COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2026 RUNNING TIME: 113 min
DIRECTED BY: Faraz Shariat
LANGUAGE(S): German version
CAST:Chen Emilie Yan, Julia Jentsch, Alev Irmak, u.a.
FSK: 12+ RECOMMENDED FOR: 10th grade and above
PRODUCERS: Paulina Lorenz, Jorgo Narjes, Faraz Shariat
SCRIPT: Claudia Schaefer, Jee-Un Kim, Dr. Sun-Ju Choi
EDITED BY: Friederike Hohmuth
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lotta Kilian
MUSIC: Gabríel Ólafs
Q&A
with Seda Başay-Yıldız, lawyer
Wednesday, 21.10., 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, 21.10., 11:00 a.m.
Synopsis
When Seyo takes up her new position as a prosecutor, she already knows that right-wing violence will be a part of her daily work. But when she herself becomes the victim of an attack, she realizes that the independence of the judiciary can be very fragile when racism has long been entrenched in the system. She digs deeper and deeper into the failings of her own agency and fights for justice by any means necessary—both inside and outside the courtroom. Winner of the Berlinale Audience Award: With PROSECUTION, Faraz Shariat presents a film whose urgency and impact are unparalleled. Shocking and angry, yet never without hope, PROSECUTION explores the question of how a corrupt system can be changed from within.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Die Handlung von STAATSSCHUTZ ist zwar fiktional, erinnert jedoch an reale Fälle, wie etwa jenen der Frankfurter Anwältin Seda Başay-Yıldız, die u.a. als Nebenklagevertreterin im NSU-Verfahren tätig war. 2018 erhielt sie Morddrohungen des sog. NSU 2.0, die später bis in eine hessische Polizeiwache zurückverfolgt werden konnten.
#Right-Wing Terror #Legal System #Racism
Material / Links / Kontakte
MATERIAL:
kinofenster.de Worksheet Kinofenster.de
Marcant Podcast with Seda Başay-Yıldız
WEBSITE: https://www.staatsschutz-film.de/de
PRODUCTION: Jünglinge Film
WORLD SALES: New Europe Film Sales
GERMAN DISTRIBUTION: Plaion Pictures / Studiocanal
Director
Faraz Shariat
Biography
Faraz Shariat (born 1994) is an Iranian-German filmmaker. His coming-of-age
film debut Futur Drei premiered at the Berlinale in 2020 and was, among other things,
awarded with two Teddy Awards and two First Steps Awards.
Since then, Shariat has directed episodes of the series adaptation Druck as well as the British
horror comedy The Baby (HBO/Sky). He also produced the ARD series
Schwarze Früchte, which premiered in June 2024 at the Tribeca Film Festival
and was broadcast in Germany later that year.
His most recent television work, ZEIT Verbrechen: Love by Proxy, was screened in 2024 as part of the Panorama section of the
Berlinale. In 2026, Shariat returned to the Berlinale with his second feature film, the political thriller PROSECUTION. The film won the Panorama Audience Award, the CICAE Art Cinema Award, and the Heiner Carow Prize at the festival.
Shariat is a fellow at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles and is currently working with
Ottessa Moshfegh on his English-language debut, The Beach Boy.
Filmography
Futur Drei (2020), Staatsschutz (2026)