German director Alireza Golafshan has wrapped his AI-themed courthouse thriller Zoma after a shoot in and around Munich.
Leonie Benesch, who made waves internationally in Oscar-nominated The Teachers’ Lounge and Munich Olympics hostage drama September 5, stars as an ambitious young lawyer who takes on a seemingly hopeless case against a powerful tech corporation.
Zoma is the first production to come out of fledgeling production company Story Garden, since its launched by former Wiedemann & Berg Managing Director and producer Justyna Muesch and ex-colleague Sofie Scherz with Golafshan in the 2024.
It is coproduced with Studiocanal as well as with Munich-based broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk in collaboration with Arte. The film is supported by FFF, FFA (jury‑based cultural production funding), and the German Federal Film Fund DFFF.
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Studiocanal will release the film theatrically in Germany on January 28, 2027 and
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