Premiere: “Afterlives” by Kevin B. Lee, Wolf Kino, Berlin, June 11, 2026

Kevin B. Lee the first fellow of the Harun Farocki Residency at HaFI in 2017, has completed his first feature-length desktop documentary, Afterlives, after many years of work. The German premiere will take place at the Wolf Kino in Berlin on June 11, 2026 (where the film will also be shown on the following days). Afterlives,  Lee writes, “is a desktop documentary that critically engages with the historical and digital traces of extremist propaganda, questioning how images of violence circulate, mutate, and persist. The film moves between virtual investigations and real-world encounters with artists, activists, and researchers who seek to resist the toxic effects of such media. At its core is the figure of Medusa—a victim of violence whose gaze turned viewers to stone—invoked as a symbol of both the dangers and transformative potential of looking. From museum archives to AI-generated reconstructions, the film explores how power structures, spanning from the colonial past to the digital age, shape the way we see and remember violence. Can we ever truly look without being complicit? And is there another way to care?”

AFTERLIVES
Kevin B. Leebr /> (Germany/France/Belgium 2025)
Desktop Documentary, 88 Minutes,
DCP, 16:9, Colour,
Original language (English)
Subtitles (German, French)

WITH
Morehshin Allahyari
Nava Zarabian
Anne Speckhard
Sebastian Baden
Bernd Zywietz
Yorck Beese
Katrin Radermacher

Written, directed, narrated: Kevin B. Leebr /> Based on the project Bottled Songs by: Lého Galibert-Laïné, Kevin B. Leebr /> Producer: Caroline Kirberg
Co-Producers: Vincent Metzinger, Beata Saboova
Creative Producer, Dramaturg: Mareike Bernien
Editor, Script Editor: Janina Herhoffer
Director of Photography: Ginan Seidl
Screen Recording, Desktop Montage: Kevin B. Leebr /> Sound Recording: Aline Bonvin
Sound Design: Laszlo Umbreit
Sound Mix: Rémi Gerard
Music: Maya Shenfeld, Tadklimp
Colorist: Paul Millot
Post-Production Services: Empire Digital, Cobalt Films, Wave-line
Additional Camera: Emerson Culurgioni, Jessica Köck, Philipp Fritsch, Kevin B. Leebr /> Additional Sound Recording: Philipp Fritsch
Voiceover Coach: Brigitta Wagner
Voiceover Recording: Kai Hoffmann
Assistant to the Director: Konstanze Winter
Production Coordinators:
May Santiago, Azza Kalfat, Konstanze Winter
Production Assistants: Silvia Cipelletti, Saehee Hwang, Mara Kuntzer, Lea Röwer
Research: Shivani Hassard, Lea Röwer, Konstanze Winter, Eliot Zepeda
Translation: Mara Kuntzer, Konstanze Winter
Belgian Co-Producer: Naoko
French Co-Producer: Pivonka
Produced by: pong film