Germany's Oscar® Entry Best International Feature. 

Co-presented by the American Cinematheque, the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, and the German Currents Film Festival

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Germany (2019), 119 min. DCP Projection, German with English Subtitles
Director: Nora Fingscheidt, Screenplay: Nora Fingscheidt, Director of Photography: Yunus Roy Imer, Cast: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriele Maria Schmiede, Lisa Hagmeister, Melanie Straub, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Maryam Zaree, Tedros Teclebrhan, Producers: Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann, Jakob D. Weydemann, Production: kineo Filmproduktion, Weydemann Bros., Co-production: Oma Inge Film, ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel, With backing from: Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, nordmedia, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film.

She is small, but dangerous. Wherever Benni Klaaß (Helena Zengel) ends up, she is immediately expelled. The wild 9-year-old girl has already become what child protection services call a “system crasher.” Benni has a single goal - to be back at home with her mom - but Bianca Klaaß (Lisa Hagmeister) is scared of her own daughter. Hoping to find a permanent placement for Benni, anger management trainer Micha (Albrecht Schuch) becomes the child’s school escort and suddenly there is a seed of hope. Will Micha be able to succeed where all others failed?





SELECT AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:

• World Premiere at the International Competition, Berlinale 2019 – Alfred-Bauer-Preis, Preis der Leserjury der Berliner Morgenpost
• Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2019 – Hauptpreis Fliegender Ochse
• Thomas Strittmatter Drehbuchpreis 2017
• Kompagnon-Förderpreis des Programms Berlinale Talents 2017
• Emder Drehbuchpreis 2016
• EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2019: Nominated for Best European Film, Best Actress - Helena Zengel

Nora Fingscheidt was born in Braunschweig in 1983 and spent her childhood in Germany and Argentina. From 2003 onwards she supported the development of the self-organized film school filmArche in Berlin. At the same time, she completed her training as an acting coach by Sigrid Andersson. 2008 – 2017 Nora studied fiction directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Her graduation film, the full-length documentary WITHOUT THIS WORLD about a conservative Mennonite colony in Argentina, won the Max Ophüls Prize and First Steps Award in 2017. 


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