Lore

Left to fend for themselves after their SS officer father and mother, a staunch Nazi believer, are interred by the victorious Allies at the end of World War II, five German children undertake a harrowing journey that exposes them to the reality and consequences of their parents' actions. Led by the eldest sibling, 14-year old Lore (striking newcomer Saskia Rosendahl), they set out on a harrowing journey across a devastated country to reach their grandmother in the north. After meeting the charismatic Thomas, a mysterious young refugee, Lore soon finds her world shattered by feelings of both hatred and desire as she must learn to trust the one person she has always been taught to hate in order to survive.

"A lyrical, deeply affecting study into a rarely seen legacy of the Holocaust." - Megan Lehmann, The Hollywood Reporter

"Tense and unrelentingly gripping." - Frank Hatherley, Screen Daily

"EXTRAORDINARY." - Eric Kohn, Indiewire

Academy Award® Official Selection 2013 - Best Foreign Language Film, Australia
Winner! Locarno Film Festival 2012 - Audience Award
Winner! Hamptons International Film Festival 2012 Cinematography Award - Best Cinematography
Winner! Hamptons International Film Festival 2012 Golden Starfish Award - Narrative Feature, Cate Shortland
Winner! Hamptons International Film Festival 2012 - Jeremy Nussbaum Prize for Provocative Fiction, Cate Shortland
Winner! Hamburg Film Festival 2012 Critics Award - Best Film, Cate Shortland
London Film Festival 2012 Nominee - Best Film, Cate Shortland