By chance, İbrahim Arslan, survivor of the racist arson attack in the City of Moelln 30 years ago, discovers letters from people who expressed their solidarity with the survivors at that time and which lay unnoticed for decades in the Moelln city archive. The film follows İbrahim Arslan on his search for the authors of the letters, seeks answers to the question of the disappearance of the letters, and discusses the fatal nature of German memory culture.

World Premiere at the 75th Berlinale

Credits

Author & Director: Martina Priessner
Cinematography: Ayşe Alacakaptan, Julia Geiss, Ute Freund, Anne Misselwitz
Sound: Bilge Bingül, Ludwig Fiedler
Editor: Maja Tennstedt
Producer: Friedemann Hottenbacher, Gregor Streiber
Produced by: inselfilm produktion
Funded by: Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB)

Awards: Panorama Audience Award 2025, Amnesty International Film Award Berlinale 2025, Roman Brodmann Award

Technical Details

Running time: 96 min
Year of Completion: 2025
Country of Production: Germany