I'll Be Gone in June

by Katharina Rivilis

In 2001, Franny, a 16-year-old exchange student from Germany, arrives in the sleepy desert town of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Far from home, Franny struggles through awkward school days, stifling heat, and restless nights until she meets Elliott, a boy whose quiet sadness mirrors her own. As America reels from 9/11, something resonates within Franny and an unexpected tenderness begins to bloom. 

  • Katharina Rivilis studied acting at the University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg and has since worked extensively in theatre, film and television both in Germany and internationally.

    She later studied film directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), where she directed the short films ARIANA FOREVER! and DAY X. Both films were selected for numerous international festivals and received multiple awards, with DAY X earning a nomination for the Student Academy Awards in 2021. Her short film RONDO (2022) premiered at the 72nd Berlinale.

    I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE is her debut feature film, inspired by her experience as an exchange student in New Mexico.

  • Year: 2026

    Country: Germany, Switzerland, USA

    Runtime: 124 min

    Color: Color

    Language: English, German

    Subtitles: English

    Sound: 5.1

  • CREW

    DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER: Katharina Rivilis

    DOP: Giulia Schelhas

    PRODUCTION DESIGN: Tatiana Bastos

    EDITOR: Aurora Franco Vögeli

    CASTING DIRECTORS: Katrin Vorderwülbecke, Katharina Rivilis

    SOUND: Felix Scherrer

    SOUND DESIGN: Manu Gerber, Katharina Pfennich

    SOUND MIX: Ansgar Frerich, Florian Beck

    MUSIC: Steve Binetti, Eliane Bründler

  • Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard

    New Horizons International Film Festival

    Deauville American Film Festival

  • “A shrewdly spellbinding debut… We may just have come across a promising visionary in our midst. A-”

    —Lé Baltar, IndieWire

  • “Deftly transcends its personal end-of-innocence framework to capture a whole country in shellshocked, sometimes ugly transition.”

    —Guy Lodge, Variety

  • “A nostalgic glimpse at a teenage way of life that’s almost disappeared.”

    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter