A romantic adventure film about an unlikely friendship and the longing for another life: Ursula and Neda, an East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm, both feel trapped and lonely in their precarious lives. One summer evening, Ursula falls for a mysterious musician from the city, while Neda becomes convinced she’s recognized an old friend from Tehran in an equally enigmatic street sweeper. The winding paths of chance draw the two women together on an unexpected ghost hunt in the mountains…

“SEHNSUCHT IN SANGERHAUSEN is a peculiar and moving work that fits into a growing trend of films that prioritize atmosphere over plot. It suggests that in a world propagating division, the most meaningful act of resistance might be the simple, unplanned formation of a friendship, a small pocket of harmony against a hostile backdrop.” (https://gazettely.com)

Julian Radlmaier, born in Nuremberg/Germany in 1984 and now living in Berlin, studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Since his first short- and medium-length films, his work gained acclaim at major festivals. His first feature SELF-CRITICISM OF A BOURGEOIS DOG premiered in Rotterdam and won the German Film Critics Award for best debut of the year. His second feature BLOODSUCKERS 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.

Filmography (selection): 2017 SELF-CRITICISM OF A BOURGEOIS DOG, 2021 BLOODSUCKERS, 2025 PHANTOMS OF JULY

Awards: Hamburg Producers Award for German Cinema (Filmfest Hamburg, Germany 2025)