Among Friends

It’s the summer of 1989, and Hanna dreams of becoming a GDR Olympic swimmer. When her best friend Andreas is targeted by the authorities for “socialist re-education,” he decides to flee across the Baltic Sea to the West. Hanna, torn between two futures, decides to accompany him on the dangerous journey.

Director Sarah Neumann won the Audience Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2024 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, where lead actor Willi Geitmann also won Best Young Actor.

Jenseits der blauen Grenze
Dir. Sarah Neumann
Germany, 2024
102 min.
With Lena Urzendowsky, Willi Geitmann, Jannis Veihelmann

This screening is presented as part of "Among Friends – Unter Freunden", a campaign of the Goethe-Institut USA to celebrate and strengthen transatlantic friendship.Curated by Nina Reins.