After falling out with her mother, juvenile Sofia hitchhikes southwards in search of the father she never had. When she meets grumpy engineer Michael, who reluctantly agrees to give her a lift, the two strangers develop an unlikely friendship on their shared journey through the Austrian south.

Born in 1985 in Berlin, Martin Monk is a German film director and screenwriter of English and Russian descent. After initially studying History and Philosophy, he turned to the cinema, directing several self-produced short films before being selected by Michael Haneke as an M.A. Directing student at the Film Academy Vienna.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 FAVOURITES, short
2017 ALPHAGIRL, short
2013 HAPPY TEARS, short