Be My Star

{{short description|2001 Austrian-German drama film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Be My Star
| native_name = {{infobox name module|de|Mein Stern}}
| image =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Valeska Grisebach]]
| producer = Valeska Grisebach
| writer = Valeska Grisebach
| starring = Nicole Gläser<br>Christopher Schöps
| music =
| cinematography = Bernhard Keller
| editing = Anja Salomonowitz
| studio = [[Vienna Film Academy]]
| distributor = Peripher Filmverleih
| released = {{film date|2001|2|15|[[51st Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin]]|df=y}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = Austria<br>Germany
| language = German
| budget =
}}
'''''Be My Star''''' ({{langx|de|Mein Stern}}) is an Austrian-German drama film, directed by [[Valeska Grisebach]] and released in 2001.<ref>Boris Bastide, [https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2026/07/18/le-cinema-de-valeska-grisebach-a-la-frontiere-du-documentaire-et-de-la-fiction_6724565_3246.html?srsltid=AfmBOor4hu_OODzfPUNZvryL5wQ76Mek1ZmZT-GpGqZeDOEknA7F4hBZ "Le cinéma de Valeska Grisebach, à la frontière du documentaire et de la fiction"]. ''[[Le Monde]]'', 18 July 2026.</ref> The film stars Nicole Gläser as Nicole, a teenage girl in [[Berlin]] who is beginning to establish her independence by entering a relationship with Christopher (Christopher Schöps), with whom she begins to imitate the rituals of adult relationships by having a mock [[wedding]] and acting as a married couple when their parents aren't around.<ref>Philip Thomas, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/08/12/be_my_star_2002_review.shtml "Be My Star (Mein Stern) (2002)"]. [[BBC]], 12 August 2002.</ref>

The cast also includes Monique Gläser and Jeanine Gläser as Nicole's sisters and Christina Sandke as their mother, as well as Marcel Eichelberger, Anika Jahn, Nicole Lehmann, Sebastian Rinka, Paul Skibbe, Tim Wolf and Daniel Zühlke in supporting roles.

==Production==
Made as Grisebach's student film project in her studies at the [[Vienna Film Academy]], the film's cast consisted entirely of non-professional actors cast in the [[Mitte]] borough of Berlin.

==Distribution==
The film premiered at the [[51st Berlin International Film Festival]].

It was later screened at the [[2001 Toronto International Film Festival]], where it received an honorable mention from the [[Toronto International Film Festival International Critics' Prizes|FIPRESCI Prize]] jury,<ref>{{cite web |title=Toronto Film Festival draws to a close on a somber note |website=Chicago Tribune |date=17 September 2001 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/09/17/toronto-film-festival-draws-to-a-close-on-a-somber-note/ |access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref> and at the [[Torino Film Festival]], where it won the Prize of the City of Torino.<ref>Melanie Rodier, [https://www.screendaily.com/mein-stern-scoops-turin-festivals-top-prize/407627.article "Mein Stern scoops Turin Festival's top prize"]. ''[[Screen Daily]]'', 7 November 2001.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0288115}}

[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:2001 drama films]]
[[Category:German drama films]]
[[Category:Austrian drama films]]
[[Category:German student films]]
[[Category:2001 Austrian films]]
[[Category:2001 German films]]
[[Category:German-language drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Valeska Grisebach]]

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