Behind the Colors

Documentary feature - 62 min - 2024

Micha spends three days in the hollow behind a waterfall where he was sucked in by currents while climbing. Through the veil of water, he sees the rescue team withdraw. Micha is invisible. Eight people retell his story, enriching it with own extreme experiences. The waterfall becomes a symbol of powerlessness and the narrators grow into an ensemble of a collective experience of self- empowerment.

German Title: Hinter den Farben

Festivals

dokKa Filmfestival (Winner “Best Film")
Filmtage Oberschwaben (Winner “Best Film”)
Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis

Cinema release: 2025
TV release: late 2025 (SWR)

Credits

Protagonists | Micha Ebinger, Solveig Eger, Johann-Christof Laubisch, Martin Muliar, Kay Kysela, Nuriye Jendrossek, Ilonka Petruschka, Sar Adina Scheer, Eva-Maria Kurz

Director | Julia Groteclaes
Editor | Wolfgang Purkhauser
Director of Photography | Franziska Kabutke
Executive Producer | Julia Groteclaes
Producer | Katharina Mumper
Sound Mixing | Vincent Egerter
Color Grading | Jakob Sinsel
Music | Jonas Vogler
A production by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and SWR