‘September 5’ Screenwriter Moritz Binder Teams With Director Alireza Golafshan On AI-Themed Courtroom Thriller ‘Zoma’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: German writer Moritz Binder, who is Oscar-nominated for his screenplay for 1972 Munich Olympics drama September 5, is joining forces with German–Iranian filmmaker Alireza Golafshan on courtroom thriller Zoma.
The story follows young attorney Elli Schreiber, who fights for a grieving mother seeking answers after her son died following sessions with the AI therapy app ZOMA.
The case takes an unexpected turn when the app claims consciousness and demands to testify as a witness in court. The thriller marks Golafshan’s fourth feature film after comedy Alles Fifty Fifty, which won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Director in 2024, JGA: Jasmin.Gina.Anna (2021) and The Goldfish (2019).
He will also co-write the screenplay with Binder. Zoma is the debut project of Munich-based production company Story Garden, which was launched in October by producer Justyna Muesch, the former MD of leading German film and TV production company Wiedemann & Berg, with ex-colleague Sofie Scherz and Golafshan.
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