures.
Domestic distribution in German-speaking territories is through Sony Pictures Releasing with local release currently set for October 2, 2014.
TrustNordisk handles world sales.