Die Möllner Briefe

In November 1992, a racist arson attack in Mölln shattered the lives of İbrahim Arslan and his family. At just seven years old, İbrahim survived, but he lost his sister, his cousin and his grandmother. In the aftermath of the attacks, the city received hundreds of letters of solidarity which were ignored for nearly three decades. Woven into İbrahim’s poignant journey of discovery and his encounters with three letter writers, these rediscovered letters form a visual and emotional bridge between past and present. The film not only amplifies the perspectives of the victims and survivors but also uncovers the vibrant solidarity that once existed – a solidarity of which the victims and survivors were previously unaware. (Berlinale)