Young Light is a 2016 feature film directed by German director Adolf Winkelmann. It is about the filming of Ralf Rothmann's novel of the same name about the state of the Ruhr area in the post-war period from the perspective of the 12-year-old worker's son Julian Collien. The screenplay was written by Nils and Till Beckmann together with Adolf Winkelmann. The film was released in Germany on 12 May 2016.The film received the main prize at the Kirchlichen Filmfestival Recklinghausen in March 2016.