Marcin Wierzchowski
2025 /
132 min /
Germany
The film recounts the racist attack in Hanau (Germany) on February 19, 2020, from the perspective of survivors and families. Nine young people were murdered for not appearing “German.” Over nearly five years, the director follows the grief, the fight for recognition, and the search for belonging among the victims’ families and friends in their own country.
Marcin builds an extraordinary work that, based on a specific event, exposes systemic racism and follows the families through their grief and memories, as they struggle for answers and are forced to become activists to demand justice. An essential piece for understanding contemporary Europe, which premiered at the Berlinale 2025.