Escape to Borkum tells the story of a boy whose privileged childhood in Strykow, Poland, abruptly shatters with the end of World War II.

The nearly two year flight finally ends for him, his mother, and his sister on the North Sea island of Borkum, where a new, no less eventful life awaits him.

Utilizing extensively researched AI animations strongly oriented toward historical sources, alongside filmed scenes and a dense interplay of sound and music, the film reconstructs past events into a highly precise depiction of subjectively perceived reality and connects personal biography with historical contextualization.

Escape to Borkum makes the collective experience of displacement, flight, and the arduous arrival in post-war Germany palpable through the eyes of a child.