Malika is about to be promoted to captain when an accident occurs on board in which Malika puts her crew and herself in danger. Her captain gives her one last chance and offers her an unusual deal: Malika is to spend the summer ashore working with the moorers in the harbour of Bremen and get her life together before a return on board is even considered. Out of necessity, Malika accepts. But Malika doesn’t really see tying up ship lines in a motley family of boatmen as an opportunity to organise her life. She wants to go back to sea. But Malika’s new boatmen family challenges her attitude towards life in unexpected ways. Malika is thrown off course in an unknown, rough sea of emotions and has to fight for her love of the sea and for herself. From acclaimed German creator Hilke Rönnfeldt, Golden Leopard winner for A STUDY OF EMPATHY at Locarno International Film Festival in 2023, comes a poignant drama about a ship’s officer forced to confront her own life on land. Starring Sonja Richter, known for her roles in DEPARTMENT Q: THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES (2013) and THE KILLING (2011), UNANCHORED is a character-driven story about finding oneself in unexpected places and navigating life’s roughest waters. Malika is about to be promoted to captain when an accident occurs on board in which Malika puts her crew and herself in danger. Her captain gives her one last chance and offers her an unusual deal: Malika is to spend the summer ashore working with the moorers in the harbour of Bremen and get her life together before a return on board is even considered. Out of necessity, Malika accepts. But Malika doesn’t really see tying up ship lines in a motley family of boatmen as an opportunity to organise her life. She wants to go back to sea. But Malika’s new boatmen family challenges her attitude towards life in unexpected ways. Malika is thrown off course in an unknown, rough sea of emotions and has to fight for her love of the sea and for herself. From acclaimed German creator Hilke Rönnfeldt, Golden Leopard winner for A STUDY OF EMPATHY at Locarno International Film Festival in 2023, comes a poignant drama about a ship’s officer forced to confront her own life on land. Starring Sonja Richter, known for her roles in DEPARTMENT Q: THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES (2013) and THE KILLING (2011), UNANCHORED is a character-driven story about finding oneself in unexpected places and navigating life’s roughest waters.