Harley Chamandy’s debut feature Allen Sunshine, Jamie Kastner’s feature doc The Spoils and the Canada-Germany copro doc Born to be Wild – The Story of Steppenwolf will make their world bow at the Munich International Film Festival.

The festival announced the lineup for its 41st edition on Tuesday (June 18), with a total of 150 films from 53 countries.

Allen Sunshine (pictured) is written and directed by Chamandy, and produced by Quebec-based Chasseurs Films’ Laurent Allaire and Chantal Chamandy under her U.S.-based banner Mother and Son Films. The feature will be competing for the CineVision Award in the Cinevision Competition, which highlights “international directorial talents who break new ground with their film language.”

Allen Sunshine centres on a musician who retreats to a remote cabin to mourn the death of his wife. There, he strikes up an unexpected friendship which ends his isolation.

The cast includes Vincent Leclerc, Catherine Souffront, Stephanie Breton, Liam Quiring-Nkindi, Miles Phoenix Foley and Joseph Whitebird.

The Spoils centres on an exhibition in honour of Jewish art dealer Max Stern, which was delayed by three years by discussions about the restitution of art looted by the Nazis. The film, which will premiere in the Spotlight section, is produced by Kastner and Laura Baron Kastner through their Cave 7 Productions banner.

Written and directed by Oliver Schwehm, Born to be Wild – The Story of Steppenwolf will also debut in the Spotlight section. The film is produced by Rezolution Pictures, Lunabeach TV and Media GmbH. Lisa M. Roth and Markus Hilß are the producers and exec producers include Catherine Bainbridge, Ernest Webb, Markus Hilß, Daniel Morin, Linda Ludwick and Randy Lennox.

The doc looks at the journey of singer John Kay and bassist Nick St. Nicholas “to the pinnacle of the music world.”

Meanwhile, the Canada-Germany copro Rumours, is among ten films competing for the 100,000-euro –approx CAD$147,430 — CineCoPro Award. The comedy, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, is set at a G7 summit, where world leaders end up getting lost in the woods.

The 41st edition of the Munich fest will run from June 28 to July 7.

Image courtesy of the Munich International Film Festival