FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Academy Awards® (Nomination):
Best International Feature Film

Telluride Film Festival (official selection)

TIFF – Toronto International Film Festival (official selection)

BIFF – Busan International Film Festival (official selection)

Günter Rohrbach Preis (Winner):
Best Screenplay (Johannes Duncker & Ilker Çatak)

European Film Awards (Nominations):
Best Actress (Leonie Benesch)
Best Screenplay (Johannes Duncker & Ilker Çatak)

German Film Award 2023 (Winner):
Best Feature Film (Ingo Fliess)
Best Screenplay (Johannes Duncker & Ilker Çatak)
Best Director (Ilker Çatak)
Best Editing (Gesa Jäger)
Best Actress (Leonie Benesch)

73rd Berlinale Panorama (World Premiere):
Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film
CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award

SYNOPSIS

Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occurs at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.

 

Infos

Co-Production with ZDF/arte
Funded by BKM, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, DFFF, FFA
Distribution: Alamode Film
World Sales: Be For Films

Duration: 98 Minutes
Year: 2022

Original Title: Das Lehrerzimmer

With

Leonie Benesch
Leonard Stettnisch
Eva Löbau
Michael Klammer
Rafael Stachowiak
Sarah Bauerett
Kathrin Wehlisch
Anne-Kathrin Gummich

Team

Director: Ilker Çatak
Screenplay: Ilker Çatak & Johannes Duncker
DoP: Judith Kaufmann
Producer: Ingo Fliess
Line Producer: Luzie Lohmeyer
Production Manager: Markus Mayr
Original Sound: Torsten Többen
Casting: Simone Bär
Set Design: Zazie Knepper
Costume Design: Christian Röhrs
Make Up Artist: Barbara Kreuzer
Editor: Gesa Jäger
Score: Marvin Miller
Re-recording Mixer: Michael Hinreiner