back

Etwas ganz Besonderes

Home Stories
Competition 2026
© Adrian Campean / Trimafilm
Lea is auditioning for a TV talent show. The producer asks her: “Who are you and what defines you?”. Lea has no answer. And thus begins a search for her identity. Meanwhile in her hometown, the museum is being lavishly renovated with EU money but her family’s B&B is struggling to stay afloat. Lea’s parents Matze and Rieke are freshly separated because Rieke is expecting another man’s child and they are still struggling to get used to the new family set up. Her grandparents are also beset by problems, both with each other and with their forest hotel which, in this region badly lacking in tourists, is eating up more money than it makes. Her aunt Kati is a role model of independence for Lea, but, as head of the museum, she is making few friends in this small provincial town. Lea’s best friend Bonny is on a different planet since she fell in love with Lea’s cousin, the activist Edgar. And therein lies the complexity of the question: Who is Lea and who does she want to be? What home story can be spun from her family’s history?
by Eva Trobisch (Director, Screenplay)
with Frida Hornemann, Max Riemelt, Eva Löbau, Gina Henkel, Rahel Ohm, Peter René Lüdecke, Florian Geißelmann, Yvon Sable Moltzen, Ida Fischer, Florian Lukas, Thomas Schubert, Kara Schröder, Anne Kulbatzki, Nairi Hadodo Germany 2026 German 116' Colour World premiere

With

  • Frida Hornemann (Lea)
  • Max Riemelt (Matze)
  • Eva Löbau (Kati)
  • Gina Henkel (Rieke)
  • Rahel Ohm (Christel)
  • Peter René Lüdecke (Friedrich)
  • Florian Geißelmann (Edgar)
  • Yvon Sable Moltzen (Henri)
  • Ida Fischer (Bonny)
  • Florian Lukas (Arthur)
  • Thomas Schubert (Raphael)
  • Kara Schröder (Caroline)
  • Anne Kulbatzki (Ina)
  • Nairi Hadodo (Fee)

Crew

Director Eva Trobisch
Screenplay Eva Trobisch
Cinematography Adrian Campean
Editing Laura Lauzemis
Music Teho Teardo
Sound Design Florian Marquardt, Andreas Hildebrandt
Production Design Renate Schmaderer
Costumes Waris Klampfer
Make-Up Nina Düffort
Casting Susanne Ritter, Jacqueline Rietz
Producers Trini Götze, David Armati Lechner
Executive Producers Trini Götze, David Armati Lechner
Co-Producers Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Ingo Fliess

Produced by

Trimafilm

München, Germany

Co-produced by

if... Productions

München, Germany

Komplizen Film

Berlin, Germany

ZDF/Arte

Mainz, Germany

World Sales

The Match Factory

Köln, Germany

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Eva Trobisch

© Franziska Stenglin

Born in East Berlin in 1983, she worked as an assistant in the theatre and then in film. She studied film directing in Munich, creative writing at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and has a master’s degree in screenwriting from the London Film School. Her debut feature, Alles ist gut, premiered at Locarno where it won the Best First Feature award, followed by numerous other prizes. Her second film, Ivo, screened in the Encounters section of the Berlinale and received the Heiner Carow Prize. In 2024, “Variety” named her one of its “10 Directors to Watch”. She writes for theatre and film and is part of the Trimafilm production company.

Filmography

2019 Alles ist gut 2024 Ivo 2026 Etwas ganz Besonderes (Home Stories)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026