Archive of films Kiran / Kiran

Germany
2012, 30 min

Section: Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2013

This documentary by Bettina Timm and Alexander Riedel, whose visuals were nominated for the German Camera Prize, tells us about eight-year-old Kiran, who lives with his mother in a yurt at the foot of the French Pyrenees. We discover that the boy no longer shares her alternative disposition and preference for a life without the creature comforts of civilisation.

Synopsis

Eight-year-old Kiran lives a lifestyle that many of his peers would find impossible to imagine. He and his alternative-minded mother inhabit a yurt at the base of the French Pyrenees. In his free time he goes fishing, and the surrounding countryside, which he knows so well, is his playground. But instead of boring hours spent at the local Catholic school he’d rather get a state education. He’d also gladly exchange his dandelion salad for a hotdog, and he wouldn’t mind watching TV in the evening. Bettina Timm and Alexander Riedel were nominated for the German Camera Prize for their film’s visuals.

About the director

Bettina Timm (b. 1977, Munich) studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich. In 2001 she cofounded Pelle Film production. Selected filmography: The Earmistress (2000), Herr Zhu (2004), Cosmic Station (2008) and I Cook (2010). Alexander Riedel (b. 1969, Augsburg, Germany) graduated from the University of Television and Film in Munich with the documentary Run Out (2006). He works as a doc and feature film director.

Contacts

Pelle Film
Theresienstr. 154, 80333, München
Germany
Tel: +49 892 440 9936
Fax: +49 898 898 4998
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.pellefilm.de

+ 1

About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Documentary Films - Competition

Director:	Bettina Timm, Alexander Riedel
Dir. of Photography:	Philip Vogt
Music:	Antun Opic
Editor:	Frank Müller
Producer:	Alexander Riedel
Production:	Pelle Film
Contact:	Pelle Film

Guests

Bettina Timm

Film Director

Alexander Riedel

Film Director