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Mother's Baby

Competition 2025
© FreibeuterFilm
Forty-year-old Julia, a successful conductor, and her partner Georg are longing for a child when Dr. Vilfort, a fertility specialist with a private clinic, offers them hope with an experimental procedure. Julia becomes pregnant after successful treatment at the clinic. However, the birth does not go as planned and the baby is immediately taken away for additional treatment, leaving Julia and her husband in the dark about what has happened. When Julia is finally reunited with the child, she feels strangely distant. The baby’s presence puts a strain on their marriage as it becomes clear that Julia has doubts about whether the baby they have brought home is really hers.
by Johanna Moder (Director, Screenplay), Arne Kohlweyer (Screenplay)
with Marie Leuenberger, Hans Löw, Claes Bang, Julia Franz Richter Austria / Switzerland / Germany 2025 German 107' Colour World premiere

With

  • Marie Leuenberger (Julia)
  • Hans Löw (Georg)
  • Claes Bang (Dr. Vilfort)
  • Julia Franz Richter (Gerlinde)

Crew

Director Johanna Moder
Screenplay Johanna Moder, Arne Kohlweyer
Cinematography Robert Oberrainer
Editing Karin Hammer
Music Diego Ramos Rodriguez
Sound Design Nils Kirchhoff
Production Design Hannes Salat
Casting Eva Roth
Producers Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann
Co-Producers Katrin Renz, Viola Fügen, Michael Weber

Produced by

FreibeuterFilm

tellfilm

Match Factory Productions

World Sales

The Match Factory

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Press Conference

Red Carpet

Johanna Moder

© Lukas Moder

The Austrian screenwriter and director made her feature film debut in 2014 with High Performance which won the Audience Award at the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival. Her film Once Were Rebels premiered at the Zurich Film Festival where it won the Ecumenical Jury Prize before going on to win the awards for Best Director at the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival in 2020 and the Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Award. She directed the series School of Champions as well as the TV films Zeit zu beten and Ewig Dein.

Filmography

2014 High Performance 2019 Waren einmal Revoluzzer (Once Were Rebels) 2022 Zeit zu beten; TV film 2024 School of Champions; TV series · Ewig Dein; TV film 2025 Mother’s Baby

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025