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    THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE

    Directed by İlker Çatak
    Germany | 94 minutes | Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film

Film Festival 2024

FIPRESCI Best Actress Prize for Leonie Benesch.

In this intense study of the power dynamics in contemporary German society, an idealistic middle-school teacher makes a bad decision while trying to do the right thing, and her every subsequent move mires her in an even bigger mess.

Join us for a post-screening Q&A with Director İlker Çatak and Actress Leonie Benesch on January 6 and 8.

film details

Director: İlker Çatak
Producers: Ingo Fliess
Screenwriter: İlker Çatak, Johannes Duncker
Cinematographers: Judith Kaufman
Editor: Gesa Jäger
Music: Marvin Miller
Cast: Leonie Benesch, Michael Klammer, Rafael Stachowiak, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Eva Löbau, Kathrin Wehlisch, Sarah Bauerett, Leonard Stettnisch, Oscar Zickur, Antonia Kupper, Elsa Krieger, Vincent Stachowiak, Can RodenBostel, Padme Hamdemir, Lisa Marie Trense
Original Language Title: Das Lehrerzimmer
Country: Germany
Language: In German and Turkish, Polish and English with English subtitles
Year: 2023
Running Time: 94 minutes
Primary Company: Sony Pictures Classics

Film Festival 2024