An East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm search for a way out of loneliness and end up on a ghost hunt in the mountains.
Born in Nuremberg in 1984, French-German director Julian Radlmaier studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin and worked as an assistant to New-German-Cinema-legend Werner Schroeter. He has also edited and translated several writings of French philosopher Jacques Rancière. Since his first short and medium length films, his work gained acclaim at major international festivals. His first feature Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog (2017) premiered in Rotterdam and won the German Film Critics Award for best debut of the year. His second feature Bloodsuckers (2021), premiered in the Berlinale Encounters competition and received the German Screenplay Award. In 2025, his third feature Phantoms of July was invited to the International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival. He lives in Berlin.
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