The Empty Grave follows the emotional journey of two Tanzanian families in search of their stolen ancestors. Their quest leads them to Germany, where tens of thousands of skulls and bones from former German colonies are stored in museum depots — a haunting legacy of colonial plunder in the early 20th century, taken for racist research and as macabre trophies. Set in the present, the film unveils the enduring traces and traumas inflicted by colonial crimes on families and communities. It navigates the obscure maze of German and Tanzanian bureaucracy, revealing the struggle to reckon with this painful history. While the issue has gained political attention, the film shifts perspectives and highlights the resilience of the families while scrutinizing the complexity of identifying and repatriating these human remains. The Empty Grave is a compelling German-Tanzanian collaboration by Kurhaus Production and Kijiweni Productions, directed by Agnes Lisa Wegner and Cece Mlay. The film is a co-production with ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and received financial support from MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), and the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).