Munich, 1962. Twelve-year-old Karla courageously runs away from her family to bring forward serious allegations of abuse against her father. But in a patriarchal culture marked by silence and repression, she enters a world that meets her story with skepticism. What follows is the tentative formation of a bond with the compassionate Judge Lamy, who offers quiet support as she learns to navigate a flawed system on her own terms.
A film in which the unsaid and the unseen become powerful tools of narration. Tournatzés approaches a difficult subject with tact and emotional precision, and Elise Krieps’ impressive breakout role as Karla anchors the film with both remarkable strength and raw vulnerability.
Young German Cinema Award for Direction, Munich Film Festival, 2025, de
Young German Cinema Award for Screenwriting, Munich Film Festival, 2025, de
Best Screenplay in the International Competition, Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2025, gr
Audience Award in the International Competition, Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2025, gr
FIPRESCI Prize in the International Competition, Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2025, gr
SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival, National Competition Award for Best German Language Feature Film, 2030, de
Christina TOURNATZÉS
Christina Tournatzés is a German-Greek filmmaker based in Munich who graduated from the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Munich. She gained notoriety with Cargo (2019), a short film that screened at numerous international festivals and earned multiple awards. He debut feature-length Karla (2025), which received support from BKM, FFF Bayern, DFFF, ARTE, and BR, was awarded at Munich and Thessaloniki.
