Home Stories (2026)

Original title

Etwas ganz Besonderes

Directed by

Eva Trobisch

Genre

drama

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

12

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl tries out for a reality TV show but freezes when asked who she really is. She questions her identity while her family runs a failing hotel in the forests of eastern Germany.

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What happens

Home Stories (German: Etwas ganz Besonderes, lit. 'Something very special') is a 2026 German coming-of-age family drama film written and directed by Eva Trobisch. Starring Frida Hornemann, Max Riemelt, Eva Löbau, Peter René Lüdicke, Rahel Ohm, Gina Henkel and Florian Lukas, the film follows a teenage girl whose search for identity unfolds against the backdrop of her family's struggling hotel business in the forests of former East Germany after she is unable to answer a simple question during a reality TV audition: "Who are you and what defines you?" The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on 18 February 2026, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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