August Zirner

The Silent Forest

28-year-old Anja Grimm takes up an internship in the part of the Bavarian Forest where her father had disappeared when she was eight years old. Her attempts to find out what happened to her father are met with reserve and hostility from the local villagers, and she slowly starts to discover something terrible.

Colonia (2015)

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

Risks + Side Effects

A routine check-up reveals that the Pilates trainer Kathrin is suffering from kidney disease and needs a transplant. Her husband Arnold is a successful architect in the middle of a large project and is afraid of donating one of his kidneys ... (more)

Das Ende der Wahrheit

What Doesn't Kill Us

As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesn't need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive gambler with a boyfriend problem, regularly shows up late for her appointments, she rocks his world in ways he's not ready for.

Wackersdorf