Porchlight Films

After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos, she encounters the mysterious refugee Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire. To live, she must trust someone she was taught to hate and face the darkness within herself.

Sydney International Film Festival, June 2012

- In Competition

Locarno International Film Festival, International Premiere August 2012

- Won UBS Best Film Grande Paizza Prize (Audience Award)

Toronto International Film Festival, North America Premiere September 2012

- Screened in Special Presentation

Hamptons International Film Festival, September 2012

- Won Golden Starfish Award; Won Jury Award for Best Cinematography; Won Jeremy Nussbaum Prize for Provocative Fiction

Filmfest Hamburg, German Premiere October 2012

- Won Hamburg Film Critics Prize

Valladolid International Film Festival, October 2012

- Won the Pilar Miro Prize for Best New Director

BFI London Film Festival, October 2012

- In Competition

Stockholm International Film Festival, November 2012

- Won Bronze Horse for Best Feature Film; Won Aluminum Horse for Best Actress; Won Aluminum Horse for Best Cinematography; Won Aluminum Horse for Best Music

Film Critics Circle of Australia, March 2013

- Won Best Director Cate Shortland; Won Best Performance By a Young Actor Saskia Rosendahl

Beijing International Film Festival, April 2013

- Won Best Direction; Won Best Cinematography

Australian Directors Guild Awards, May 2013

- Winner Best Director Feature Films, Cate Shortland