DEUTSCH | ESPAÑOL

A film by Darío Aguirre

We, the Wolfs

WHO WRITES OUR HISTORY?

Joachim Kurz | Kino-Zeit

“A (postcolonial) detective story—exciting, astonishing, and very personal.”

Valentina Febres Cordero | PRIMICIAS

“Jacinta becomes the most powerful symbol in history. Her disappearance from the records is not just a private gesture, but a metaphor for an entire country in which indigenous memory is often erased from official narratives.”

DIEGO PADRÓN LAFEBRE | NOTIMERCIO Quito

“It is necessary to question which memories are preserved and which have been silenced.”

Nicolás Cuvi | FLACSO Ecuador

“The power of this audiovisual work lies in the fact that it confronts us with the stories we have accepted without question and with the silence we maintain.”

Manuel del Valle | EL UNIVERSO

“The documentary film strikes a harpoon blow right into the heart of Ecuadorian mestizos.”

Darío embarks on a journey following in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather, the German explorer Theodor Wolf, a famous figure in Ecuador but almost forgotten in his homeland. What begins as a tribute to his family develops into an examination of colonial heritage and questions the construction of memory.

Between Ecuador and Germany, Darío encounters unexpected twists and turns that shake his reality and lead him to search for the truth behind the story he has been told. A film about pride, forgetting, and the stories that make us who we believe ourselves to be.

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Vier lebensgroße Statuen von historischen Figuren stehen auf einem Podest im Freien vor einer Berglandschaft, darunter ein Mann in Rüstung, eine indigene Figur mit Kopfschmuck, ein Mönch mit Kreuz und ein Konquistator mit Buch und Umhang. // Four life-size statues of historical figures stand on a platform outdoors against a mountain landscape, including a man in armor, an indigenous figure with headgear, a monk with a cross, and a conquistador with a book and cloak.

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Hands holding a magnifying glass over an old, yellowed photograph on a desk with scattered papers and documents. // Manos sosteniendo una lupa sobre una fotografía antigua amarillenta en un escritorio con papeles y documentos dispersos.

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Brücke mit zwei Bögen über einen Fluss, Radfahrer auf dem Geländer, im Hintergrund Stadt mit historischen Gebäuden und Baukran. // Bridge with two arches over a river, cyclist on the railing, historic city buildings and a construction crane in the background.

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Ältere Frau mit strohfarbenem Hut mit weißem Band und blau-weiß gemustertem Tuch blickt aufs Meer am Strand. // Alderley woman wearing a straw hat with a white band and a blue-and-white patterned shawl looking at the sea on the beach.

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The film explores the question of how history is created—in the stories of a family, a country, a continent. What remains when memories fade or truths are suppressed? My grandmother's dementia becomes a metaphor for collective forgetting and at the same time opens up a space for reflection: on origin and memory, truth and invention—and on who writes our history

Darío Aguirre | director and producer

a TIEMPO FILMPRODUKTION production
with GLORIA RODRÍGUEZ, GABRIEL GUEVARA, URSULA RANGE, CECILIA PÉREZ, RODOLFO PÉREZ, GRACIELA ROLANDO, DWAI WOLF, JORGE WOLF, WILLIAM WOLF and RAMÓN HERRERA, DAVID PÉREZ, KUSI, DALIA (vocals) and SOLEDAD (vocals)

script and direction DARÍO AGUIRRE producers DARÍO AGUIRRE, STEPHANIE TONN 1st camera SANTIAGO OVIEDO 2nd camera DARÍO AGUIRRE sound ANDRÉS GALARZA, EMILE PLONSKI, TIMO SELENGIA 1st editor DARÍO AGUIRRE 2nd editor SANTIAGO OVIEDO dramaturgical advice ULRIKE TORTORA sound design and mix ROMAN VEHLKEN dramaturgical advice (project development) MARIEANNE BERGMANN, JULIA CÖLLEN artistic advice VICTOR OROZCO colour grading LOUISE “LOU” TEMMESFELD editing assistance ROBERT STRAUSS, MATHIS HANKE narrator DARÍO AGUIRRE, OLIVER HERMANN subtitling SUBS finishing OPTICAL ART production advice MARIEANNE BERGMANN production organization STEPHANIE TONN production accountant FRANCESCO MINCIONE SCHARRNBECK legal advice ANDRÉS HEYN.
film distribution by BARNSTEINER FILM.

funded by
DER BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN
MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
GOETHE-INSTITUT COLUMBIA
CENTRO CULTURAL ECUATORIANO ALEMÁN
ASOCIACIÓN HUMBOLDT/CENTRO GOETHE

Presentacions

08. November 2025
Nordische Filmtage | Deutschland-Premiere
Lübeck
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10. November 2025
MOVE IT! Human Rights Film Festival
Dresden
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20. November 2025
Kasseler Dokfest
Kassel
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29. November 2025
Lateinamerikanische Filmtage
München
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ab 22. Januar 2026
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