A woman travels to a Silesian village in Poland, from which one of her ancestors hailed. Her search for clues takes her through landscapes and stories, to people of German and Polish origin, to monuments, ruins and archaeological excavations.
Image gallery
Vor Zeit
Straddling the line between documentary and fiction, the film unearths, layer by layer, traces of migration and displacement – and raises the question of what ‘origin’ and ‘roots’ actually mean.
PROGRAMME
Welcome
Dr Kathrin Jurkat, Research Fellow, Documentation Centre for Flight, Expulsion and Reconciliation, Berlin
Film screening
Vor Zeit / Time Before Land / Przedczas
By: Juliane Henrich, director, screenplay, cinematography
Country: Germany
Language: German, English, Polish (with German subtitles)
Running time: 80 minutes
Film discussion
Juliane Henrich, director
Moderator: Borjana Gaković, film and media studies scholar
Afterwards, guests are invited to a small reception.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Doors open: 6.00 pm
Language: German
FREE ADMISSION
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- The event forms part of the supporting programme for the photography exhibition ‘Ostgebiete / Ziemie Zachodnie’.
Additional information
Dates
October 2026
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