Donkey Days

Donkey Days (2026)

Sisters Anna and Charlotte have always fought for their mother’s attention. As old wounds reopen and suck them back to their family home, they unravel mesmerizing mysteries, including anonymous ashes and their mother’s love for a donkey. Will they come to terms with each other?

Date of release
2026-05-07
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
Rosanne Pel

Casting

Interesting facts

Donkey Days is a 2025 German-Dutch drama film written and directed by Rosanne Pel and starring Jil Krammer and Susanne Wolff, it follows two sisters Anna and Charlotte, who have always fought for their mother’s attention. After a family vacation, Anna confronts her mother and sister, for autonomy as she seeks to reclaim her independence.

Production

In February 2020, Rosanne Pel presented her film tentatively titled as Calf’s Head at the TorinoFilmLab, a Script Lab workshop to develop the script. In March 2022, the project was selected tentatively titled as Anna Ist in the Cannes’ Cinéfondation Atelier for encouraging creative filmmaking.

The film is produced by Floor Onrust for Family Affair Films and co-produced by Junafilm. It was funded by the German Federal Film Board, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, and Netherlands Film Fund among others.

The film was shot for 40 days at the locations in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and the Netherlands.

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