KARLA

Drama, 2025
World premiere Filmfest München 2025

1962 - Twelve-year-old Karla is a witness in court. She files charges against the very person who was supposed to protect her: Her father. Judge Lamy is the hope at her side.

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Director
Christina Tournatzẽs

Writer
Yvonne Görlach

Producer
Jamila Wenske
Melanie Blocksdorf

Cast
Elise Krieps
Rainer Bock
Imogen Kogge
Torben Liebrecht
Katharina Schüttler
Robert Hunger-Bühler

Cinematographer
Florian Emmerich

Production Design
Maximilian Streichert

Costume
Tatjana Brecht-Bergen
Julia Kneusels

Production
ACHTUNG PANDA!

Coproduction
Studio.TV.Film (DE)

TV
Arte
BR

Funding and Partners
FFF Bayern
BKM
DFFF
Hessische Filmförderung

World Sales
The Playmaker

Distribution
eksystent Filmverleih

Awards

SCHLiNGEL Filmfestival 2025
*Winner Best German Language Film*

Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2025
*Filmkunstpreis Nomination*
*Rheingold Publikumspreis Nomination*

Filmfest München 2025
*German Cinema New Talent Award - Best Director*
*German Cinema New Talent Award - Best Screenplay*
*Fritz-Gerlach-Preis Nomination*

JETS Berlinale Pitch Award 2020