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Miraculous Accident

film type experimental film Production Country Austria, Germany production year 2025 runtime 29'50 colour Color,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 3:2 sound format Dolby Surround original-language French, Polish subtitles German, English

In 1968 Poland, a Moroccan student encounters a Jewish teacher at film school. Their connection blossoms amid political turmoil, but circumstances tear them apart. Decades later, a discovered letter rekindles memories of their romance.

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director Assaf Gruber Production Guilllaume Cailleau DOP Simon Veroneg Editing Assaf Gruber Script Assaf Gruber Szenenbild / Production Design Maja Pawlikowska
Festivals
2025 FID Marseille - Marseille International Film Festival, France (Youth Jury Special Mention)
2025 Berlin International Art Film Festival
2025 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
2025 doclisboa, Lissabon, Portugal
2025 Tallgrass Film Festival, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Production
  • CaSk Films
  • Guillaume Cailleau
  • Skalitzer Str. 78
  • 10997 Berlin
  • +49 176 21536242
Distribution
  • CaSk Films
  • Guillaume Cailleau
  • Skalitzer Str. 78
  • 10997 Berlin
  • +49 176 21536242
Sales
  • CaSk Films
  • Guillaume Cailleau
  • Skalitzer Str. 78
  • 10997 Berlin
  • +49 176 21536242

Assaf Gruber

Assaf Gruber, born 1980 in Jerusalem, is a Berlin-based visual artist and filmmaker. He graduated from the Cooper Union in New York, Beaux-Arts Paris, and HISK Ghent. His films have been screened at the Berlinale, FID Marseille, and IFFR. In 2025 he received the Berlin Art Prize from the Academy of the Arts.

Filmography
2016 The Right
2017 The Calling
2018 The Conspicuous Parts
2019 Daphne and Thomas
2021 Transient Witness
2022 Rude Witness
2023 Never Come Back
2025 Miraculous Accident
2026 Commissioned Confession