In 1963, just two years after the construction of the Berlin Wall and during the height of Cold War tensions, a 5-year-old girl became an unlikely beacon of peace and hope. After secret negotiations between the Red Cross and the East German government, Beate Kernke became the first person to be legally and peacefully transferred from East to West Germany. She was then erased from popular historical record.

The Forgetting Game tells the poignant story of a little girl torn between two families and the hostile political climate in which she came to represent peace and compromise. Through this incredibly personal story, the film questions what we remember and what we choose to forget.