The film shows the story of the 2020 racist attack in the German city of Hanau, from the perspective of the survivors and the bereaved. Within minutes, nine young people were murdered for looking ”non-German”. Over five years, the film follows the protagonists as they navigate grief, fight for recognition, and struggle to reclaim a sense of belonging in the country they call home.
Screenplay Marcin Wierzchowski
Cinematography Marcin Wierzchowski, Peter Peiker
Editing Stefan Oliveira-Pita
Sound Matz Müller, Ole Ohlendorf, Paul Rischer, Hendrik Jurich, Paul Ziesche
Music Louisa Beck, Kaan Bulak
Producers Marcin Wierzchowski, Pola Sell, Dorothea Braun, Kurt Otterbacher, Julius Theis
Production milk&water
Co-production Strandfilm
AUDIO: English, German, Turkish, Romanian
SUBTITLE: Romanian, English
25
April,
Saturday
Cinemateca Eforie
2:00 PM
132'
Followed by Q&A with director Marcin Wierzchowski
Marcin Wierzchowski
Marcin Wierzchowski
Marcin Wierzchowski (b. 1984) lives and works in Frankfurt and Warsaw. He studied philosophy at Goethe University and graduated from Mainz University of Fine Arts, receiving the Lions Club Scholarship. He was a Meisterschüler of John Skoog, and in 2019 founded the production company milk&water. His film ”Hanau - Eine Nacht und ihre Folgen” won the Grimme Prize in 2022. He received the Gerd Ruge Scholarship in 2021 and works in theatre as a video artist and set designer.
awards and festivals
Berlinale Special – Berlin International Film Festival 2025 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2025 Kasseler Dokfest 2025 Astra Film Festival 2025