Directed & Written by Ulrike Kofler
Feature Narrative | 98 min | German | Austria
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 | 12:00PM Screening
Neighborhood House at Christ Church
20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
In this beautifully acted film, Emma Lotta Simmer stars as Gina, a precocious nine-year-old who not only takes care of her little brothers but also her pregnant mother Gitte in a rundown rental house on the outskirts of town. Gina fights against hopelessness, neglect, and the child welfare office, for the baby in her mother’s belly and for herself. A female three-generation drama told through the eyes of a child who refuses to let fate dictate her future.
Director’s Bio
Ulrike Kofler
Director/Writer
Ulrike Kofler (*1974, Innsbruck/Austria) is an Austrian film editor, director and screenwriter. In 1997, she graduated in photography at the „Höhere Graphische Lehranstalt“ in Vienna. Afterwards, she studied film editing at the Film Academy Vienna. Between 2008 and 2012, Kofler successfully completed the postgraduate studies Film and TV at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Her graduation film WIR FLIEGEN (2012), which she wrote and directed, was awarded with several awards. She is also responsible for numerous video installations for theatrical performances. Her feature film debut as a writer and director WHAT WE WANTED (2019) was chosen by the Professional Association of Film and Music Austria as the Austrian entry for the Academy Awards 2021. As an editor, she has worked on films by directors such as Josef Hader and Michael Kreihsl. She shares a long-lasting partnership with Marie Kreutzer, most recently Ulrike Kofler edited Kreutzer’s historical drama CORSAGE (2022).
“If you obey all the rules,
you miss all the fun.”
Katherine Hepburn
Actor
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