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.

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

Moving History - Festival des historischen Films 2026
*CLIO Nomination*

Riviera International Film Festival 2026
*Winner Best Movie 2026*

Bayerischer Filmpreis 2026
*Winner Best Screenplay: Yvonne Görlach*
*Winner Best Actor: Rainer Bock as Jugde Lamy*

International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! 2025
*Winner Young European Talent Award: Elise Krieps*

International Film Festival of India 2025
*International Competition - Best Debut Feature Film of a Director Nomination*

Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2025
*Winner International Competition - FIPRESCI Award*
*Winner International Competition - Best Screenplay Award: Yvonne Görlach*
*Winner International Competition - Fischer Audience Award*

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