IF IT BLEEDS
Fiction / 90min / 2025
Young journalist Agatha works at a right-wing news startup run by scandal-ridden media mogul Andreas Meixner. Hungry for a summer scoop, he sends her to rural Germany to cover the case of a missing girl. Determined to prove herself, Agatha resorts to tabloid tactics, emotionally pressuring the victim’s family and pushing ethical boundaries. But as her methods escalate, she begins to lose control—underestimating the destructive power of the story she’s shaping.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
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World Premier: Filmfest München 2025
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Nomination: Bernd Burgmeister Preis
INFO
Fiction
2025 / 90 Min / Germany
Funded by: ZDF/ARTE/Hessenfilm
Production: U5
Cast
Elisa Schlott [HR]
Franz Pätzold [HR]
Francisco Akudike [NR]
Thomas Loibl [NR]
Matthias Matschke [NR]
Malina Ebert [NR]
Patrycja Ziółkowska [NR]
Bernd Hölscher [NR]
David Rott [NR]
Nils Thalmann [NR]
Christoph Pütthoff [NR]
Eike Mathis Hackmann [NR]
Martin Bringmann [NR]
Anna Steffens [NR]
Marie Julie Bretschneider [NR]
Team
Film director: Daniel Sager
Screenplay: Oskar Sułowski, Daniel Sager
Commissioning Editor: Jakob Zimmermann (ZDF), Daniela Muck (ARTE), Martin Gerhard (ZDF/ARTE)
Cinematographer: Nicolai Mehring
Editor: Kai Eiermann
Sound Engineer: Joscha Eickel
Music: Jasmin Reuter
Production Design: Holger S. Müller
Sound Design: Oscar Stiebitz, Dominik Leube
Costum Design: Clarissa Fuhr
Make Up: Régine Frohberg
Casting: Stephanie Maile, Karl Schirnhofer
Press
The Spot Media & Film (05/2025)
"Director Daniel Sager offers a critical examination of journalistic ethics."
"A gripping film about the business of headlines."