Synopsis : A small-town microcosm of Germany caught between violence and erotic fantasy: Janine, who is queer, moves back to the country and encounters ghosts of her past. A peeping neighbor’s inappropriate conduct stirs up dark memories – and also draws her in.
Festival History : Berlinale International Film Festival 2025
Director :
Jan Eilhardt
Producer :
Santiago Gómez Rojas, Jan Eilhardt
Screenplay :
Jan Eilhardt
DOP :
Irene Cruz
Editor :
Verena Neumann, Jan Eilhardt
Cast :
Janine Lear,
Maximilian Brauer,
Adrian Wenzel,
Kathrin Angerer,
Pierre Emö,
Daniel Zillmann,
Susanne Bredehöft,
Dorothea Holzberger,
Jan Eilhardt studied Film and Performance at the HFBK Hamburg (including classes with Marina Abramović) and was an assistant to Heiner Müller at the Berliner Ensemble. His films and experimental projects have screened in international film festivals, cinemas, and museums. His feature debut Scherbengericht premiered in 2013 at the Slamdance Film Festival. Fremdenverführerin (2022), a queer-activist Super 8 short film, was shown in international festivals and won many awards. It is being followed in 2025 by his autobiographically inspired feature Janine zieht aufs Land, supported by mediatalents (nordmedia).