Almost like a family, but always temporary: Amidst parental love, bureaucracy and youth welfare services, three youth workers do everything they can to create a home for children. A film about the superpower of raising a child and family in all its facets.
2024, Documentary, 91 Min, 2:1, DCP
– Film trailer English / Deutsch
– Theatrical Distribution Germany: Camino Filmverleih
– Social Media: Instagram, Facebook
Credits
a production of Bandenfilm in co production with ARTE & RBB, funded by
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB)
DIRECTOR Daniel Abma
EDITING Jana Dugnus
CINEMATOGRAPHY Johannes Praus
SOUND Alexandra Praet
SOUND DESIGN Alexandra Praet & Roman Pogorzelski
RE-RECORDING MIXING Christoph Walter
MUSIC Henning Fuchs
COLOR GRADING Ana Izquierdo
TITLE DESIGN Inês Gomes Ferreira
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Arno Scholwin
IMPACT PRODUCER Lisa Nawrocki
PRODUCERS Britta Strampe, Laura Klippel
COMMISIONING EDITORS Dagmar Mielke (rbb/ARTE), Rolf Bergmann (rbb)
Festivals
– Oct. 2024, DOK Leipzig International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, German Competition
– Nov. 2024, FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos, Documentary Competition
– Nov. 2024, FilmFestival Cottbus
Awards
– ver.di-Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness, DOK Leipzig 2024
– Gedanken Aufschluss prize, awarded by a jury of prisoners of the Juvenile Detention Centre Regis-Breitingen, DOK Leipzig 2024
– film.land.sachsen-Preis für Filmkultur im ländlichen Raum, DOK Leipzig 2024
