PROSECUTION

Director: Faraz Shariat
Cast: Chen Emilie Yan, Julia Jentsch, Alev Irmak
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 1h 53m
Country: Germany
Year: 2026

Panorama Audience Award – Berlinale 2026

After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court -confronting both the perpetrators and the justice system that turns a blind eye to rightwing extremism.

With the resources and authority of the state behind her, young prosecutor Seyo Kim is determined to confront far-right violence in eastern Germany. But when she herself becomes a target – surviving a racist attack on her life – Seyo decides to investigate on her own, defying explicit orders from her superiors and putting her life and career at risk again.

When she finally brings one of the attackers to trial, Seyo fights to expose him as part of a wider right-wing network: digging deep into her office’s archives, reopening long-closed “isolated cases,” and maneuvring seemingly harmless witnesses into revealing the justice system’s ties – not only to the network, but to the attack on her own life.

Although Germany’s prosecution service is said to be the most objective institution in the world, throughout the trial, Seyo learns firsthand that the state applies double standards, and not only downplays far-right violence, but at times even protects it.