North American Premiere
Fourteen years ago, Daniela Magnani Hüller survived an attempted femicide by a schoolmate who had been harassing her. Now a filmmaker, she conducts an autobiographical investigation, revisiting the events leading up to, and surrounding, that fateful incident. With composed detachment, she interviews those who were involved in one way or another: a teacher, a schoolmate, a doctor, a detective, the state prosecutor. As she unearths recollections of this pivotal but distant event, larger questions of responsibility rise to the surface.
The feature debut of German-Brazilian Hüller, Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party is a film of fragments — a dazzling collage of documentary footage, interviews, personal recollections, and archival material. Despite its autobiographical nature, the film navigates a range of tones and perspectives, alternating between bracing intimacy and clinical distance. Both a personal look into the past and an examination of systemic violence against women, this film marks the emergence of a singular new talent.
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Jean Voltaire, Malik Hall, Wiltavious McKelton, Tavion Jamal Dent, Helen Contento
Germany
2026
In German and Portuguese with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Birgit Schulz
Producer
Birgit Schulz
Screenwriter
Daniela Magnani Hüller
Cinematography
Noah Böhm
Editor
Melanie Jilg
Daniela Magnani Hüller
German-Brazilian filmmaker Daniela Magnani Hüller was born in Munich in 1995. Since 2019, she has studied documentary directing at the University of Television and Film Munich, and her short films have screened internationally. Her debut feature, Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party, premiered at the 2026 Berlinale Forum and received several awards, including a Berlinale Special Mention, the Student Award at DOK.fest München, and the German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge.
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