Today we’d like to introduce you to Kai Fischer
Hi Kai, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
As an award winning screenwriter (LAMBADA THE DANCE FATE, award winning screenplay at Cannes World Film Festival 2024, at 8 & Halfilm Awards and Winner at the New York International Film Awards) I discovered my love of books and movies very early on as a child. I watched Steven Spielberg’s ET with my parents and friends and 2 years later Michael Ende’s THE NEVERENDING STORY. Born in 1973 in Frankfurt/Germany I was eleven years old at the time.
Then, in 2019 my first book “ich glaub, ich krieg nen Vogel” and 3 years later my second book “Promigeflüster Mallorca” were published in Germany. However, they were not very successful and I needed a new challenge:
In January this year after my first experiences in Mallorca as a background actor including the Paramount+ production of LIONESS alongside Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliviera I took the chance and flew to Los Angeles with the bold idea of conquering Hollywood.
Apart from acting, I guess the thing I do best is definitive writing. So I started looking for an idea for a suitable screenplay.
In 1993, after finishing school, I spent 6 months in Brazil, including in Porto Seguro north of Rio, the place where 1987 two French producers heard the original version of the song LAMBADA in Portuguese on the radio for the first time. The rest is history.
Over the last two decades, I have maintained very good contact with many Brazilian friends. And it was exactly December 30, 2023 when I was talking to a Brazilian friend in Palma de Mallorca in my favorite bar, the “Shamrock”, about the controversies surrounding LAMBADA and the tragic end of Loalwa Braz, the terrific voice behind the global phenomenon. At that moment, the music video was played by Kaoma, just like on MTV in the 90s back then. It was like a flash of inspiration! There was my screenplay, the screenplay of an untapped and untold story of great importance.
The Feedback I received from Los Angeles until now is massive: “Following the recent success of BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY as well as this year’s BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE, music biopics are in -, and Loalwa is a global superstar in a similar space.” They also suggested casting a pop star such as Dua Lipa in the lead role to guarantee success.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It certainly hasn’t been an easy road so far and I’ve had to come to terms with the failures of my books. However, sales are not yet complete, miracles can always happen, as I have now discovered with my screenplay:
In addition to winning awards as best biographical script and best international screenwriter, I was placed as a SEMI-FINALIST at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards this year, TOP 3 in Athens and FINALIST at Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival,
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
As a passionate writer, I am most proud to be recognized by people who don’t know me and admire my work. I have just experienced this with my screenplay LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE.
What sets me apart from others? This is not an easy question to answer …
Since 1994, after my stay in Brazil, I have been living in Spain with some interruptions. Without my undeniable love for this beautiful country and the beauty of the Latin American world, the screenplay would never have been written. So I want the answer with passion, inspiration, optimism and an unbridled will. A certain lightness of being due to my life in Spain is certainly added to this. And seeing my script on the big screen would be one of the greatest moments of my life. 100 percent.
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
Not to listen to others. If someone tells you that 97% of all actors in Hollywood are unemployed and 200,000 scripts are presented every year. How are you going to manage that? Don’t listen to this. Because dreams together with an unconditional will are able to move mountains.
So live your dream and you will realize that there are no limits!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://filmfreeway.com/KaiFischer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kai_fischer_tip_top/
