Hysteria: Gripping thriller at the German Film Festival

The German Film Festival is in full swing. The thriller Hysteria is also on the program. Its director is the German-Turk Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, who has received countless awards for his films. Hysteria also received the Europa Cinemas Label Award for the best European film this year. We discussed the film with film scholar Sylvie Kitanova-Hume for you right after the screening.

Hysteria is a gripping thriller that also poses important questions of our time. The leading actress is Devrim Lingnau. Credit: German Film Festival

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Sylvie Kitanova-Hume ist promovierte Wissenschaftlerin an der University of Melbourne. Credit: msp Photography

The German Film Festival will take place until May 28. The program can be found here.