WO KEIN SCHATTEN FÄLLT

After three years at boarding school, Hanna is returning home to her little village to help out in her father’s butcher’s shop during her break. Soon she learns that she is not welcome in the village. Everyone remembers the horrific news story about her mother’s death which was followed by the discovery of three dead men in the marsh. While superstition rules the village, everyone believes her mother was a witch and had lured these men into the marsh directly to their death. While struggling to make friends, she meets the extroverted city girl Eva. Thinking she has finally found a friend, scary accidents start happening around her … while Hanna’s confidence and, with that, her “power” starts to grow…

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ESTHER BIALAS was born in Wiesbaden in 1982 and studied Audiovisual Media and Directing in Berlin and Hamburg. Her films include: the shorts A LATE FAME (2009), GONE FISHING (NICHTS VON BEDEUTUNG, 2009), CAT’S DANCE (DIE KATZE TANZT, 2011), STRAWBERRY FIELDS (LAND­ERDBEEREN, 2012), TUMBLING BIRDS (STÜRZENDE TAUBEN, 2013), two episodes of the TV series COME ON – THERAPY FOR THE UNDECIDED (KOMM SCHON!, 2015), and her feature debut HANNA’S HOMECOMING (WO KEIN SCHATTEN FÄLLT, 2018).

Esther Bialas (© Johannes Tress) photos © Christiane Buchmann/Das Kind mit der goldenen Jacke Filmproduktion