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Kiran

Documentary Films - Competition 2013 / Kiran / Germany 2012

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.

Kiran Kiran

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 film

30 min / Color, DCP

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

About the director

Bettina Timm, Alexander Riedel Bettina Timm, Alexander Riedel

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.

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

Guests

Bettina Timm
Film Director

Alexander Riedel
Film Director

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