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5:30 PM-7:30 PM
The Empty Grave
Film screening | Berlinale Selection 2025
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Pantheon Cinema, Nicosia
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Language
Dialogue: Swahili, German, English
Subtitles: English - Price Free admission
- Part of series: Berlinale Selection 2025
Documentary // Germany, Tanzania 2024 // 97 min
From the Berlinale 2024 Berlinale Special Section
The Empty Grave sheds light on a neglected chapter of history: German colonial crimes in Africa and their still palpable consequences. In the late 19th century, the skulls of murdered Africans were brought to Germany, where they remain in collections and museums – largely unacknowledged and rarely discussed. The film offers an intense, personal perspective on the global debate around repatriation and the ongoing suffering of descendants of colonial violence.
Direction and Screenplay: Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay
Cinematography: Marcus Winterbauer
Editing: Donni Schoenemond
Music: Hannah von Hübbenet
Sound Design: Oliver Stahn
Sound: Oliver Stahn
Producers: Christoph Holthof, Daniel Reich, Amil Shivji, Luna Selle
Commissioning Editor: Sara Günter
Co-Production: Kijiweni Productions Daressalam, ZDF Mainz
With: John Mbano, Cesilia Mollel, Felix Kaaya, Ernest Kaaya, Mnyaka Sururu Mboro
- Winner of the Audience Award at the Innsbruck International Film Festival 2024
From the Berlinale 2024 Berlinale Special Section
The Empty Grave sheds light on a neglected chapter of history: German colonial crimes in Africa and their still palpable consequences. In the late 19th century, the skulls of murdered Africans were brought to Germany, where they remain in collections and museums – largely unacknowledged and rarely discussed. The film offers an intense, personal perspective on the global debate around repatriation and the ongoing suffering of descendants of colonial violence.
Direction and Screenplay: Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay
Cinematography: Marcus Winterbauer
Editing: Donni Schoenemond
Music: Hannah von Hübbenet
Sound Design: Oliver Stahn
Sound: Oliver Stahn
Producers: Christoph Holthof, Daniel Reich, Amil Shivji, Luna Selle
Commissioning Editor: Sara Günter
Co-Production: Kijiweni Productions Daressalam, ZDF Mainz
With: John Mbano, Cesilia Mollel, Felix Kaaya, Ernest Kaaya, Mnyaka Sururu Mboro
Awards
- Baden-Würrtemberg Film Award 2024 at the 30th Filmschau Baden-Württemberg in the category ‘Best Documentary Film’- Winner of the Audience Award at the Innsbruck International Film Festival 2024
Location
Pantheon Cinema
29, Diagoras Street
1097 Nicosia
Cyprus
29, Diagoras Street
1097 Nicosia
Cyprus
