Films
Bloody Tennis
A film by Nikias Chryssos
Germany, 2026, 95'
Director Nikias Chryssos Script Nikias Chryssos Producer Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo Cast Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Elina Löwensohn, Tracy Gotoas, Helena Zengel, Zlatko Burić Language English Subtitles Portuguese Sales Playmaker Munich
Credits
National Premiere
With Guest
Sophie, from Detroit, gets into a prestigious tennis academy, where she hopes she will finally get closer to her dream of becoming an elite athlete. However, behind the impeccable installations and intensive training, she finds a community dominated by competition, pressure, and brutality, which surpass the boundaries of sport. As the rivalry between the six girls with whom she plays increases, Sophie realises she will have to choose between winning and reaching Wimbledon or conserving her own humanity. Directed by Nikias Chryssos ((“Der Bunker”, “A Pure Place”), this supernatural body-horror, with an original score by Julia Ducournau’s regular composer, Jim Williams, transforms its microcosmos into a battle for survival, where even a tennis match might be a life-or-death situation. With a strong performance by Sandra Guldberg Kampp, it was screened in Cannes and Locarno.
With Guest
Sophie, from Detroit, gets into a prestigious tennis academy, where she hopes she will finally get closer to her dream of becoming an elite athlete. However, behind the impeccable installations and intensive training, she finds a community dominated by competition, pressure, and brutality, which surpass the boundaries of sport. As the rivalry between the six girls with whom she plays increases, Sophie realises she will have to choose between winning and reaching Wimbledon or conserving her own humanity. Directed by Nikias Chryssos ((“Der Bunker”, “A Pure Place”), this supernatural body-horror, with an original score by Julia Ducournau’s regular composer, Jim Williams, transforms its microcosmos into a battle for survival, where even a tennis match might be a life-or-death situation. With a strong performance by Sandra Guldberg Kampp, it was screened in Cannes and Locarno.
Nikias Chryssos
Director "Bloody Tennis"