MIRRORS NO. 3 Germany, 2025, 86 min, color

On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and adult son also give up their initial resistance to Laura's presence, the four of them slowly build up some family-like routine. But soon they can no longer ignore their past...

Mirrors No. 3 unfolds with a subtle, enigmatic atmosphere, blending quiet human connection with psychological mystery. The film explores themes of loss, memory, and belonging, revealing the complex ways strangers can influence one another while facing the shadows of their own histories.

Christian Petzold

Born in Hilden, Germany in 1960, he has lived in Berlin since 1981. He studied German and drama at Freie Universität Berlin and then, from 1988 to 1994, film at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). His films often explore themes such as identity, history, memory, and personal freedom, placing his characters in morally and emotionally complex situations. He directed his first feature film in 1995. Made in 2000, his film “The State I Am In” won Gold at the German Film Awards; he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director for “Barbara” in 2012. “Afire” marks his fifth film presented in the Berlinale Competition and, following “Transit” and “Undine”, his third collaboration with Paula Beer. “Mirrors No. 3” is their fourth film together.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

1995 Pilots (Pilotinnen) – TV Film

1996 Cuba Libre – TV Film

1998 The Sex Thief (Die Beischlafdiebin) – TV Film

2000 The State I Am In (Die innere Sicherheit)

2001 Something to Remind Me (Toter Mann) – TV Film

2003 Wolfsburg

2005 Gespenster

2007 Yella

2008 Jerichow

2012 Barbara

2014 Phoenix

2018 Transit

2020 Undine

2023 Afire

2025 Mirrors № 3

DIRECTOR

Christian Petzold

SCRIPT

Christian Petzold

CAMERA

Hans Fromm

CAST

Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs

PRODUCERS

Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Anton Kaiser

PRODUCTION

Schramm Film Koerner & Weber

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