“System Crasher” may be heading to the Oscars. A press release announced that Germany has selected Nora Fingscheidt’s debut feature as their submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2020 Oscars.

Penned by Fingscheidt, “System Crasher” tells the story of Benni (Helena Zengel), a nine-year-old girl in the child welfare system known as a “system crasher” due to drama with her foster family, group home, and special-needs school. Desperate to return to her mother, Benni struggles with anger and aggression. An anti-violence coach (Albrecht Schuch) tries to break her “downward spiral” and “set Benni free.”

“‘System Crasher’ develops a pull and power, with a rare emotional intensity,” said the jury that selected the film. “Director Nora Fingscheidt assembles and directs extraordinary talents, creating anxiety, closeness, and authenticity with this story that alternately creates anger, sadness, and hope. The film is an experience that we highly recommend to the Academy members.”

Fingscheidt added, “We are honored and grateful that ‘System Crasher’ will be representing Germany at the Oscars. After winning the Silver Bear at Berlinale, our film is currently on a worldwide festival tour. The overwhelming response of our audiences shows us that cinema is able to create a dialogue between cultures, because it is about being human.”

Other titles in the Best International Feature Film Oscar race include Mounia Meddour’s “Papicha,” repping Algeria, and Iran’s pick, “Finding Farideh,” co-directed by Azadeh Mousavi. The former is set in the 1990s during the Algerian Civil War and tells the story of girlfriends who make money selling clothes, and the latter is a doc following an Iranian woman who returns to her country of birth four decades after being adopted by a Dutch couple.