05-07-2026

Who Writes Our History? – A Documentary Film in Search of Traces

Drawing on his current documentary film WIR, DIE WOLFS, director Darío Aguirre will speak about filmmaking as a space of reflection, encounter, and coming to terms with the past. The conversation will focus on colonial continuities, family myths, and a silenced Indigenous motherhood.

Thursday, 7 May 2026, 10:00–12:00
Room DP-102
Language of the conversation: German and Spanish

The film WIR, DIE WOLFS will be screened the evening before, on 6 May 2026 at 19:00, at Filmstudio Eichstätt in the original version with German subtitles.

About the film

A family in Ecuador proudly looks back on its German ancestor, the naturalist and land surveyor Theodor Wolf. One hundred years after his death, it comes to light that, in Germany, he never mentioned his children in Ecuador. This blind spot in the family history raises questions and unsettles the identity of his descendants.

Wolf’s great-great-grandson, filmmaker Darío Aguirre, sets out in search of traces. The result is a moving family saga about pride, forgetting, and the stories that make us who we believe we are.

Date
Thursday, 7 May 2026

Time
10:00–12:00

Location
Room DP-102

Language
German and Spanish

Film screening
WIR, DIE WOLFS
6 May 2026, 19:00
Filmstudio Eichstätt
Original version with German subtitles