Beautiful Souls
Original title: Schöne Seelen
Neues Deutsches Kino
Camino Filmverlei
Motivation:
The FIPRESCI Jury was impressed by a film that transforms the ordinary into something quietly extraordinary. Embracing the tragedies, hopes, doubts, small joys, and unexpected gifts of everyday life, it weaves them into a compassionate portrait of contemporary society. Bringing together diverse experiences of cultural encounter, it captures both the loneliness and the generosity that coexist in our shared world. Its timeless, universal visual language, exquisite ensemble performances, and witty yet deeply humane dialogue create a cinematic experience that is at once surprising and utterly believable, moving effortlessly between different styles and moments. In a world marked by uncertainty and ambiguity, the film discovers small human miracles in the encounters between ‘beautiful souls.’