Leonine Benesch stars as a teacher at the end of her rope in the German drama from director İlker Çatak.
“The film explores key subjects like the prevalence of bureaucracy in schools and issues of race and class, but above all it is a compelling rollercoaster of a drama,” the Europa Cinemas jury said in a statement.
The Europa Cinemas prize is backed the Europa Cinemas theatre network, an association of independent theater owners, representing more than 3,000 screens in over 700 cities across Europe, which focus on the promotion and distribution of European cinema. The network is backed by funding from the European Union’s MEDIA programme and from France’s CNC.
As this year’s Europa Cinemas winner, The Teacher’s Lounge will receive promotional support to help its release across the theater network. Produced by Ingo Fliess for Germany’s if…Productions,Previous Berlin Europa Cinema winners include Felix van Groeningen’s Belgian drama, When We Leave from Austrian filmmaker Feo Aladag, Eskil Vogt’s Norwegian featurefrom director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson.
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