After Life

What if, after death, we could keep only one single memory and take it with us into eternity — and had to forget everything else from our lives? Which memory would we choose?

After Life / Nach dem Leben established Hirokazu Koreeda internationally as an important voice of auteur cinema, and in Jack Thorne’s moving theatrical adaptation, the deceased awaken in a waiting room in the afterlife and have only one week to choose their happiest memory …

Directed by Stas Zhyrkov, this evening explores the intimacy and significance of memories. It is not a search for logic, but for security. A love letter to the beauty of spontaneous moments and time spent together.