

A sunken city, a dying marriage, and a mystery that refuses to stay buried.
Cinematography
The Baltic Sea becomes a character—gray, hungry, unforgettable.
Acting
Peter Lohmeyer's silent devastation speaks louder than dialogue.
Director
Franziska Stünkel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vineta was a legendary medieval trading city, supposedly swallowed by the Baltic—a fitting metaphor for East German identity post-reunification.
Director Franziska Stünkel deliberately kept the supernatural ambiguous, forcing audiences to confront whether belief itself is the real haunting.