A striking, impressionistic debut from Helene Hegemann focuses on a troubled young woman who tests her sexual and emotional limits in wild Berlin. An axolotl is a small, translucently glowy, slightly ...

What is like to grow up as a teen without any limits in modern Berlin? Axolotl Overkill shows us exactly what that life is like, and it's as wild and crazy and totally nonchalant as you might expect.

EXCLUSIVE: German filmmaker Helene Hegemann is just 24, but she already has written and published a bestselling novel (at age 17) and now touches down in Park City with the launch of her feature debut ...

The distributor has acquired North American rights to Helene Hegemann’s recent Sundance premiere, winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition special jury award for cinematography. Axolotl ...

Playwright, author, screenwriter, and director Helene Hegemann has said (through her publisher) that, “There’s no such thing as originality anyway, just authenticity.” The words were spoken after her ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Helene Hegemann’s debut feature will receive its world premiere in Park City on Friday in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. The film stars Jasna Fritzi Bauer as a reckless 16-year-old ...

Celebrated on the festival circuit, a daring film by director Helena Hegemann, "Axolotl Overkill," premieres in Germany. It was adapted from her 2010 book, but can it live up to its literary ...

An axolotl is a small, translucently glowy, slightly comical-looking amphibian, also known as a Mexican salamander. Its claim to fame in amphibian circles is that, unusually, it reaches maturity ...

No one likes to be spoon-fed a narrative, so it's often a relief when directors opt to let their films speak for themselves. That said, Axolotl Overkill, the debut feature from 24-year-old German ...