Anne Zohra Berrached

The daughter of an Algerian father, Anne Zohra Berrached was born and raised in the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany).

[1] In 2009, Berrached directed her debut short film Der Pausenclown (The Class Clown) about a Lebanese neighbour and comedian who lived in Berlin-Neukölln.

Her first feature-length film Zwei Mütter [de] (Two Mothers) is about a lesbian couple who audition men to collect their sperm for having a child.

The movie is about a pregnant comedian (Julia Jentsch) and her husband (Bjarne Mädel) deciding over a legal abortion for their unborn child diagnosed with down syndrome.

Her third feature film, Die Welt wird eine andere sein (international title: Copilot), was funded in part by the Arte Grand Accord grant.