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The Moelln Letters (2024)

The Moelln Letters poster
Original title
Die Möllner Briefe
Directed by
Martina Priessner
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
12
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Ibrahim Arslan and his family as they push for a new kind of remembrance. Thirty years after racist attacks in Moelln, survivors find hundreds of old letters of support.

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What happens

The Moelln Letters (German: Die Möllner Briefe) is a 2025 documentary film written and directed by Martina Priessner. The film follows İbrahim Arslan and his family in their struggle to foster a new, victim-centred culture of remembrance as thirty years after the racist attacks in Mölln, survivors discovers hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity. The film was showcased as part of the Panorama at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on 14 February 2025, where it won Panorama Audience Award for best Documentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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