Communion Day is a supernatural noir set at the crossroads of memory, faith and the unresolved past. A story rooted in Haitian folklore, told through a distinctly cinematic and atmospheric lens.

Logline
A German-Haitian printmaker arrives in Port-au-Prince to teach a lithography workshop and to quietly excavate the secret her mother has kept buried for fifty-five years. What she finds instead are the spirits of seven girls murdered in a 1970 ritual, whose unfinished reckoning is consuming the city from within.

Communion Day brings together an international cast and crew spanning Germany, Haiti, France and the US. Leading the film are Jane Chirwa, a german / fresh off Berlinale Panorama 2025 for Schwesterherz and known to German audiences from In aller Freundschaft: Die jungen Ärzte and Die Heiland, and Béchir Sylvain.

The film is produced by Robert Maylor, with World Color Studio 22 attached as German co-producer. We’re currently in active conversations with German distributors and broadcasters as the project moves toward financing close.

Writer / Director Guetty Felin is a transnational filmmaker working between Europe, the U.S., and the Caribbean. Her debut feature Ayiti Mon Amour the first film shot entirely in Haiti by a female director and Haiti’s first Oscar submission for International Feature Film (2018) established her as a pioneering voice in Haitian cinema. Her work spans fiction and documentary, including Broken Stones, a film on the Obama campaign, and a portrait of jazz musician Hal Singer. Kommuniontag is her second narrative feature.