Marina Anna Eich

producer, actress, PR manager, sales manager (2000 – 2022 for wtp international)

Marina Anna Eich was born 1976 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. After high school, she studied Spanish, English and French in Ecuador, Canada and France. She studied Dance at the Dance Academy at the Opera Leipzig and at the University of Music and performing Arts in Frankfurt/Main. As an actor and dancer she performed in several film- and television productions, for example as ‘Eva Braun’ in a documentary movie for the Japanese television.

From 2000 – 2022 she was a part of the team of wtp and worked for the film company as an actor, producer and was responsible for the PR, sales and distribution. and as a product manager for the DVD label. She also took care of the DVD / BD / online sales, specializing in feature films and documentaries in the arthouse sector.

In 2002 she was awarded the BEST FEMALE ACTOR AWARD during the Night of Bavarian Shorts (on the occasion of the AFM American Film Market Los Angeles/USA) for her acting performance in the short film Call it love. Marina Anna Eich was a member of jury at several festivals.

She co-produced among others the satire Roland Rebers Cabaret of Death (2019), the dramedy Taste of Life (2017), the drama Illusion (2013), Psychodrama The truth of lie (2011), the erotic-drama Angels with dirty wings (2009), the dramedy Loneliness never walks alone (2007), the erotic-drama 24/7 The Passion of Life (2005) and the comedy Pentamagica (2002/2003). In all films she performs different characters, mostly main roles.

Since 2007 she participates regularly in national and international film festival jurys.

Since 2022, Marina Anna Eich is working in the organization of the Spanish film festival CURTAS Festival do Imaxinario, Villagarcia de Arousa. In 2023 she married Luis Rosales, the organizer of the CURTAS Festival and now lives in Spain. In 2023, she founded her own distribution company, MARILU PICTURES, which distributes independent films to Spain and Germany.

 

 

filmography as actor (excerpt):

2019               Roland Rebers Cabaret of Death (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2017               Taste of life (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2013                Illusion (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2011                The truth of lie (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2009                Angels with dirty wings (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2008                Break (cinema), director: Matthias Olof Eich
2007                My Dream or Loneliness never walks alone (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2005                24/7 The Passion of Life (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2003                The Dark Side of our inner Space (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2002/2003       Pentamagica (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2002                Vienna (TV), director: Peter Gersina
2001                the room (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2001                Call it Love (short film), director: Mira Gittner
2000                Josephine (cinema), director: Rakjo Grlic
2000                Zwang – Compulsion(short film), director: Roland Reber
2000                Anatomie (cinema), director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
1999                Jagd auf Amor (TV), director: Holger Barthel
1997                Hitler (Documentary feature), Japanese TV

Filmography in the field of production / distribution / PR (excerpt):

2019              Roland Rebers Cabaret of Death (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2017               Taste of life (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2014                (distribution and PR) S&M Judge, director: Erik Lamens
2013                Illusion (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2011                The truth of lie (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2009                Angels with dirty wings (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2008                (distribution and PR) Comeback (cinema), director: Maximilian Plettau
2007                My Dream or Loneliness never walks alone (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2005                24/7 The Passion of Life (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2003                The Dark Side of our inner Space (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2002               Pentamagica (cinema), director: Roland Reber

  • Festival d´Amour de Mons, Belgium (Feb. 2007)
  • Muscat International Film Festival, Oman (Jan.08)
  • Festival Internacional de Catalunya, Sitges, Spain (Okt. 08)
  • International Film Festival Ourense, Spain (Okt.08)
  • Fantasporto International Film Festival, Portugal (Feb. 09)
  • Festival du cinema Italien d’Annecy, France (Sept. 09)
  • International Film Festival of India, Goa/India (Nov. 09)
  • Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival, Germany (March 10)
  • Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Belgium (April 13)
  • Festival de Cinema de Terror de Molins de Rei, Spain (Nov 14)
  • International Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria (June 15)
  • Beeston Film Festival, England, UK (March 2019-2021)
  • Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Germany (July 20)
  • Hope International Film Festival, Sweden (Spt 21)

  • 2002 Best Female Actor Award, Los Angeles (American Film Market) for the film dann nenn es halt Liebe / call it love
  • 2003 – 2007 representative of the Cairo International Film Festival and the Damascus International Film Festival together with Roland Reber                                                        
  • Since 2007 represented in the German „Who’s Who“

excerpt:

„Lust, Pain and Passion.“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Porträt, entire article in English)

“Allowing anyone to bend me? No way.” (Garmischer Tagblatt, entire article in German)

„… life and illusion are illusions.“ (kino-zeit.de, Interview, entire article in German)

„Our profession is our passion.“ (Esslinger Zeitung, Interview, entire article in German)

„For more tolerance.“ (Neue Westfälische, Interview, entire article in German)

Interviews of Marina Anna Eich about individual films please go to the respective film website!