38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Talking About the Weather

Alle reden übers Wetter

Annika Pinske

Image Talking About the Weather
Germany
2021 Fiction 1h29
Clara is studying for a Ph.D in philosophy in Berlin. In this middle-class male academic environment, she feels pushed to one side. She returns to her childhood village in former East Germany for her mother's birthday, and becomes aware that a distance has grown between her and her family.
With : Anne Schäfer, Judith Hofmann, Marcel Kohler, Anne-Kathrin Gummich
Screenplay : Annika Pinske, Johannes Flachmeyer
Image : Ben Bernhard
Sound : Rainer Gerlach
Editing : Laura Lauzemis
Production : German Film- and Television Academy Berlin, New Matter Films
International sales: Films Boutique
Annika Pinske grew up in Frankfurt, Germany. Parallel to her studies in philosophy and literature she worked for theatre director René Pollesch, then for the film director Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann). In 2011 she started studying film directing at the German Film- and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Her short films were awarded and screened worldwide, such as Anyways (Nomination German Short Film Award 2015) and Homework (Winner German Short Film Award 2016). Talking About the Weather is her graduation film from the DFFB.