Feature Film

More than 1 million moviegoers and three German Film Awards in 2026—including the Bronze Lola for Best Feature Film, as well as awards for Senta Berger and Michael Wittenborn:

When Joachim is unexpectedly accepted into an acting school in Munich, he moves into the villa of his eccentric grandparents. Amid acting lessons, family quirks, and personal upheavals, he embarks on a search—both funny and touching—for his own place in life.

Sandra Hüller was awarded the Silver Bear for her leading role:

In post-Thirty Years’ War Germany, Rose, as a single woman, sees little chance of leading a self-determined life. She therefore pretends to be a man and a war veteran in order to take over her late uncle’s abandoned estate. But her new life is based on a deception that threatens to be exposed at any moment.

Approximately 1.67 million moviegoers in Germany; the film debuted at No. 1 on the German box office charts. Key scenes from the international blockbuster were filmed in North Rhine-Westphalia:

Decades before Katniss Everdeen, the young Coriolanus Snow becomes the mentor to Lucy Gray Baird from District 12 in the tenth Hunger Games. What is initially supposed to be his chance for social advancement develops into a bond that decisively shapes his future and his path to becoming the president of Panem.