The special film "The Shadowhunters"

On 13 May 2025, the city of Bocholt will be showing the atmospherically dense drama "The Shadowhunters" in the series "The Special Film". The film tells the story of a Syrian who pursues the torturers from his home country in Europe.

After Hamid escaped from Assad's Saydnaya torture prison, he seeks asylum in France. The tragic loss of his wife and young daughter weighs heavily on him, and he can no longer see his mother. He had to leave her behind in a refugee camp in Beirut.

Hamid becomes a member of the secret Yaqaza cell, an underground network that tracks down fugitive war criminals of the Syrian regime and hands them over to justice. After receiving a tip-off, he goes to the university and believes he recognises his former torturer Harfaz, who is notorious as "the Chemist". However, as he can only identify him by his voice and smell, he is left with nothing but his intuition.

As he tries to uncover the truth, the boundaries between memory and present, justice and vigilante justice become blurred.

The film lasts 107 minutes. The film was directed by Jonathan Millet.
Trailers and tickets are available at www.kinodrom.de.

About the special film campaign
The film series "KINO Bocholt - der besondere Film" has been running since 1977 as a cooperation between the Department of Education and Culture and Kinodrom Bocholt. The aim is to present exceptional films - which would otherwise not be shown in Bocholt - to an interested audience of all ages at a favourable price of €7. As a rule, selected films are shown every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.