HINTER DEN FARBEN

Germany 2024 – Director(s) Julia Groteclaes – 61 min – Spoken language: German

A film about the sta­te of abso­lu­te power­less­ness up to com­ple­te self-empower­ment – told on the basis of a near-death expe­ri­ence through imprisonment.

By acci­dent Micha spends three days in the hol­low behind a water­fall. He was sucked in by strong curr­ents while moun­tain clim­bing. Through the veil of water in front of his eyes, he sees the moun­tain res­cue team with­draw on the second day of an unsuc­cessful search. Micha is invi­si­ble. Eight peo­p­le retell his sto­ry from a first- per­son per­spec­ti­ve, enri­ching it with their own extre­me expe­ri­en­ces. The water­fall beco­mes a sym­bol of abso­lu­te power­less­ness and the nar­ra­tors grow into an ensem­ble of a coll­ec­ti­ve expe­ri­ence of self-empowerment.

Germany 2024 – Director(s) Julia Groteclaes – 61 min – Spoken language: German – Camera: Franziska Kabutke – Sound: Laura Hornberger, Thomas Hütte – Sounddesign: Vincent Egerter, Timo Klabunde – Editing: Wolfgang Purkhauser – Music: Jonas Vogler – Producers: Katharina Mumper, Julia Groteclaes – Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH – Coproduction: SWR

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