Ghost Bastard

GER 2025
Director: Erkan Acar
Cast: Erkan Acar, Aliyah Acar, Philippe Reinhardt

95 Min. | OmeU | Original with english Subtitles
World Premiere
International

Mike is stuck in limbo. Literally. Mike is a ghost. Equipped with a healthy dose of cynicism, he seems to have accepted his fate in the in-between world—until, during one of his mischievous little stunts in the cinema that no one ever notices, he is reprimanded by a girl. Elli can see and hear him, and she is thoroughly annoyed. His attempts to explain that he is a ghost do not make things any easier.                                                                                            Reluctantly, she engages with him, and a friendship emerges perfect for an introverted teenager like Elli. Mike becomes her imaginary friend, understanding her loneliness and sadness in a way no one in Elli’s life has since her father passed away. But a ghost must eventually take the final journey, and a teenager must grow up. Fate has not brought them together by chance.