Golden Hercules: Echoes of the Past

Four films explore the traces of history, remembrance, and resistance culture. They provide insights into past challenges, conflicts, revisionist narratives, and collective traumas that continue to have an impact on the present and significantly shape our society today. The films illustrate how collective memory and historical remembrance shape identity formation, social values, and collective self-perception. It is a dynamic process that constantly confronts us with new questions in order to understand the echoes of past events. !! Due to a technical error, it is not possible to play the short film compilations using a Safari browser or an Edge browser on Windows devices. Please use a different browser; we recommend using Google Chrome. We apologize for any inconvenience. !! | Risen from Ruins Germany 2025 / 20:00 min. / German, Russian / English subtitles Director: Harry Besel | | 你的天好蓝啊 (How Blue the Sky Is) Germany 2025 / 14:30 min. / Chinese, German, English / German subtitles Director: Juejun Chen | | Revision Germany 2024 / 09:48 min. / English, German Director: Armin Mell, Samaré Gozal | | Hinterland Germany 2025 / 17:00 min. / English / English subtitles Director: Catrine Val | The synopses for the films can be found in our catalog or on our website. The online presentation of the program is made possible with the kind support of the Kasseler Sparkassenstiftung Stadt Kassel.