KARLA

Feature Film Selection / Germany, 2025, 105 minutes, Colour

German; Turkish captioned, English subtitled

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KARLA

Details
  • Director: Christina Tournatzès
  • Screenplay: Yvonne Görlach
  • Cinematography: Florian Emmerich
  • Editing: Isabel Meier
  • Music: Eike Hosenfeld, Moritz Denis, Hüseyin Köroglu, David Alomah, Lucie Paradis, Nina Henke
  • Cast: Elise Krieps, Rainer Bock, Imogen Kogge, Torben Liebrecht, Katharina Schüttler
  • Producer: Jamila Wenske, Melanie Blocksdorf
  • Production: Achtung Panda!

    2026 Bavarian Film Awards Best Screenplay, Best Actor 2025 Munich FF Direction, Screenwriting Thessaloniki FF Best Screenplay, Audience Award, FIPRESCI Prize

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Karla tells the true story of a 12-year old girl in Munich 1962 who takes the courageous step of filing a complaint against her father, seeking protection from his years of abuse.

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Christina Tournatzès

Christina Tournatzés grew up in Munich in a Greek-German family. She studied film and television directing and graduated from the Macromedia Academy for Media and Design in 2019. Her short film CARGO won international awards. Karla is her debut feature film.

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The Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye organises the annual EU Human Rights Film Days on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Click here for the list of films.