Through hypnotically beautiful black-and-white images, director Annekatrin Hendel weaves together landscape, history and individual destinies to create a fascinating portrait.

Documentary / DE 2026 / Director: Annekatrin Hendel / 119 mins / Original version

Hiddensee, a strip of land just 17 kilometres long in the Baltic Sea, is beloved as a place of longing for freedom. Sun-worshippers, naturists, artists, punks and celebrities have always flocked to the island in droves. The documentary takes us on a journey through an entire century, back to the golden 1920s, when the intellectual avant-garde made the island their home – including silent film star Asta Nielsen and Nobel Prize-winning author Gerhart Hauptmann. Then as now, Hiddensee is shaped by the political upheavals unfolding across the whole country. Germany in miniature. Several narrative threads, interwoven across time and generations, ultimately lead to the ever-escalating tensions of the present day.

Venue: STRAZEsaal
Doors open: from 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm
Start: 3 pm and 8 pm
Admission: free

The film will be shown in the original language without subtitles.

An event as part of the ID:POMERANIA FESTIVAL #2, ZUSAMMEN TUN · POŁĄCZMY SIŁY · GET TOGETHER as part of the ID:Pomerania project, funded by the Interreg VI A Cooperation Programme Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania / Brandenburg / Poland 2021–2027.

The STRAZE is wheelchair accessible. There is a lift and a wheelchair-accessible toilet. All toilets are all-gender toilets. Beanbags are available as alternative seating.