My Wooden Children - Mis niños de madera
Réalisation
Lara Milena BROSE, Kilian Armando FRIEDRICH
In Mexico, every second person works informally. Paco is one of them. He tries every day to sell his homemade wooden Pinoccio figures to rich Mexicans and tourists to provide a future for his son Chris.
Réalisé par
Lara Milena BROSE, Kilian Armando FRIEDRICH
Photographie
Friedrich KILIAN ARMANDO
Production
HFF Munich
ESCINE
ESCINE
Emiliano LIZARAGO (ESCINE)
Co-Production
Emiliano LIZARAGO (ESCINE)
Réalisé par
Lara Milena BROSE
Lara Milena Brose studied philosophy and theatre dramaturgy and has been studying documentary film directing since 2018. She shoots a lot abroad, including cinematic works in Nicaragua, Mexico, Guatemala, Bosnia Herzegovina and Macedonia. Her last documentary film Survive, qualified for a short documentary Oscar. In 2022 she was awarded the Young Talent Film Prize of the City of Munich. Lara is a co-founder of AK49, a political-artistic collective that, among other things, focuses on feminist perspectives on war. Her first feature documentary, Echoes from Borderland, will be released in January 2024.
Kilian Armando FRIEDRICH
Kilian Armando Friedrich grew up on the French border in Saarlouis. He studied scenic arts and film directing with a focus on documentary film in Hildesheim, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City. His documentary film “Nuclear Nomads” celebrated its world premiere at the 73rd Berlinale and was awarded the German Short Film Prize in the medium-length film category. He is currently working on his graduation film and gives pedagogical workshops on ethics in film.
