In 2012 , Ade announced she would be writing and directing a film called '' Toni Erdmann '' about a man who begins to play pranks on his adult daughter after he finds she has become too serious . The film debuted In Competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival , the first German film to debut there in 10 years . The film won the top prize at the European Film Awards ( Best European Film ) , thus making Ade the first woman to direct a movie that won the top prize at those awards
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Maren Ade