The Massacre Of Anroechte

Directed by Hannah Dörr
(Germany, Colour, 2020, 63 min., German with English subtitles)

Anroechte is the scene of a massacre as people are randomly beheaded. When detectives Konka and Walter investigate, they discover the dark side of the small town. An absurd crime film that plays with the conventions of the crime genre.

Hannah Dörr was born in 1990. She studied experimental video art at the UDK Berlin and film at the KHM Cologne. Her video works have been shown at Schauspiel Stuttgart and Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, among others. Her short films have screened at numerous festivals. Since 2014 she has curated the Theatralfilm series in Cologne, and in 2016 she received the Förderpreis des Landes NRW in the field of film. She is the managing director of ÖFilmproduktion and works as a film director and video artist. Her films Erich & Schmitte and Midas screened at the Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival in 2017 and 2018.