 Link's first feature film, "Jenseits der Stille" ("Beyond Silence", 1996) was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film, and attracted attention for its portrayal of a family with deaf parents.Her second feature film was "Annaluise and Anton" (1999), based on a novel by Erich Kästner.Her third feature film, "Nirgendwo in Afrika" ("Nowhere in Africa", 2001), adapted by Link from the autobiographical novel by Stefanie Zweig and shot on location in Kenya, received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as five German Film Prizes ("Deutscher Filmpreis"), including Best Feature Film.